These local students were named to the fall 2019 dean’s list at University of Rhode Island, with a grade-point average of 3.30 or higher:

— Ryan Amadon of Delmar;

— Andrew Boeri of Schenectady;

— Emme Callender of Altamont

— Austin Fox of Delmar;

— Emma Kelly of Slingerlands;

New York’s state parks, historic sites, campgrounds, and trails hosted a record-breaking 77.1 million visits in 2019, according to a release from the governor’s office. Locally, visits to John Boyd Thacher State Park in the Helderbergs was up 13 percent.

Albany County is among 43 New York counties designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as primary natural disaster areas.

Producers who suffered losses due to recent disasters may be eligible for USDA Farm Service Agency emergency loans.

John Standish of Slingerlands, a member of the New York Army National Guard assigned to the Company D, 3-142nd Aviation, has received a promotion to the rank of first lieutenant.

Pressure from the governor to rein in Medicaid costs will affect Albany county, starting in 2021, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy says.

For short-term profits from logging or drilling or mining, ecosystems that would sustain humans in the long run will be undermined. What recourse do we have in the face of such hubris? How can we avert the catastrophe that will surely follow?

This is the second of a two-part series examining how views of — and from — the Helderberg escarpment have shaped our development and how this asset continues to provide unique definition to

These local students were named to the dean’s list or received a similar honor from their college or university for the fall 2019 semester:
 

— Grace Fitzgerald of Delmar,  majoring in media arts production at Emerson College in Massachusetts with a grade-point average of 3.7 or higher; 

These local students were named to the dean’s list at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut for the fall 2019 semester with a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher: 

— Brendan Brooks of Altamont;

— Kerry Golden of Delmar;

— Paul Ranallo of Delmar;

— Alicia Kelley of East Berne; and

LOUDONVILLE — M. Andrea (née Volk) Hanley, a nurse who loved her family, died unexpectedly at her home on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. She was 74.

She was born in Albany, the daughter of the late Arnold and Marion Volk.