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Director Hawver credits Senator Patricia Fahy, an Albany Democrat, for “taking the lead,” writing letters to Kathy Hochul, “urging the governor in the budget this year to include money for an upgrade to the grounds, the outdoor portion of our Discovery Center, to improve it for safety, accessibility, aesthetics, and sustainability.”

The decision to hold off on construction, at least according to Kevin O’Connor, Albany County’s economic development chief, was in response to the Trump administration’s levying of heavy tariffs on goods manufactured outside the United States.

ALBANY COUNTY — In an era when antisemitism is on the rise, two local legislators are sponsoring a bill to establish a permanent Holocaust Memorial on the Empire State Plaza.

At the May 20 Guilderland Town Board meeting, Robyn Gray, who chairs the Guilderland Coalition for Responsible Growth, raised concerns she’d heard about police training at the Woodlawn Sportsmen’s Club on East Lydius Street and also spoke of the training in the ghost neighborhood in front of Crossgates.

Barber said only a half-dozen or so tax certiorari cases remain carried over from Guilderland’s townwide revaluation six or seven years ago. “If the board approves them,” said Barber before the two unanimous votes, “then they can’t challenge the assessment for three years.”

The village’s board of trustees on May 6 authorized its engineering firm, Barton and Loguidice, to begin applying for grants to help offset the multi-million-dollar cost of running a line from the intersection of routes 146 and 158 to connect Guilderland town water to the village. 

GUILDERLAND — This week, more than a score of Guilderland athletes signed a National Letter of Intent to play college sports in return for scholarships.