“The focal issue for the legislature is we don’t want to become the dumping ground for New York State or for the Northeast,” says William Reinhardt, who chairs the county legislature’s Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives Committee and who sponsored the Clean air Act.

ALBANY COUNTY — Cornell Cooperative Extension is offering a new parent-education workshop: Managing the 2020-21 School Year for Remote or In-Person Learners.

The workshop, hosted by the Watervliet Public Library via Google Meet, will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 22, from either 1 to 2 p.m. for from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

ALBANY COUNTY — The Albany County Soil and Water Conservation District is offering a free tire recycling event for county residents. Made possible through the use of state’s Conservation Project Financial Assistance funds, the event will take place during the week of Oct.

B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation is opening its doors virtually and invites the Capital Region community and guests near and far to experience the High Holy Days in a new way.

With no federal bail-out on the horizon Wednesday, local Assembly members and the state’s largest teachers’ union called for New York to raise taxes on the wealthy to help poor school districts hurt by aid cuts in the wake of the pandemic.

Volunteers are being asked to help out at schools that are laying off staff because of drastic, last-minute, pandemic-induced budget cuts. “We need volunteer organizations now more than ever,” said Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy on Friday. “We need parents to help out, teach.”

Although it wasn’t an exact figure, New Scotland Councilman Adam Greenberg said residents could expect to pay about 12-percent to 13-percent higher than National Grid’s current grid mix.

“The president says he’s going to have a vaccine,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday. “CDC is talking about a vaccine in early November. How convenient. It’s going to be an Election Day miracle drug. Some people are concerned that the vaccine may wind up being hydroxychloroquine.”

Peter Brodie, Delanson