The bill for Local Law E will be discussed in a public hearing at the Albany County Legislature on April 24, pending approval at the regular legislative meeting on April 9.

ALBANY COUNTY — The first-ever fun run on the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail is being organized by a Doane Stuart School senior, Ava DeSantis.

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.