The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission will host its annual Earth Day celebration at the Discovery Center on Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to noon.

In addition to the cultural inheritance an institution like slavery leaves in its wake, the authors of “Gather at the Table” cite studies that show the effects of such hardship and pain can be passed on through generations due to changes in DNA.

Adrianne Wright and Dale Adami were united in marriage on March 17, 2018, in Jamaica.  

The bride is the daughter of Karen and Chris Parker, and Gary and Sandy Wright.  

The groom is the son of Karen and Elbert C. Oakes.

ALBANY COUNTY — The county’s Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting spring plant and fish sales.

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Neither the Senate nor the Assembly will support the governor’s 2-percent cap on annual growth in Board of Cooperative Educational Services, building, and transportation aid for schools.

Albany and Saratoga counties plan to build a $45 million biosolid waste facility, which leaders say will save money and reduce carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.

The facility is to recycle biosolids, sewer sludge, and food waste into methane gas that can, in turn, produce energy.

Climate change may be causing southern pine beetles to move north, where they are killing pine trees.

Margaret “Peg” (née Laurence) Charboneau of Baldwinsville, an educator who help shape music curricula across New York State, died on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Syracuse Home at McHarrie Place. She was 91.

Residential brush burning is prohibited in New York State from March 16 through May 14.

Even though much of the state is currently blanketed in snow, warming temperatures can quickly cause wildfire conditions to arise, according to a release  from the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation.