Meredith Brière advocates “being more inclusive ourselves and having the guts to admit that we live within systems trying to break those systems down, starting here.”

“Mosquitoes, once a nuisance, are now a threat,” said Commissioner James McDonald. “I urge all New Yorkers to prevent mosquito bites by using insect repellents, wearing long-sleeved clothing and removing free-standing water near their homes. Fall is officially here, but mosquitoes will be around until we see multiple nights of below freezing temperatures.”

James Lawitz, who graduated from Clayton A. Bouton High School in Voorheesville in 2012, where he was a standout on the football team, was fatally shot on Sept. 15 in Henrico County, Virginia, where he had lived.

He was 30 years old.

The transfer of the property to the town was a requirement for the developer of a four-lot cluster subdivision on State Farm Road.

Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy announced on Sept. 19 that she has secured $150,000 that will be used to help reconstruct an 18th-Century Dutch barn from Montgomery County within the modern center.

BETHLEHEM — After a week of increased police presence and anxiety in Bethlehem schools because of unfounded phone threats, Police Chief Gina Cocchiara announced on Tuesday that, in partnership with the FBI, her department has determined “there is no imminent threat to Bethlehem schools.”

Sadako Sasaki, in 1955, folded a tiny origami crane using the red wrapper of a methotrexate medicine container, a treatment for her leukemia. That crane is now on display at the state museum.

Several parents recommended to the board that the child be home-schooled, which the district’s lawyer said the board has no legal right to do. Others expressed fear as well as anger while a 13-year-old student, who had been targeted, said he didn’t feel safe despite two adults accompanying the boy during the school day.

Asked if the Superfund site and the neighboring Patroon Creek are now safe, a spokesman for EPA responded, “The February 2024 Five-Year Review indicated that the Mercury Refining site is protective of human health and the environment now that all institutional controls, including environmental easements, are in place.”

Atlas Copco’s expansion will create 55 new full-time jobs with an average annual salary of $70,000; the expansion is also expected to create an additional 46 direct and indirect jobs in the construction trades with construction completed by the end of 2026.