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Albany County joins Green Purchasing Communities

ALBANY COUNTY — The county’s application to become a member of the Green Purchasing Communities program has been approved, Daniel McCoy, the county’s executive, announced on Wednesday.

FreedomCon 2024: Workshops to inspire change

ALBANY COUNTY — The Underground Railroad Education Center is looking to inspire change-makers with a series of online workshops.
“FreedomCon 2024: Agents of Change, Voices of Freedom” will feature monthly presentations every fourth Saturday from January to October, via Zoom, from 2 to 3 p.m.

Changes to Guilderland’s health-care provider rankle former supervisor

by Sean Mulkerrin

At issue is the town’s decision to change providers from CDPHP to Humana, which Anne Tucker Rose, Guilderland’s supervisor for a period in the 1990s, said no longer allows her to see her pulmonologist of 30 years.

Luxury senior housing comes to Guilderland after years of controversy

by Sean Mulkerrin

In a press release drumming up business last week, Hamilton Parc, which has received millions in town-approved tax breaks, sought and received publicity for single-room apartments with a starting low of $2,475 per month and two-room units at the high end for nearly $4,000 a month

Berne Town Hall closed for asbestos removal, late tax bills en route

by Noah Zweifel

Town hall will be closed for a week, from Jan. 10 through 17.

Snowstorm ends, rain and flooding on the horizon

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The new storm “will likely cause flooding and power outages throughout the state,” said the governor’s office. “Forecasts are calling for the system to begin with snow, but then quickly transition to rain, except in higher elevations.”

Dutch barn being relocated, leaving behind only its written history

by Noah Zweifel

The Shultes-Malcolm Dutch Barn, in Knox, is being dismantled and relocated, as many Dutch barns in the area have been before it. Developers often buy these rare historic structures and turn them into housing, despite efforts by New York state and some municipalities to encourage local owners to preserve them in place.   

Santos is a first as Dems conduct business as usual

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

In Guilderland, Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly 2 to 1 and all of the elected officials are Democrats. But divisions within the party appear to be healing as Christine Napierski was appointed deputy supervisor.

Friends of Five Rivers gets $28K from state to increase outreach

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

ALBANY COUNTY — Friends of Five Rivers has received $27,638 from the state to increase marketing and outreach throughout the greater Capital Region.

The award is “to ultimately drive up community engagement, membership, and volunteerism,” according to a Jan. 5 release from the governor’s office.

Snow: ‘It’s coming, it’s coming’

The Capital Region can expect a foot of snow, falling at one to two inches an hour on Saturday night, and continuing into Sunday, said Governor Kathy Hochul at a press conference on Friday.

Globally rare pine barrens captured in photographs

The annual Pine Bush Perspectives juried photo exhibit is on display both inside the Albany Pine Bush Preserve’s Discovery Center and along the preserve’s blue trail behind the center.

Almost time to sign up for DEC Summer Camps, sponsors for campers sought

Online registration for the 2024 Summer Camps program sponsored by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation will open Sunday, March 24, at 1 p.m.

Crossgates wins Guilderland tax lawsuit

by Sean Mulkerrin

Acting county Supreme Court Justice David Weinstein in December determined Crossgates’ own appraisal for 2019 and 2020 was the “most consistent” analysis of the property’s value, and ruled in the Crossgates’ favor, ordering that the Guilderland’s “assessment rolls are to be corrected accordingly, and any overpayments of taxes are to be refunded with interest.”

County inauguration is a family affair

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

County Comptroller Susan Rizzo, after being sworn in for her second four-year term on Friday, said the trailblazing women in her life had shaped her. The other officials, all men, gave more patriarchal views of family support.

Medicare changes may ease cost of supporting retirees

by Noah Zweifel

Erin Nevins, of EP Nevins Insurance Agency, told the Rensselaerville Town Board last week that it may have an opportunity in 2025 to lower costs associated with reimbursing retirees, thanks to impending changes to the Medicare program that limit out-of-pocket drug expenses to $2,000 per enrollee. 

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