Albany County is dealing with a growing cluster of COVID-19 cases from a Fourth of July gathering where party-goers didn’t wear masks and didn’t keep their distance.

History is not just about where and what people have been but it provides a blueprint for where they will go and what they will be.

Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy sounded the alarm Wednesday because the county had 44 new COVID-19 cases, the highest one-day total since May 20. Throughout the week, the state announced initiatives to feed, house, and insure New Yorkers suffering from the coronavirus shutdown.

These local students at Fairfield University in Connecticut received dean’s list honors for the spring 2020 semester, each with a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher:
 

— Meghan Bruni of Altamont; 

— Alex Baker of Delmar; 

— Molly Lamendola of Delmar;

— Nina Panto of Delmar;

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

— Laura Kissel of Voorheesville, on president's list at  Genesee Community College with a grade point average of 3.75; 

These local students were named to the spring 2020 dean’s list at  SUNY New Paltz, with a grade-point average of 3.3 or higher:
 

— Amanda Bogatka of Schenectady;

— Samantha Buczeksmith of Delmar;

— Michael Considine of Delmar;

— Gabrielle DiMura of Voorheesville;

— Luke Dole of Delma;

The state has set up a program, with federal funds, to provide aid for tenants who lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ALBANY COUNTY — Albany County is down $16 million from where it was last year for second-quarter sales-tax revenues, the county’s executive Daniel McCoy, reported on Monday.

He termed the 25-percent drop from a year ago “a very huge hit.”

ALBANY COUNTY — Local school districts, like more than 700 across the state, have until July 31 to submit plans for reopening.

The schools were closed by executive order in mid-March to prevent the spread of coronavirus.