Guilderland on Dec. 6 passed its own law that prohibits clear-cutting of one acre or more unless that was part of an approved permit or site plan — or sustainable forestry practice. Supervisor Peter Barber on Friday said the town’s new law would apply to the Prime Capital Development project but said it would “not add new ammunition” to the regulations already in place.
The Berne Town Board is soliciting bids from loggers who hope to source timber from the 350-acre Switzkill Farm property. Though the term logging can invoke images of industrialist destruction, it can be as beneficial for forests as it is for people when it’s done responsibly.
Jeff Thomas, who owns the post office building on Park Street that backs up to his depot property, said he has been working with the United States Postal Service, which wants to expand the Altamont office, on a plan to build a new post office behind the current one.
The federal Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law in August, “had a big sustainability portion,” said Michael Hamor, “and so on-site solar actually makes more financial sense now.”
On Monday, New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, warned consumers of price gouging of children’s painkillers and fever reducers since demand has increased. Not only are COVID cases ticking up but cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus are spiking this year in children since many of them have been isolated or masked for two years.
A study conducted by researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University has found that climate change is leading to warmer lakes, which in turn are losing oxygen and undergoing further chemical changes that are harmful for fish and other wildlife while exacerbating climate change.
Standardized test scores released by New York State this month show that students at Berne-Knox-Westerlo are performing the same or better in math and English language arts as they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacted students globally, and are also participating at higher rates.
GUILDERLAND — The Albany Med Health System will reopen its EmUrgentCare office in Guilderland, at the intersection of routes 20 and 155, on Monday, Jan. 2.
It will also reopen a Glenville urgent-care office; both offices are reopening on Jan. 2 after recent temporary closures.
GUILDERLAND — When the Guilderland Planning Board heard a recent proposal for an 8,000-square-foot medical-office building, it turned out to be a rare case of a resident offering only positive feedback on a project.
Albany County is investing $160,000 in the Eviction Prevention and Intervention Collaborative, known as EPIC, that will help county residents facing eviction with legal assistance, referrals, and information.
The bill would have prevented retired public workers — who are obligated to enroll in Medicare once they’re 65 — from losing the skilled-nursing-care benefit when they make the switch. Governor Kathy Hochul rejected it, saying it was too expensive for governments and school districts.
The complaint states that, in the early morning hours of Sept. 9, 2021, Britney Lomio, 27, gestured to her mother, Roberta Princiotto, that she was choking.
