Both Andra Ackerman and Holly Trexler are city judges who are running on their records of programs they put in place to help defendants.

Albany City Treasurer Darius Shahinfar and Chief City Auditor Susan Rizzo will be running in Tuesday’s Democratic primary to replace retiring Albany County Comptroller Michael Conners on the ballot this fall.

NEW SCOTLAND

On Thursday of last week an airplane flew over this village, going parallel with the West Shore railroad. This is the first air machine that has been seen in this vicinity.

ALBANY COUNTY — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County is presenting a free, four-part Healthy Families Series for parents or caregivers to attend with their youth.

Dinner will be provided each night. Bus passes are available for transportation assistance.

Communities can act when the feds fail.

The Albany County Paid Sick Leave Act was defeated on Monday night, as one-third of the Democrats in the county legislature joined every Republican in a  21-to-17 vote.

Amanda Vescovi, assistant environmental scientist, has received the certification of Associate Wildlife Biologist from The Wildlife Society. She works for The Chazen Companies.

Shadi Shahedipour-Sandvik, interim vice president of Research Advancement and Graduate Studies at the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, has been selected to receive $360,000 in federal funding from the United States Army Research Office—U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground .

ALBANY COUNTY — Ashley Young has joined the Albany County Soil and Water Conservation District as its new district technician.