In December, a family sets aside the mundane and reads about the magical.

The Consumer Price Index is a blunt instrument that isn’t able to measure with precision the pieces needed for fairly calculating costs.

If county Executive Daniel McCoy signs the legislation, Albany County would be the fifth in the state to ban microbeads.

Rare GOP victories Tuesday include Guilderland's Mark Grimm taking District 29 and Knox's Travis Stevens holding the 31st.

_{Tom Ellis, Albany}

_{Becky Meier, Canaan (Columbia County)}

_{Paula Philo, president, Ann Brandon, Charter co-chair, Judith Wing, Charter co-chair Albany County League of Women Voters}