Opinion

We’re not going to apply a harsh term to the four zoning board members who voted against the halal market. Rather, we would encourage them along with the residents who spoke out against the market to get to know their Muslim neighbors, to sample their food, to understand why halal is important to them, much as keeping kosher is important to some of their Jewish neighbors.

Guilderland

Guilderland, in a letter to retirees last month, said it would be changing their insurance provider from Humana to UnitedHealth.

Sports

This past weekend, members of the Guilderland indoor track team competed against other elite runners throughout the country in the New Balance Nationals in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Regional

The Albany County Climate Resiliency Plan and Climate Action Plan for the Capital Region each establish guidelines for how to reduce emissions, with the county plan going a step further and focusing on protection from direct climate conditions like high heat and increased flooding.  

New Scotland

Machines could be seen in the village this past week digging along CSX’s rights-of-way and in the area of the Voorheesville Post Office between its parking lot and the railroad tracks, where a group of trees were felled. 

Hilltowns

With the rural district poised to lose $1.2 million in two years if the governor’s budget proposal is accepted, Superintendent Timothy Mundell said that such a loss would require either a 12-percent property tax increase over those two years, or slashed personnel and programming levels. 

 

 

 

 

 

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