The state is encouraging residents in affected counties, particularly those dependent on private groundwater wells, to conserve water whenever possible during the coming weeks.

This week, Hale-Spencer said, “I remain grateful to our readers who have sustained The Enterprise over these many years and who have been informed and empowered by our coverage.”

Hochul said that 11 wildfires were burning of varying degrees of size and dangerousness.

“All our animals are safe,” the center’s director, Taylor Huntley, posted to social media in the midst of the fire. “I was here running lessons when my Barn Manager noticed the fire in our hay storage barn.”

One of the reasons Foster thinks Guilderland girls, even those brand new to the sport, will have a shot at success is because, starting this year statewide, girls will wrestle in the Olympic style.

Come Jan. 1, Patricia Fahy will move from the State Assembly to the Senate, replacing the retiring Neil Breslin.

Much has been made of three major newspapers in our country — the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today — announcing they would not endorse candidates.

The Altamont Enterprise has never endorsed candidates. Why not? We don’t see ourselves as an elite force that can guide our readers to make the right choice.

The demand for emergency response is growing, with a record 6,717 calls answered last year. “We’ve got an aging population,” Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber said at the ceremony, “and the key was how do we do it right,” he said of establishing a town-run service.

Early voting started on Oct. 26 and runs through Nov. 3. Polls are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and from noon to 8 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday. Local early polling places include the Guilderland Public Library, the East Berne firehouse, and the Lynnwood Reformed Church are early polling places.

In the six counties served by the food bank — Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady — 100,000 people are experiencing food insecurity; the Regional food Bank plans to give 55 pounds of food to 30,000 of them for Thanksgiving.