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In her executive budget, Hochul included $13.5 million for schools that need help in purchasing pouches or cubbies to store cell phones during the school day. The Guilderland superintendent, Marie Wiles, has estimated it would cost the suburban district with roughly 5,000 students about $110,000 for the next school year. Hochul’s plan is to implement the policy for the 2025-26 school year.

To get away from the conflicts and inconveniences that come with sharing a road-salt shed with Albany County, the town of Knox is looking into the possibility of building its own shed on the town highway department property on the county’s strong recommendation. 

A combined-action lawsuit filed by former Westerlo Planning Board members who were hoping to reverse the town’s abolishment of the board did not have standing to sue, according to state Supreme Court Associate Justice Susan M.Kushner.

Halsey’s long-lost collection of lichen within a 50-mile radius of New York City lets scientists understand the area’s pre-industrial lichen communities.

Voorheesville continues to deal with the fallout from incidents of racism and antisemitism at its middle school in the past year.

Melanie laCour, who had been one of the Berne Democratic Committee’s recommended appointees to the governor, is an attorney with experience in municipal law, according to a spokesperson for the governor.

“It’s not about the names, dates, and places,” said Barry Alex Finsel. “It’s about absorbing information, processing it, and expressing it in ways that are efficient.”