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Ad for free puppies was a tool for scam

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

NEW SCOTLAND — A Voorheesville resident, Suzanne Picard, says she was nearly scammed by an ad that was printed in The Enterprise last week.

The Enterprise runs free classified ads for lost or found pets or for pets that are free for adoption.

DEC will hold online meetings to share progress of air-monitoring initiative

Eight meetings, including one for the Capital Region, will be held by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation to provide progress updates on the statewide Community Air Monitoring Initiative launched in 2022.

‘The difference between life and death’: Crisis toolkit available to stem suicide

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

In the first year of 9-8-8, New York has received well over 185,000 calls routed directly to the state’s 9-8-8 Contact Centers. This is nearly a 30-percent increase in annual call volume.

Vista Tech Park sues Bethlehem and New Scotland to lower tax bill

by Sean Mulkerrin

In two Article 7 petitions filed on July 17 with Albany County Supreme Court, the owner of 125 Vista Boulevard, a parcel that lies in two towns in Vista Technology Park, requested that its Bethlehem assessment be lowered from $37.5 million to $20.25 million and its New Scotland assessment be reduced from $985,500 to $444,000. 

Nine Black cyclists follow Harriet Tubman’s trail to Albany

The cyclists start their journey, tracing an Underground Railroad route, on July 23 in Cambridge, Maryland, where Harriet Tubman was born, and are expected at Livingston Avenue in Albany on July 27 at about 1 p.m.

Rensselaerville water committee on solid ground as it works toward new system

by Noah Zweifel

Rensselaerville Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Ed Csukas spoke with The Enterprise this week about the committee’s efforts to update the town’s aging water system, which on a number of occasions has failed to keep the water quality within increasingly stringent federal limits. 

State lauds use of ‘empathetic’ robots in care of elderly

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

In 2020, a paper published in Ethics and Information Technology, “We need to talk about deception in social robotics!,” begins with a quote from T. S. Eliot: “Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.” The authors find a risk of users neglecting human relationships in favor of their relationship with the robot.

Heldeberg Workshop dedicating new theater building to influential teacher

by Noah Zweifel

To commemorate a “legendary champion of theater and integrative teaching methods,” the Heldeberg Workshop is naming their its built theater building after Richard K. Weeks, a teacher who, among other things, wrote a play about the Anti-Rent Wars around the time of the United States Bicentennial. 

Western Avenue 11-lot subdivision appears poised to clear first hurdle

by Sean Mulkerrin

CM Fox Living Solutions LLC first proposed a 10-home development in September of last year.

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