Food pantries are not income-based but rather serve individuals and families based on need.

Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy revealed that an antibody test showed he had had COVID-19 in December or January when he was traveling out-of-state. He added, “It doesn’t mean I can’t get it again … so I am cautious.”

School leaders planning reopening are “repurposing” resources as they face added expenses to keep students and staff safe from COVID-19. At the same time, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy is urging residents to show support for the Democratic federal stimulus plan that includes funds for state and local governments.

Albany County continued with a second week of upticks in cases as numbers improved across most of the state. On Wednesday, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy announced two more deaths from the virus as well as 20 new confirmed cases.

ALBANY COUNTY — Harry Bonilla, 33, of Guilderland, was sentenced to 20 years in state prison, to be followed by 20 years of post-release supervision, before Judge Roger D. McDonough in Albany County Supreme Court Tuesday morning.

LATHAM — Norma Gay (née Vadney) Walley, formerly the Matriarch of Feura Bush, died of natural causes on Sunday, July 26, 2020 with her children at her side.

The oldest of four siblings, she was born on a cold winter’s day in early December of 1923 at the family homestead in Feura Bush to Mildred and Dewey Vadney.

These local students were named to the dean’s list from their college or university for the spring 2020 semester:
 

— Grace Newton of Voorheesville, majoring in professional writing at Champlain College in Vermont with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher;

Governor Andrew Cuomo said of televised Major League Baseball games, without fans in attendance, “I think it would be good for the economy, I think it would be good for the psyche, I think it would be good for the nation’s soul.”

The Albany County executive and the governor today called for aid to states and localities in the fifth federal stimulus package as the county continued to see more COVID-19 cases.

The state has issued a Drought Watch for four regions of New York, including the Upper Hudson/Mohawk area of which Albany County is a part.