Opinion

Kinship caregivers deserve all the help they can get

Kinship care is not new. As Gerard Wallace pointed out, George Washington, the father of our country, was also a grandfather, caring for two of his grandchildren without a legal arrangement. It is past time, in 250 years, for our laws and services to catch up with the reality that 1 in 11 Americans will live in a kinship home at some point in their childhood. If the people caring for these children get the support they need, our society as a whole will benefit.

Guilderland

Fahy continues uphill push to make part of Harriman Campus mixed-use

Studies have been commissioned, committees convened, and reports filed, but getting the state to ultimately commit to the idea has stalled.

Sports

Photos: Dutch And Eagles Bring The Heat In Division 1 Sectionals

On Sunday, Feb. 1, Guilderland and Bethlehem indoor track teams battled in the Section 2, Division 1 championships at Hudson Valley Community College. Guilderland took home nine championships; the girls won their fourth straight title while the boys finished fifth.

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Regional

DEC hosts virtual meetings on PFAS, seeks public comment

The Rural Soil Background Study found results in New York similar to other Northeast states, with PFOS (Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid) detected in more than 97 percent of surface soil samples and PFOA (Perfluorooctanic Acid) detected in 76.5 percent.

Hilltowns

Well-water project proceeds under new leader as award tops $3M

The project has been awarded a total of $3,080,100 through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Base Hardship program; close to a million dollars of that amount is because of interest-free financing due to the hardship that was established.

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Letters to the Editor

New nukes will divert funds from renewable and safer energy

Tom Ellis, Albany

‘The rule of law is not self-executing’

Sybillyn Jennings, Knox

Remembering when old horses were not shot; they lived out their lives on the farms where they were worked and loved

Timothy J. Albright, Meadowdale

Take a postcard tour of early 1900s Guilderland

John B. Haluska, Vice President, Guilderland Historical Society

The Altamont-Voorheesville Road was built with teams of horses and rocks from farmers’ walls

Timothy J. Albright, Meadowdale

Treating civic engagement as dangerous undermines the trust that makes communities safer

Katie Fahrenkopf, Altamont

Columns

A Glimpse of Guilderland History

Mary Ellen Johnson

Early auto days, when owning a car was not for the faint of heart

Old Men of the Mountain

Old Women of the Mountain, where are you? Don’t you like breakfast?

Back Roads Geology

Awe: The Pyramids of Pharaoh Sneferu induce wonder as they stand in splendid isolation above the desert sands

Field Notes

Dennis Sullivan

A swamp cannot drain itself