These local members of the New York Army National Guard have recently been promoted:

— Jeffrey Jensen from Altamont, assigned to the 206th Military Police Company, received a promotion to the rank of private; and

New York State has put into place tax exemptions to encourage development of renewable energy, which played out last week in Duanesburg, a rural Schenectady County town, that granted payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs, for two solar farms.

No matter where in the world she was, Lynne Bruning told The Enterprise, the farm in Duanesburg was always “such an anchor,” she said, “to have grown up in the house where my mother’s mother taught me how to sew and I would sleep under her mother’s quilt.” 

A new course taught by Rabbi Don Cashman at B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation will look at what Reform Judaism has to say and teach about creating a Jewish money ethic.

“Creating a Jewish Money Ethic” will be offered Thursdays beginning Jan. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at the synagogue at 420 Whitehall Road in Albany.

ALBANY COUNTY — Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County offers a four-week Strengthening Families Program for youth ages 12 and older and their parents or caregivers.

The series begins on Wednesday, Feb. 5, and runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. for four weeks: Feb. 5, 12, and 26, and March 4.

The State University of New York at Potsdam has announced students achieving honors for the fall 2019 semester.

One local student, Elias Assimakopoulos of Schenectady majoring in music education, was named to the dean’s list with a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher.

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:
 

Christopher W. Meyer, Monica R. Skanes, and Brian M. Wang have been named partners at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP.