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Guilderland school board nixes Columbus Day

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — By a vote of 8 to 1, the school board here decided on Tuesday to call the federal holiday that falls on Oct. 9 this year solely by the name Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Mckeon says, nurturing nature with native plants is something everyone can do

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — Joan Mckeon had an awakening as she mowed her lawn — a job she hated.

“It smelled bad, it was noisy, and the little creatures would run for their lives,” she says in this week’s Enterprise podcast.

Jones charged with four counts of sex abuse

GUILDERLAND — A man has been charged with predatory sexual assault against a child and four counts of first-degree sexual abuse.

No students injured in school bus accident

GUILDERLAND — No students were injured on Friday morning when a school bus, Route 11, on a run to Farnsworth Middle School was in an accident.

Troopers say: Man with narcotics crashed fatally after police pursuit ended

KNOX — On Wednesday, a Cohoes man crashed in Knox, and later died of severe injuries, after a brief police chase elsewhere had ended.
Jason S. Benn, 49, was pronounced dead at Albany Medical Center.

State Police, in a press release on Thursday, said event unfolded this way:

Family displaced by fire, 12 pets die

BETHLEHEM — While the family that lived at 15 Hidden Hollow Road was not home on Wednesday when the house caught fire, their pets were.

“Once the fire was extinguished it was learned that 6 dogs, 4 cats, and 2 ferrets had been inside the residence and succumbed to fire,” the Bethlehem Police said in a Feb. 1 release.

Week CLI: Biden spurred to lift COVID health emergencies by May 11

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The White House went on to say that the two bills proposed by the House Republicans — H.R. 382 and H.J. Res. 7 — abruptly ending the emergency declarations “would have two highly significant impacts on our nation’s health system and government operations.” One would create uncertainty in health care and the other would create a surge of immigrants, the statement says.

Berne’s ATV bill crashes against safety guidance

by Noah Zweifel

Berne hopes to open up many of its roads to all-terrain vehicles, but data indicates that more than half of ATV deaths occur on paved roads, and various safety groups and ATV manufacturers explicitly advise against operating those machines on pavement. 

Voorheesville looks to update zoning with an eye toward village-wide sign regulation

by Sean Mulkerrin

A public hearing on the proposed law was held on Jan. 25, while a vote on the matter is likely to happen in the coming weeks. 

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