A series of lessons will be taught at the Heldeberg Workshop thanks to a $24,999 grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation secured by Dorothy Matthews.

Amy Clute with Needham Risk toured the town hall, highway garage, and transfer station and made 15 recommendations; five were designated as top priorities.

The source of this warmth and sense of well being was the driver, Francesca Lo Porto-Brandow. She is the driver both literally and figuratively of the Flutter Express. She has used her own cancer and that of her father and her husband not to wall herself off or to wallow in self-pity but, rather, to help others along what she calls their “health-care journey.”

Police found evidence at the searched home linked to this burglary as well as another burglary in a separate jurisdiction. The county sheriff’s office had dealt with a similar burglary in Westerlo, Scarano said.

“This will be the biggest year in state history for road paving,” said Governor Kathy Hochul. “I’m here to say that we understand the pain and frustration of drivers.”

By deciding to draw $1.2 million from its fund balance, the district now has a gap of $260,000.

Guilderland has now drafted a $134 million budget for next year, about $7 million more than this year’s spending plan, a 5.27-percent increase. The current proposal closes what remained of a $4.1 million gap by drawing about $2 million from the district’s fund balance and reserves.

As the town board members commented on various grant requests, they agreed a better process was needed as well as more publicity about the availability of the grants.

Brendan Kennedy, a partner in the firm, told the board that some of the difficulties Berne had witnessed are prevalent and concluded, “Our success will look like your success.”

Albany County will help school districts cover a portion of the cost during the first year.