Sixty percent of New York state is classified as a childcare desert, said Guinevere Gorman, a member of the board of directors of the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce. She also said the need for childcare is expected to grow by 5.9 percent in the next five years.

Historically, from 1999 to 2023, according to the CDC, Albany County has had an incidence of 0.03 per 100,000 of population for West Nile virus human neuroinvasive disease.

The allocations were heavy on city programs. Two Guilderland organizations received funds, both under the recreation and outdoor infrastructure heading: the Altamont Fair and Guilderland Youth Lacrosse. The Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy also got funding in that category.

Current assessment challenges are nowhere near the scale of earlier years in Guilderland. “That’s good news,” said the school board president. “Please tell me when to panic.”

School board members are planning a retreat once the new member is appointed. While board members will be learning from workshops elsewhere, Superintendent Marie Wiles concluded that “learning as a team … is often more powerful.”

Superintendent Marie Wiles said she would work with the district’s leadership team to put together a plan “to engage the community in relatively short order” on the topic of a smartphone ban throughout the school day. 

One Willow Street resident likened his street to the Daytona Speedway while a West Old State resident said she felt like a hostage in her own home.

BETHLEHEM — A woman has been charged with driving while impaired by drugs after she drove over double yellow center lines and crashed into another car, killing that driver, according to Bethlehem Police.

Police responded to the two-car crash near 1463 River Road in Selkirk at about 5:20 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19.

Among the three residents who submitted written comments and the six residents who spoke at the hearing, only one favored the law as it was first proposed.

“Get outside and get moving,” said Guilderland’s parks director, as $250,000 in State Assembly funds to upgrade two parks in town was announced.