Opinion

By allowing the eagle to soar, we’ll be saving wildlife as well as ourselves

Deer hunters: By using non-lead ammo, not only will you be saving money, you’ll be saving wildlife and the health of your family or friends who eat the game you bring home.

Asked if the Superfund site and the neighboring Patroon Creek are now safe, a spokesman for EPA responded, “The February 2024 Five-Year Review indicated that the Mercury Refining site is protective of human health and the environment now that all institutional controls, including environmental easements, are in place.”

Sports

Photos: Birds Dominant In Season Opener

Last Thursday, Sept. 5, the Voorheesville girls’ soccer team, the reigning Section 2, Class B champions, started their title defense against Albany Academy at home. The Blackbirds soared away in the second half to win, 6 to 1.

Regional

Pandemic funds to spur outdoor recreation

All three Guilderland projects came under the heading of recreation and outdoor infrastructure.

New Scotland

Large-scale solar facility proposed for New Scotland Road

The 19-acre facility would be installed at what’s being called 2373 New Scotland Road, 44 acres of currently-addressless land nestled between the homes of Crow Ridge Road and National Grid’s right-of-way.

Hilltowns

Knox hopes to protect farmland, merging conservationists with farmers

Authored by a newly-formed Farmland Protection Committee, the plan will identify threats to the town’s farms and farmers, as well as lay out possible solutions.