Bikes for the public to rent in four Capital District cities, starting this summer, are part of a trend nationally and regionally. 

Altamont Enterprise editor Melissa Hale-Spencer has won two first-place awards in this year’s National Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest.

A computer virus that locks down data and demands ransom payment infected a Rensselaer County library.

The virus hit the Stephentown Memorial Library, which is part of the Upper Hudson Library System. That system also includes libraries in Guilderland, Voorheesville, and Altamont.

Voorheesville: Saturday, May 27

Erin Musto of Rotterdam, founder of Maddie’s Mark, was honored by Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara last week as one of Schenectady’s Women of Distinction.

A fire at a historic Slingerlands house, has left its residents, Albany County Legislator William Reinhardt and his family, without a home. Lightning from Thursday night’s thunderstorm is expected to be the cause.

Anita Murphy, the upcoming district superintendent for the Capital Region Board of Cooperative Educational Services, said that her arrival comes at important time for the program, where schools with restricted budgets may seek shared services and interest in vocational training continues to grow.

Towns and even school districts are vying for reimbursement for recent storm damage from the federal government.

Two local residents are among the 192 new members of the State Police: Trooper Joseph Turoski of Voorheesville, and Trooper Megan Lohman of Delmar.

Both were honored at the 205th session graduation ceremony from the Basic School of the New York State Police Academy was held on Wednesday, May 10.

In Guilderland, people shared stories of opioid addiction and recovery in a high school forum last Wednesday  shortly after Albany County announced a task force to prevent and treat opioid abuse in the community.