Bob Flynn has written a book — titled “Tork’s Hill & Mead’s Pond” — about two Voorheesville men who used their private property to create what he terms “winter wonderlands” where he and his friends could gather. Flynn’s book captures an earlier time when kids played outside — even in cold winters — and when there was a sense of community, a sense of place, and a sense of trust.

Governor Kathy Hochul said almost 1 percent of adolescents in the United States — “that’s 2 million” — have reported using kratom in the past year. In New York state alone, Hochul said, overdose of kratom was listed as the cause of death for 100 people.

Napierski was elected to the town board despite being at odds with the town’s Democratic committee and is now returning to a justice post she was earlier denied by that committee.

“For more than a decade we have been working to minimize road salt use as much as possible and the results speak for themselves,” said DOT Commissioner Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez. “Now, it’s time to expand the battle. We encourage everyone to implement judicious salt management practices that minimize salt use while still maintaining safety

Asked about his goals in his new Guilderland post, Maher said, “I’m hoping that we can have a full slate of candidates and raise money for the party and bring some life back in because the party in Guilderland, they’ve been struggling for a few years now.”

“I’m fully disabled and I can’t work, so I put all my time into this,” Savino said of the holiday-meal giveaway.

Board members sounded receptive to the idea at their Dec. 9 meeting and learned that two nearby city districts — Albany and Schenectady — have adopted the strategy while no local suburban districts have.

“We’d be remiss,” Helen Lounsbury said, “if we didn’t give this group — old and new — a big round of applause.” The crowd obliged.

The bill needs to be signed into law by Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy, which is likely since in October he signed an executive order setting 21 as the minimum age to buy a flare gun in Albany County, the same age stipulated by the bill.

The audit found employees used work computers for personal matters, the town hadn’t disabled accounts for workers who had left, and a contingency plan needs regular testing as well as adoption by the town board.