Melissa Hale-Spencer

The process was difficult for both the school district and parents as well as the preschools, said Superintendent Marie Wiles, and she hopes some legislative or policy changes will be made statewide before next year.

State Education Law requires a public hearing “that provides for the participation of school personnel, parents, students and any other interested parties” before a code is adopted by the school board.

After allowing sparklers in 2016, the Albany County Legislature reversed itself in September 2020. 

Before an expected winter surge of the coronavirus, a committee of experts at the Food and Drug Administration urged on Tuesday that booster shots be geared to combat subvariants of Omicron.

ALBANY COUNTY — Several local municipalities were listed among the 75 statewide that received $178.8 million in funds to improve transportation.
Among the municipalities in the Capital Region, receiving $27.2 million, are:

ALTAMONT —  John Pollard III had a fierce loyalty to Altamont.

Known to friends as “Jack,” Mr. Pollard died peacefully on Friday, June 24, 2022. He was 89.

Most of the tension centered around the proposed rule that a board chairperson “may announce rules that prescribe the time to be allotted to each speaker and the number of times each speaker may speak.”

“It is truly wonderful to be here together in person,” said Superintendent Marie Wiles in the opening speech, referencing the isolation caused by the pandemic. “We will never again take for granted the gift of gathering.”

Guilderland Town Board members on Tuesday agreed that the law they passed would be amended so that it is clear dispensaries will not be allowed in residential areas.

The board had said earlier that digital signs already in place at firehouses, schools, churches, or the public library would remain despite a court ruling that allowed the neighboring town of Bethlehem to deny a school digital sign.

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