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Republican Paul DeLorenzo has earned nearly 70 percent of votes in Tuesday’s Conservative Party primary for Assembly District 111, according to the New York State Board of Elections’ unofficial results. His opponent, incumbent Democrat Angelo Santabarbara, garnered only about 23 percent of votes.

If the Capital Region’s metrics hold, movie and film production can start again on July 1 and museums, aquariums, and zoos can open at 25-percent capacity. Other industries will be authorized on an individual basis dependent on associated risk levels and the current health data. Outdoor theme parks, indoor malls, gyms, and movie theaters have not yet been cleared to reopen at the beginning of Phase 4.

Susan Story, an artist based in Rensselaerville, will use grant money to paint a nearly true-to-size apple tree, a project that she says honors the significance apples hold in the Helderberg Hilltowns, and New York State in general. 

“When this started,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo of COVID-19 in New York, “we had more cases per capita than any state in the country or any nation on the globe. But today, we have done a full 180, from worst to first.”

As the governor calls for reform in police departments across New York State, the Albany County executive decries the 25 shootings in Albany since protests began three weeks ago and urges working together.

In the race to represent the 111th District in the State Assembly, Republican Paul DeLorenzo is challenging incumbent Democrat Angelo Santabarbara for the Conservativeline in the June 23 primary. The Enterprise spoke with DeLorenzo about five topics, ranging from the legalization of marijuana to coronavirus recovery, to hear his views. Santabarbara could not be reached despite repeated attempts. 

This past weekend, parents and teachers of Clayton A. Bouton’s Class of 2020 distributed care packages made for the students by members of the Voorheesville community.