ALBANY COUNTY — In September, Cornell Cooperative Extension will offer, via Zoom, three sets of free training sessions for parents, based on the age of their children.

GUILDERLAND — Taylor Dorado, of Guilderland, has joined the women’s soccer coaching staff at Russell Sage College.

As a Guilderland High School student, she had been chosen as the 2015 Section II Class AA Goalkeeper of the Year, as well as a Third Team All-State and Suburban Council pick.

Legislation has been introduced in the State Assembly and State Senate that would require all open meetings in New York State to be livestreamed, recorded, and posted on municipal websites.

Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo called his June 12 executive order — the New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative — ambitious, and urged addressing the crisis. “Very little has been done. Today I’m sending a letter to 500 jurisdictions in New York State that have a police department and the letter is explaining that it is imperative that we address this urgent crisis,” said Cuomo.

One of the state’s new initiatives is a pilot program — including Albany — to detect the presence of COVID-19 in wastewater, which is designed to set up an early indicator system to forecast the virus spread in communities. “Believe it or not, you can find the presence of COVID-19 in wastewater,” said the governor during a conference call with the press on Friday.

Besides our empathy for indigenous people hurt by megadams, we also have concerns about the lack of scientific support that would make it clear this type of hydropower is good for the environment.

Local shops are open for business, but they continue to feel the effects of the pandemic.

The announcement that New York would reopen schools came against a backdrop in which a research team at the University of Florida isolated live virus from aerosols collected at a distance of seven to 16 feet from patients hospitalized with COVID-19, which is further than the six feet recommended in social-distancing guidelines. Although not yet vetted by peer review, the findings have raised concern about school reopenings.

The State University of New York College at Oneonta has announced graduates and students achieving honors for the spring 2020 semester.
 

These local students have recently earned diplomas:
 

— Jacob Ardman of Voorheesville, earned a bachelor of science degree in business economics;

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

— Sean Gordon of Slingerlands, at State University of New York, Purchase College with a grade point average of 3.5 and higher;