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New COVID-19 boosters are here, mask guidance changes

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“Starting today, masks will be optional,” Kathy Hochul said at Wednesday’s press event, referring to their use in “shelters, correctional facilities, detention centers, and mass transit.” New Yorkers will continue to have to wear masks in hospitals and other health-care settings, in nursing homes, and at adult-care facilities

Sports-car driver charged 11 days after high-speed chase

BETHLEHEM — A routine traffic stop in the wee hours of the morning on Aug. 20, police say, led to a high-speed chase where the driver of the pursued car spun and almost hit the Bethlehem Police car following him.

Capital District YMCA struggling to find childcare workers in suburbia

by Noah Zweifel

The childcare crisis is hitting home as the Capital District YMCA struggles to find workers in big suburbs like Guilderland and Clifton Park amid a national labor shortage that has hurt the childcare industry. 

Week CXXX: School starts without COVID restrictions but a need to make up lost ground

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The National Center for Education Statistics issued what is commonly known as the Nation’s Report Card on Sept. 1, which showed that nationwide, reading and math scores for 9-year-olds fell between 2020 and 2022 by unprecedented levels.

AmeriCorps grant will let seniors help seniors

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“This AmeriCorps, like the Peace Corps, like VISTA [Volunteers In Service To America], is a national movement to try to help improve our country,” said Community Caregivers’ Executive Director Lee Lounsbury. “I don’t want to get political but, if people are looking for a way to make a difference, this is the way to do it.”

Wage board: Lower OT threshold

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The decision on overtime pay for farm workers is now in the hands of the state’s labor commissioner, Roberta Reardon.

Laura Barry plants hope along with native trees

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — Laura Barry is like a modern-day Johnny Appleseed.

Except, instead of planting apple trees, which originated in Asia, she is planting native trees.

“I planted about 15 trees this year, little saplings and things all over the place secretly,” she says, improving open land.

Meghan Marohn’s remains identified

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Investigators in Massachusetts have located and recovered the remains of 42-year-old Meghan Marohn.

On Tuesday, Andrew McKeever, spokesman for the​​ Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, told The Enterprise, “The office of the chief medical examiner did confirm the ID over the weekend.”

Guilderland IDA to receive $159K from controversial energy project

by Sean Mulkerrin

The Albany County IDA is set to receive an administrative fee equal to 1 percent of the project’s in-county $228.6 million cost, about $2.86 million. For the local IDA fee, the county determined the percentage of the project, in both miles and dollars, running through each municipality and multiplied that number by 0.25 percent.

East Berne couple teach kids life skills at Henrieka Farm Center

by Noah Zweifel

East Berne resident Brittni Abriel, a former teacher, and her husband run educational programs for kids from ages 3 to 12 at Henrieka Farm Center on Beaver Dam Road in the hamlet, teaching them the value of farm work and a life spent outdoors.

BPD: Larceny suspects crash into police car

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

BETHLEHEM — Two teens, stealing from a supermarket, police say, fled and crashed into a marked Bethlehem police car.
Police arrested Bishop A. Fraser and Jaquan D. Johnson — both 19-year-old Albany residents.

Several seasons open for hunters this month

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

September marks the beginning of several hunting seasons in New York State. Hunting seasons for squirrel and Canada goose begin Sept. 1 in upstate New York, and the early bear and antlerless deer seasons begin Sept. 10 in select wildlife management units.

Roundabout and sidewalk work hampered by underground utilities; closures coming

by Sean Mulkerrin

During a recent town meeting, while updating board members on various infrastructure projects in town, Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber said the Carman Road sidewalk project was unlikely to be completed this year. But those circumstances recently changed. 

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