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Economic achievements over the past year were central to County’s Executive Daniel McCoy’s 2023 state of Albany County.

BETHLEHEM — Two men who targeted Hannaford Supermarkets to shoplift crashed their car in Rensselaer after police chased them from a Hannaford in Delmar, according to a release from Bethlehem Police.

GUILDERLAND — Arrests in December and again in January led to a Feb. 21 arrest of a Guilderland man for three felonies: two counts of predatory sexual assault against a child, four counts of first-degree rape, and four counts of first degree sexual abuse.

BERNE — “Rescued dog” took on new meaning on Jan. 27.

Two dogs had fallen through the ice on Thompsons Lake on that Friday, and Environmental Conservation Officer Michael Hamelin responded to the call, according to a release from the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, which said events unfolded this way:

The new anti-hate policy, said Nathan Sabourin, would “touch on virtually every aspect of the district.” He went on, “It is not going to be simply aspirational. It is going to have, for lack of a better term, teeth, and guidance. And it’ll be not just a policy, it will be a regulation within the district.”

It was reported on Feb. 17 that the parent company of Crossgates Mall was facing an “imminent monetary default” on loans totaling $157 million.

“The vast majority of dogs are licensed, they have chips … they’re found,” said Supervisor Peter Barber of strays in Guilderland. “Again, we are one of the few towns locally that actually has an animal shelter with two professional animal-control officers and so we do shelter most of our animals but they find their way back home within the five-day period.”