The Enterprise asked candidates about issues facing the county, including heroin use, county consolidation, suburban poverty, veterans' services, and care for the elderly.
The $610 million plan— a hike of $12 million — is based on increased sales of 1.1 percent over 2015, estimated at $104 million, according to Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy.
The Duanesburg Central School District received a $7,500 Muscle Milk Recovery Grant to purchase high school fitness room equipment, including free weights, a universal weight system, ropes, and an elliptical machine.
“People need to know that other people care. That’s huge. It helps them have hope," says a faculty member who advises schools on helping students living in poverty. Each of us can make a difference.
County Legislator Herbert Reilly says he recalls the pain he saw in Clarksville years ago from polluted water and so has drafted a bill to protect public water supplies from blasting.
The voices of mothers who have lost their children to drug addiction speak to us: Police should spend the money they seize from drug crimes on helping addicts recover.