Albany County has been declared eligible for Farm Service Agency disaster emergency loan assistance effective July 12, for damages and losses caused by the severe winter storm named Stella on March 14 and 15.

VOORHEESVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension is offering a seven-week basic obedience class for owners and their dogs, with the opportunity for the dogs to be certified as canine good citizens by an American Kennel Club evaluator at the end of the course.

ALTAMONT — For the eighth time, Enterprise editor Melissa Hale-Spencer was recognized among the best opinion writers in the weekly press.

Municipalities in 28 counties across New York State, including Albany County, would be reimbursed for money they spent coping with Winter Storm Stella.

Public comments will be accepted through July 21 on proposed revisions by the Department of Environmental Conservation to the state’s Solid Waste Management Regulations, commonly known as Part 360.

A Huge Summer Book Sale — with between 35,000 to 40,000 titles to choose from, both fiction and non-fiction — will be held this month at Grace United Methodist Church at 16 Hillcrest Drive in Ravena.

There will also be a mini-rummage sale, and breakfast and lunch will be available.

As high schoolers graduate and head off to college, they may soon begin racking up college debt. But farming may provide an opportunity to alleviate student debt in New York State.

BETHLEHEM — In late 2016, a group of Bethlehem community members gathered, inspired by the idea of creating public works of art along the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail.