The Elliott House Thrift Shop will open for the 2018 season on Wednesday, March 14, weather permitting; it will close if the weather is inclement.

Just back from federal court in Ohio for a lawsuit against the drug industry, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy hopes to return for a settlement in a matter of months.

In New York State, only one in 44 cases of elder financial abuse are ever reported. Local police were instructed Monday on ways to ferret out elder financial abuse.

The Book Nook at Grace United Methodist Church in Ravena is holding its semi-annual Huge Winter Book Sale on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Feb. 22, 23, and 24. The hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

A refugee from the civil war in Rwanda helped found a not-for-profit group in Albany that teaches new immigrants and refugees the English language and about American culture.

If Congressman Paul Tonko’s bill passes, an inmate with an addiction could go from a prison recovery program to an outside program without having time in between to relapse.

The county executive touched on local issues in his speech, but used national issues such as the #MeToo movement and the opioid epidemic as a springboard into announcing new county initiatives.

The county executive said Friday that the county will be joining hundreds of other plaintiffs to testify against the pharmaceutical industry this coming week.

ALBANY COUNTY — ShopRite, including its supermarkets in Albany, Colonie, and Slingerlands, is now offering a piece of fruit, for free, to kids under 13 as they shop.

Vocational courses provide students with useful skills and often a job with a sizeable paycheck upon high school graduation.