“We’ll start small and we’ll work our way up,” said Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple. “I firmly believe, if we can knock off a lot of the low-level stuff, a lot of the big stuff will take care of itself. And we want the criminals to know you are not welcome in the city of Albany.”
Thompsons Lake campground in the Helderbergs is among the state sites opening for Memorial Day weekend. Twenty-two beaches, pools and spraygrounds are opening at normal capacity. Unvaccinated visitors should wear a face covering when unable to maintain social distance outdoors and, for the safety of park staff, all visitors are required to wear a face covering inside park buildings.
Michelle Viola-Straight, the director of community relations at the Veterans and Community Housing Coalition, has a conflict related to funding that her organization receives from the federal government, which pervents her from running for office.
During this month’s Voorheesville Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee Richard Straut talked about the implications the proposed track work would have on plans the village has been working on for years.
The flag will be delivered and presented at the Hilltown Memorial Day Parade by Lieutenant Commander Nathan Stempel, an East Berne native who enlisted in the Navy after his graduation from Berne-Knox-Westerlo in 2001, and would go on to earn a Bronze Star and several other decorations.
Two Berne-Knox-Westerlo students, Jeremy Martin and Maia Ballapo, have organized a car wash for Saturday to help the Sperry family. Lisa Sperry died after a May 16 crash and two of her sons were injured. The driver who hit their minivan head-on was charged with driving while intoxicated.
Throughout the week, the state and county offered incentives for residents to get vaccinated. Youth in Albany County are being offered free tickets to a lacrosse game while youth across the state are being offered a chance to win scholarships to state schools.
On May 25, Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber, on behalf of the town’s planning board; David Paget, attorney for Pyramid Management Group; and James Bacon, the attorney for the plaintiffs, each had 10 minutes to make their case to the appeals court judges.
“There was much concern expressed regarding the original request to allow cigar and hookah smoking. After discussion with the owner [of Altamont Corners] Jeff Thomas, it has been decided to withdraw this portion of the Special Use Permit Request, as it would be inconsistent with his vision for the property and its patrons,” Curry Patta’s amended permit application states.
“I feel unwelcome here. I feel alienated, I feel attacked, and I feel scared ….,” said Savanna Jiang in a speech that at times sounded like a poem. She concluded, “We must demand change …. It begins right here.”
RIC Permitting Manager John Reagan told The Enterprise this week that new solar technologies will likely allow for a project with less impact than the previous one, which was spiritually approved by the Knox Planning Board but frustrated by the sudden absence of a planning board member in the middle of a critical vote.
While Governor Andrew Cuomo was at Jones Beach on Long Island, pushing “a shot in the park” incentive, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy on Monday offered another sports-related incentive for local youth to get vaccinated.
