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Photos: The People Lead

A caravan took wended its way for four miles through Albany. The event was part of a national day of action called The People Lead events by Indivisible Project.  Indivisible, a progressive movement, started in 2016 when Congressional staffers published an online handbook on peacefully resisting the move to the right under President Donald Trump.

Switzkill Farm, in Berne

Spargo sues to nullify Berne’s purchase of Switzkill Farm 

by Noah Zweifel

The order to show cause seeks to hold a permissive referendum on the town’s 2014 purchase of Switzkill Farm and eliminate a conservation easement. 

Albany County GOP

County GOP chair condemns Capitol violence, likens it to BLM ‘riots’

by Noah Zweifel

ALBANY COUNTY — While the county’s GOP chairman condemns the violence at the United States Capitol last week, he also likens it to the violence at Black Lives Matter protests over the last year.

A ‘loaves and fishes situation,” says gov

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The latest shift in federal policy allows 7 million New Yorkers to get vaccinated — people 65 and older are now eligible — yet the state gets just 300,000 doses a week.

St. Peter’s readies county’s Tower for overflow COVID-19 patients

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Depending on the facility and the day, hospitals in the region are at 70- to 80-percent capacity. “Once we get to 85 percent, we get nervous,” said James Reed, the president and chief executive officer of St. Peter’s Health Partners. That is the number set by the state’s winter plan for battling COVID-19, requiring a region, at 21 days, to shut down.

State aid to VCSD a little light, future payments still uncertain 

by Sean Mulkerrin

The Voorheesville Central School District is still waiting on about $167,000 in state aid that was withheld due to the pandemic.  

Eleven new COVID-19 cases at Guilderland schools

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — Because of quarantined staff, some middle school students here will be learning remotely for a few days.

New Yorkers eligible for COVID-19 vaccination as part of tier 1b

Under New York's expanded eligibility, the following individuals will now be eligible to schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment:

 

The battle is joined with promises of new rapid-testing sites, and a statewide Public Health Corps

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Much of Andrew Cuomo’s speech on Monday — to be followed with several later presentations — dealt with initiatives spawned because of the coronavirus. He detailed plans for vaccinations, ways to deal with the economic crisis, and to “address the systemic injustices exposed during this year’s low-tide in America: the inequity, the racism, and the social abuse.”

Voorheesville’s high school to go all-remote for a week; on-site testing to start soon

by Sean Mulkerrin

The decision to go remote was made after a teacher at Clayton A. Bouton High School in New Scotland tested positive for COVID-19 and contact-tracing revealed that a number of teachers would have to quarantine after coming into contact with their colleague.

Residents survived East Berne fire but ‘lost everything’

by Noah Zweifel

Noah Zweifel

COVID shots will come to county’s elderly

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“Many, many seniors are afraid to go out,” said Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. “They will not take public transportation. They will not get in a taxi.” So, once COVID-19 vaccine is available, Mohawk Ambulance, working with the city and county, will vaccinate residents 75 and older in their homes.

New York State now has four U.K. cases of COVID

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Saturday, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy announced 268 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths from the disease, bringing the county’s toll to 249.

Dutch Mills Acres development on Carman Road proposed — again

by Sean Mulkerrin

Placards notifying the public that the Dutch Mill Acres Townhome application is slated to be heard at an upcoming Guilderland Town Board meeting were posted on Carman Road and Lone Pine Drive, according to an affidavit filed with the town, but no meeting date is listed on the sworn statement.   

Essential workers can sign up for shots on Monday — and wait

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“On Monday, they will begin accepting reservations for vaccinations,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo. New Yorkers who are health-care workers, essential workers, or who are 75 or older will be eligible to sign up. “The new providers must prioritize their health care staff,” said Cuomo.

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