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Altamont’s 2022-23 budget down 3%

by Sean Mulkerrin

The Altamont Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on next year’s budget on April 5, at 7 p.m., at Village Hall, with adoption likely taking place during the village’s annual reorganizational meeting, also on Tuesday. 

Week CVII: Hochul asks for federal funds to deal with COVID variants as BA.2 spreads

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“New variants, such as the B.A.2 variant, continue to arise,” said Governor Kathy Hochul, “and without additional federal funds the proven tools we have come to rely on, most notably vaccines and boosters, may not be readily available for all New Yorkers.”

Airgas turns down Guilderland IDA’s $240K tax break

by Sean Mulkerrin

At the March 22 meeting of the Guilderland Industrial Development Agency, board members were informed that Airgas USA had declined to accept a $240,000 sales-tax break the company sought and was granted for its three-acre liquid argon gas storage and distribution facility in the Northeastern Industrial Park.

BKW budget proposal: Spending up, taxes down for 2022-23 school year

by Noah Zweifel

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo Board of Education accepted Superintendent Timothy Mundell’s proposed budget in a unanimous vote, along with the district’s annual bus proposition and the proposed purchase of 1772 Helderberg Trail. All three items — plus school board elections — will be subject to a district vote on May 17.

Penalty paid for illegal hunting

GUILDERLAND — “A hunter recently paid a penalty for taking a deer out of season on Christmas Day in Guilderland,” said a Wednesday press release from the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation.

The penalty was $500.

Study aims to better predict safe return to sports after concussion

 When is it safe for an athlete who suffers a concussion playing a sport to return to play?

Search in Massachusetts underway for missing Delmar woman

BETHLEHEM — Police are looking for a Delmar woman who hasn’t been seen since March 26.

Meghan A. Marohn, 42, traveled to Stockbridge, Massachusetts that Saturday, and her unattended vehicle was found at Long Cope Park Hiking Trails in Massachusetts.

Trees cut to make way for sidewalk, new gas pipeline

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“We’re in that time period between when the ground can be worked on,” said Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber, before the April 1 deadline after which no trees can be cut. That deadline is set by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation to protect the northern long-eared bat.

State bans fowl shows to prevent spread of avian flu

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets on Friday announced that it has issued an order to ban all live fowl shows and exhibitions to help prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza to the state’s poultry.

From Albany County, with love: Local groups rally to send aid to Ukraine

by Noah Zweifel

The war in Ukraine has inspired various charity efforts within Albany County, led by churches, governments, and private organizations alike. 

Guilderland High School senior dies after car accident

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — A Guilderland teenager died on Sunday after being injured in a car accident.

Megi Hamza, 18, was a senior at Guilderland High School.

2022-23 Voorheesville budget up nearly 8%

by Sean Mulkerrin

A public hearing on the Voorheesville budget proposal is set for Monday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m., at Village Hall.

From war to the ‘Wild West,’ Howell brings a range of experience to direct tech at GCSD

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“Customer service and best practices are my keywords,” said David Howell, the new technology director for the Guilderland schools. “Those are my buzzwords — to make sure that we are doing things so that the teachers and the staff and the students all feel supported and we’re giving them the tools they need, but doing it in a safe manner.”

Dyson released from custody, fired from job

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — At about 4 p.m. last Thursday, the Guilderland school district posted a notice saying, “We have just been advised by the Guilderland Police Department that Raquan Dyson has been released from custody.

Service proposes classifying long-eared bats as endangered

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal on March 22 to reclassify the northern long-eared bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

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