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.

Now that a student who was charged in February with making a threat of mass harm has returned to classes, the mother of one of the 20 students he had targeted wants to know what plan the school has in place to protect them. The superintendent assures that the district has safety plans but says, “There is no information I can share on how we would address the needs of a particular child.”

BETHLEHEM — Two people, a landscaping business, a newspaper, and a not-for-profit group that offers support to women with breast cancer will be honored by the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce at its 38th Annual Awards celebration, known as the “Celebration of Success.”

All three Guilderland projects came under the heading of recreation and outdoor infrastructure.

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.