With all of the rain over the past several days, I was curious about the forecast for the coming week. Settling into my comfortable chair was easy. The day had been unusually testy and I was ready for some wholesome entertainment.
The Guilderland Senior Services is offering the following activities the week of Aug. 5. Call the senior office at 356-1980, ext. 1048 for any questions or information.
Work will not occur from Aug. 12 to 16 to accommodate visitors to the Altamont Fair. For up-to-date travel information, call 511 or visit www.511NY.org.
MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) is a continent-wide coordinated bird banding effort that monitors breeding-season, landbird populations and helps inform conservation and management efforts.
Participants in the event camp in tents, in Tawasentha Park, for one to four nights, from Aug. 8 to 12, to demonstrate their commitment to eliminating poverty and substandard housing, and raise money for Habitat for Humanity.
The Albany County Sheriff's Office reported using an informant and an undercover investigator to arrest three Albany men who tried to sell them a stolen motorcycle from an Old Navy store parking lot in Guilderland.
The new U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, visited the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering along with Congressman Paul Tonko who said it was "a classic example of where the president wants to take this country."