ALBANY COUNTY — The western part of Albany County will be under winter weather advisory from 7 a.m. on Friday until 1 a.m. on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
“By some magic recipe, we all figured out: OK, town money, county money, and Mohawk-Hudson money and got it done,” said Joanne Cunningham who chairs the Albany County Legislature.
Altamont was awarded $1.1 million in funding to help improve its wastewater treatment plant on Gun Club Road, while Voorheesville received $300,000 to help pay for sewer upgrades in the Salem Hills neighborhood. The funds were secured by Congressman Paul Tonko.
ALBANY COUNTY — People with heart or lung disease, old people, and children are being advised today, Feb. 18, to choose less strenuous activities — like walking instead of running — and to shorten the amount of time they are active outdoors.
The town of Berne had removed the case to federal court but, on Dec. 11, 2025, in a nine-page decision, U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci remanded the case to the Supreme Court of New York, Albany County and also ordered that fees and costs — which total about $11,000 — be covered by the town.
Mayor Rich Straut in a Feb. 9 letter to Governor Kathy Hochul asked that “Norfolk Southern be added to the State of New York’s list of non-responsible, debarred, or otherwise ineligible contractors, and precluded from applying for future grants of New York State taxpayer dollars.”
The New York State Senate this week passed two bills related to the regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), more commonly known as forever chemicals, because they don’t break down in humans or the environment.
At its Feb. 3 meeting, the town board unanimously authorized issuing requests for proposals for the new scale and also allowed the use of the transfer station’s capital reserve funds to pay for it.
