Thomas F. McGrath, 71, of Slingerlands, was arrested by Bethlehem Police on Tuesday on charges stemming from a two-car crash on May 11 that killed 17-year-old Michael J. Kleinke of Colonie.

ALBANY COUNTY — A temporary bridge for the Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail over Route 85 in Slingerlands is expected to be in place by the end of September, according to George Penn, Albany County’s director of operations.

The bridge had buckled on July 12, just weeks after being put in place.

All of New York state will be feeling the heat on Thursday and Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul warned as she spoke in Oswego, in central New York, on Wednesday.

The “real feel of temperature” in New York City, Long Island, and the Mid-Hudson area is expected to be over 105, she said.

Dave Byrne said that the Pruskowski family is taking an “innovative approach” to promote agriculture on the solar facility site. “We propose to conduct sheep grazing on the site,” he said. “A local friendly pollinator mix will be planted and sheep grazing will be used,” says an Agricultural Data Statement submitted to the town by Ecolegacy Values.

GUILDERLAND — Two Guilderland High School students, Elca Hubbard and Angelica Sofia Parker, will soon be competing against each other in the Miss Teen New York pageant — and yet they are supporting one another as friends.

GUILDERLAND — Athletes from Pil Sung Taekwondo brought home 84 national medals after competing this month in the AAU Taekwondo National Championships held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

“It’s fascinating to see how cycling has evolved over the years,” said Matt Devlin, owner of Mad Dog Bikes.

VOORHEESVILLE — Dianne Luci believes in the power of bringing people together.

“I so strongly believe if people traveled more and got to know different cultures that we wouldn’t have so much divisiveness in this country and hate,” she says in this week’s Enterprise podcast.

“This is the new unprecedented,” said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. “It’s fueled by climate change.” He noted the extreme heat in the southern United States and the high temperatures of ocean waters, calling it “a difficult year, not just here in New York but nationally.”

While the inmate says he was beaten and his free-speech rights were denied, the responding sergeant says the assault claims aren’t true and free speech doesn’t apply in jail.