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The retired Guilderland resident has spent a lifetime helping the needy and vulnerable both as part of his career and in volunteer work.

In the way most of us breathe air — an essential intake to sustain life — Leonard A. Slade Jr. breathes poetry.

SELKIRK — Three people were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries after a plane crashed at the South Albany Airport, according to a Thursday evening release from the Bethlehem Police.

BETHLEHEM — Two cars crashed on Thursday afternoon and both drivers were taken to the hospital, according to a May 11 release from the Bethlehem Police.

Police reported on Monday that the driver of one of the cars, a 17-year-old male from Colonie, died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash.

With its new $16.7 million assessment, the Northeastern Industrial Park will pay about $310,000 in Voorheesville Central School District taxes each year, down from $522,000 in annual tax payments. 

“We did have a little bit of a dip in proficiency level from pre-pandemic,” said Rachel Anderson of Guilderland students’ test scores. This was typical across the state and nation.

Albany County spokeswoman Mary Rozak told The Enterprise this week that “various plans have been proposed and are evolving.”

The public hearing for the proposed law will be held on June 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Berne Senior Center, 1360 Helderberg Trail. 

Among the items dealt with by the New Scotland Planning Board on May 2 were Meadowdale Winery’s request to move its operation from Guilderland to New Scotland, an application from Indian Ladder Farms to hold a festival this July, a request from Boozy Moo! Ice Cream to move its production facility from Albany to New Salem, a proposed condo project on New Scotland Road, and an already-approved solar project on Altamont Road.

A survey of upstate New York residents by Cornell University researchers found that, while most people support renewable energy development in general, they generally become less supportive when a project is sited near their home. 

ALBANY COUNTY — The pandemic — or at least the government declarations of emergency it engendered — is ending not with a bang but a whimper.

The library has negotiated new contracts with its union employees. Raises were needed, according to the library’s director, Timothy Wiles, because salaries were higher at other local libraries, making recruiting and retention difficult.

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo board members have overseen a period of the district’s history that, between overfunding from the state and the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout, has been as auspicious as it has been challenging. 

Last month, the Biden administration announced that it would spend $1.1 billion to provide free COVID vaccinations to uninsured Americans after the vaccines are commercially marketed.

New York State has made $5 million in grant money available for capital projects related to local meat-processing facilities, whether new or existing, in an attempt to diversify an industry currently dominated by large corporations. 

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