GUILDERLAND — Because of avian flu in the other parts of the country, New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets announced Tuesday the state is banning all live fowl competitions.
Guilderland teachers hosted a roadside rally on May 15 to coincide with "Reclaim the Joy," a day of advocacy launched by New York State United Teachers.
This month, the State Education Department announced an additional $14.5 million in funds through the federal Race to the Top grant in support of the Smart Schools Bond Act.
Drew Chesney said the federal money for the Turnpike Rescue Squad he directs would be used to buy extrication coats, pants, gloves, and helmets, to “protect our members at the roughly 200 motor vehicle accident and extrication incidents we run each year.”
The stretch of Route 146 that would be dedicated to the late Lt. Col. Todd Clark would be from the intersection with Route 20 to just past St. Madeleine Sophie Church, where he was married and where his funeral was held.
A family will be searching for a new home if Stewart's expands. But they say suitable rent is so scarce that the move could push them out of the village.
NEW SCOTLAND — A jury trial here is scheduled in July for Marcia Pangburn, arrested in Berne last summer for resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration.
NEW SCOTLAND — Christopher Bonham, 33, of 37 Deer Cliff Road, New Scotland, was ticketed by the New York State Environmental Conservation Police on May 10 for violating the statewide burn ban on Saturday, May 9.
County legislator L. Michael Mackey said this week that Kinder Morgan attorneys he spoke with “agreed with me this may well result in less blasting, and the use of other technology when the pipeline comes through."
Police say David Cardona, Shane Parry, Robert Denman, and Ian Kundel — all varsity athletes — entered the school through an unlocked window and made a mess on April 24.
