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Guilderland and Pyramid look for second suit, filed by Save the Pine Bush, to be dismissed

by Sean Mulkerrin

Wasting no time, on the day the Appellate Court handed down its decision, July 8, Pyramid’s lawyers fired off a letter to a judge in the second case, making him aware of the outcome and asking him to “dismiss the petition in its entirety.”

Westerlo one step closer to $1.7M broadband grant — but nothing’s firmed up yet

by Noah Zweifel

All 10 of Congressman Paul Tonko’s requests for local capital-project funding through the federal budget have been accepted, meaning that the budget draft that just advanced through the United States House of Representatives needs only to be approved by the Senate. 

CDC says: COVID transmission in Albany County is ‘substantial’

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

For the seven days running from July 25 to July 31, the CDC says, Albany County has an average of 54.34 cases per 100,000 population. Other nearby counties that, as of Sunday, were labeled as having “substantial” transmission were: Rensselaer at 66.79, Saratoga at 88.75, Schenectady at 59.24, and Schoharie at 54.84 per 100,000 population.

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