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VCSD looking at $33.5M budget for next year

by Sean Mulkerrin

“I’d like to tell the board that this has not been a very easy budget to develop,” Voorheesville’s interim business official, Lissa Jilek, told school board members this month. 

Speakers call for small houses rather than large apartment complexes

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“Don’t wait until, you know, the heavy equipment rolls into your neighborhood and then wonder what’s going on. Figure it out and get here,” said Guilderland resident Karen White, encouraging other residents to speak out on the proposed updates for the town’s comprehensive plan.

Knox accident sends four to hospital

Ambulances transported four people to Albany Medical Center, including one in critical condition, after a traffic accident near the intersection of Township Road and Lewis Road in Knox.

Western Avenue storage facility approved

by Sean Mulkerrin

The Feb. 5 meeting had a packed agenda. 

State says risk to public ‘remains low’ as bird flu evolves

by Noah Zweifel

Governor Kathy Hochul announced this week the temporary closure of all live bird markets in several downstate counties after seven different markets found positive cases of bird flu, which has been evolving in ways that are worrying to human and animal health experts alike. 

Over 7 inches of snow expected on Saturday night

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

ALBANY COUNTY — The eastern part of Albany County is under a winter storm watch from Saturday evening, Feb. 8, through Sunday morning, Feb.

Governor proposes new workforce training center at closed Saint Rose campus

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Today, Governor Kathy Hochul made an announcement at the campus to an appreciative audience, proposing that up to $40 million in state funds be spent to set up workforce training centers in three regions in New York: the Capital Region, the Finger Lakes, and the Mohawk Valley. 

‘Federal chaos’ causes local uncertainty and fear, leaders say

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“When those executive orders came in, when that news came in,” said Assemblywoman Gabriella Romero, “our office was flooded and we were getting tearful constituents coming to us and, for me, as a new member, that was very scary. I wasn’t expecting that.”

Committee on Open Government calls for ‘overhaul’ of transparency practices in NYS

by Noah Zweifel

The New York State Committee on Open Government’s 2024 annual report lays out the various problems with the state’s current transparency laws, and highlights a significant number of legislative proposals that aim to address them. 

BPD: Couple burglarized home of someone they knew

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

BETHLEHEM — A Troy couple was arrested on Wednesday after a Jan. 30 burglary at a Glenmont home.

Lisa and Carlos Campbell were each charged with second-degree burglary, and third-degree criminal mischief, both felonies, and with petit larceny, a misdemeanor.

Photo: Berne highway truck runs into ditch

On Monday, Feb. 3, a Berne highway truck ran into a ditch on Peasley Road as the driver was trying to make room for an ambulance, Highway Superintendent Randy Bashwinger told The Enterprise this week. Bashwinger said the $300,000 International took “no damage at all.”

State survey: First responders are stressed and depressed but fear stigma of treatment

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Thoughts of suicide were reported by 16 percent of first responders, which is four times higher than the general population in New York state.

Panel discusses ‘pivotal role’ of African-American labor

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The society Carter Woodson founded in 1916, now called the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, sets a theme every year for Black History Month. This year’s theme is African Americans and Labor.

Planning board weighs in on update of comprehensive plan

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Chairman Stephen Feeney recommended that planning board members come up with “a compilation of comments” as opposed to “trying to put together some formal recommendation.”

Affordable senior housing critical for communities, but so is outside funding

by Noah Zweifel

Guilderland Town Planner Ken Kovalchik told The Enterprise this week that two affordable-housing projects geared toward senior residents had failed to obtain state funding in the past few years, disintegrating one proposal and deeply complicating another. 

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