Guilderland Public Library leaders symbolically broke ground on Thursday on a $9 million expansion and renovation slated for completion in the fall of 2021.

The Hollowed Harvest event runs Thursday through Sunday until Nov. 1. Seven-thousand pumpkins line the infield of the Altamont fairgrounds, which takes 35 to 40 minutes to walk. 

A Traffic Safety Awareness Show was held at Crossgates Mall this past weekend. Albany County holds a free inspection every year. 

Hone Coworks opened on Wednesday at Great Oaks office complex in Guilderland.

An eagle by the pond in Berne.

The annual luncheon to honor Community Caregivers’ volunteers was postponed because of the pandemic but reborn as a drive-through picnic on Wednesday on Altamont Fairground.

Altamont’s firehouse siren blasted at 8:46 a.m., marking the time Flight 11, hijacked by terrorists, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

Westmere Elementary School starts on Monday with students wearing their masks for their first in-person day of classes.

The Hudson Mohawk Chapter of the NY-Penn Historic Military Vehicle Club hosted the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II on Saturday morning at Berne Town Park.

In the wake of the coronavirus shutdown, the county has allowed food trucks for the first time along the rail trail that spans nine miles from Voorheesville to Albany.