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Wu wins scholarship from Board of Regents

GUILDERLAND — Athena Wu, a Guilderland senior, has been awarded the Chancellor McGovern Scholarship, given to the child of State Education Department employees.

Wu has a 4.0 grade-point average and will attend Northeastern University to study neuroscience.

East Berne Fire Company asking $2.7M for new building

by Noah Zweifel

The company’s current firehouse on Main Street, in East Berne, has become too small to fit the increasingly large emergency vehicles it relies on, in addition to being unaccommodating for fundraising events and other community activities. 

Parking and traffic concerns dominate generally positive Business for Good public hearing

by Sean Mulkerrin

The public hearing was kept open for written comments only until the commission’s next meeting, currently set for July 5. 

Fatal boat accident at Thompsons Lake

A 47-year-old woman was killed when a boat she was in capsized on Thompsons Lake. 

Crossgates Commons refinances loans

by Sean Mulkerrin

Built in the city of Albany in 1994, the 437,286-square-foot outdoor shopping center Crossgates Commons is home to big-box retailers like Home Depot and At Home. The retail center had $29.8 million in debt spread across two loans whose original value was $32.5 million due May 1. 

Ellen Howie understands the consequences of care

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

ALTAMONT — When she hears something that intrigues her, Ellen Howie takes action.

Early one Sunday morning, she heard a broadcast on National Public Radio about No Mow May.

“It captured my imagination,” says Howie in this week’s Enterprise podcast. “And I thought, ‘Well, that’s easy.’”

Warm weather starts to burden Altamont’s already taxed water supply

by Sean Mulkerrin

According to Altamont’s latest drinking-water quality report, from 2021,  average demand in the village is about 189,000 gallons per day.  Altamont Superintendent of Public Works Jeff Moller said on June 9 that demand is now “pushing” 260,000 gallons per day. 

County’s community level reduced to ‘medium,’ down from ‘high’

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

A report by the state’s comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, released on Friday, said challenges continue for New York’s Unemployment Trust Fund.

Bethlehem to spend $3M to protect 300 acres of farmland

BETHLEHEM — This rapidly developing suburban town, next to the state’s capital, plans to protect 300 acres of farmland from two farms that have been operating since the Revolutionary War.

Berne Planning Board invites residents to share views on land use

by Noah Zweifel

The Berne Planning Board held one workshop last month, and will host another on June 16 at 7 p.m. 

Medical center, 202 apartments proposed on contaminated Western Avenue site

by Sean Mulkerrin

Developer Armand Quadrini recently submitted an application to the town of Guilderland proposing a Planned Unit Development on five parcels from 2298 to 2314 Western Ave., including the site of the former Master Cleaners, currently designated a brownfield by the state’s Department of Conservation.

Gas leak in Voorheesville leads to evacuation of seven homes

by Sean Mulkerrin

On Monday, at about 3 p.m., the Albany County Sheriff’s 9-1-1 center received a call for a resident requesting medical assistance at 7 Lexington Court, according to a Facebook post from Sheriff Craig Apple. 

GPD report: Arrests rebound from pandemic slump, Blacks still disproportionately charged

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Numbers of arrests in Guilderland, which had dropped in 2020 — for juveniles (48 in 2020 to 60 in 2021), drunk driving (33 to 50 in 2021), traffic summons (785 more than double to 1,620 in 2021), property-damage crashes (872 in 2020 to 1,033 in 2021) — all rebounded last year after plummeting during the start of the pandemic.

As fair season starts, bans on poultry exhibits lifted

The Altamont Fair will be able to exhibit poultry after all.
The bans on live poultry shows, exhibitions, auctions, sales, meets, and swaps in New York State have been lifted.

Emma Harbeck says, ‘Everyone is beautiful’

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — When Emma Harbeck competed this past weekend for the Miss New York title in the Miss America competition, she sang the song “Reflection” from the ​​1998 Disney film based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan.

Mulan spares her grandfather by disguising herself as a boy so she can become a warrior in his stead.

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