ALBANY COUNTY — The county has launched a partnership with the Capital Region Workforce Development Board to provide support and job readiness training to people released from Albany’s jail as well as clients of the Sheriff’s Homeless Improvement Program, known as SHIP, which is housed at the jail.
New York State Police have confirmed it was the body of Anthony Moretti, a 35-year-old man from Albany, that had been recovered from a wooded area near the Bozen Kill in Knox.
A-Metro Movers is seeking permission to demolish the M&M Motel at 2360 Western Ave. as well as a single-family home on the site and replace them with 27,000 square feet of self-storage.
Among the three residents who submitted written comments and the six residents who spoke at the hearing, only one favored the law as it was first proposed.
The Rockefeller Institute of Government heard from a variety of education experts and members of the public on what factors need to be front of mind as the institute begins studying the existing Foundation Aid formula on behalf of Governor Kathy Hochul, who was roundly criticized for her proposed changes during the last budget cycle.
Berne Town Board members Al Thiem, Leo Vane Jr., and Joe Martin have each resigned from the board, with complaints about Supervisor Dennis Palow as their reason.
Voorheesville’s mayor, Rich Straut, said village attorney Rich Reilly “went back … did the research,” and found a way for the village to obtain the funding.
A Rensselaerville resident asked the town board what can be done about the poor cell-phone service in the town, a perennial concern that has nevertheless been overshadowed by conversations about broadband; the response was, essentially, “not much.”
Voorheesville currently is in the process of putting together its own Complete Streets plan, which Mayor Rich Straut said is targeted at bicycle and pedestrian safety.
