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Guilderland High School goes remote until January 4, stemming COVID spread

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — Guilderland students in eighth through 12th grades will learn from home through the Christmas break, the school district announced on Tuesday.

The break begins on Wednesday, Dec. 23.

Six more COVID-19 cases at GCSD

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — On Monday evening, Guilderland High School Principal Michael Piscitelli sent an email to “GHS Families” to say that the school has four new cases of COVID-19.

Complaints about political signs lead village to look at drafting law

by Sean Mulkerrin

A 2015  United States Supreme Court ruling said that local governments can’t decide how long they allow election signs to be posted because the signs’ messages are protected by the First Amendment. 

First COVID vaccines given, Albany County not named yellow zone

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The first vaccines for COVID-19 were administered on Monday, including locally to high-risk health-care workers at Albany Medical Center.

Seeking to protect others from suffering a similar fate, Jeffers speaks out about caught-on-camera assault from three brothers

by Sean Mulkerrin

Nearly every kick and punch of the fracas was captured by a village of Voorheesville security camera.

Guilderland ambulance

Guilderland under state of emergency

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — On Monday evening, Guilderland’s supervisor, Peter Barber, declared the town is under a state of emergency because of a COVID-19 surge.

Rensselaerville proposes law on small- and large-scale solar

by Noah Zweifel

Rensselaerville’s proposed solar law defines a small-scale solar installation as one that generates no more than 25 kilowatts, or 120 percent of a site’s energy needs. These projects can theoretically be placed anywhere in the town, but may be subject to planning board review.

COVID-19 kills five more county residents, bringing death toll to 180

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

In Albany County, 198 new COVID-19 cases were announced on Saturday with another 173 announced on Sunday.

Gov outlines micro-cluster metrics, new zones to be announced on Monday

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

ALBANY COUNTY — On Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo released much anticipated guidance for the new metrics that will define micro-cluster zones as part of his winter plan to combat COVID-19.

The data will be calculated using the new metrics over the weekend, he said, and any new zones will be announced on Monday.

Roman Harris, a Million Air worker at Albany County International Airport

Saliva tests for COVID-19 take off at airport today

by Melisa Hale-Spencer

ALBANY COUNTY — Workers at the county’s airport started being tested on Friday for COVID-19 using saliva swabs. By the end of the month, the airport hopes to offer the test to travelers, too, a spokesman said.

GCSD readies for COVID-19 testing, has three more cases

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The Guilderland Central School District is asking parents for permission to test their children for COVID-19 should the state require it.

Berne to advertise for new code-enforcement and dog-control officers

Supervisor Sean Lyons said the decision to advertise for these positions stemmed from residents’ complaints about the town’s current appointments.

Program launched to help small businesses with leases

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

As many small businesses, hit hard by COVID-19 and restrictions to prevent its spread, struggle to make lease payments, a new program may help.

Local hospitals can handle COVID surge with new therapies, says Albany Med doctor

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“We’ve learned a lot about how to care for patients with COVID so, when they come in, when we first diagnose them, we give them a cocktail of treatments right out of the gates,” Venditti said, naming  remdesivir, an antiviral medication; convalescent plasma, using blood from people who have recovered from COVID-19; and dexamethasone, a corticosteroid medication.

Albany County Executive Danieil McCoy

Week XXXIX: County breaks COVID-19 records, faces backlog while awaiting state guidance on micro-clusters

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

ALBANY COUNTY — In its 39th week of coping with COVID-19, Albany County broke several records more than once, and the county executive, Daniel McCoy, announced nine deaths from the disease, starting with five last Thursday.

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