Nearly two years after a mentally retarded woman died following a car accident, the state’s oversight agency found “the circumstances of this death …did not suggest any deficiencies in the care provided.”
ALBANY COUNTY Albany County Executive Michael G. Breslin signed a contract this month to purchase the long-awaited Albany County Rail Trail from Canadian Pacific Railway.
A man pretending to be a police investigator paid a female escort to have sex with him at a Guilderland hotel, then extorted thousands of dollars from her before he was caught, police said.
HILLTOWNS As the Berne-Knox-Westerlo school district considers selling its 60-year-old Westerlo School, future enrollment figures are being examined, and a possible decades-old agreement is being investigated.
NEW SCOTLAND After three years of study, the Kensington Woods planned-unit development proposal is finally before the public, but only in its initial stages.
GUILDERLAND The southern landfill at the former Army depot, on property now occupied the Northeastern Industrial Park, may be capped and covered if $3 million in federal funds can be secured.