In the last five years, 510,000 tons of solid hydraulic fracturing waste and 23,000 barrels of liquid waste were dumped in five landfills in New York State; the Albany county Legislature passed a bill to ban such dumping here.
Hedi McKinley says, "Why wait till you're old?" to talk to your grown children about how you want to die. She recommends reviewing a written living will every 10 years.
Having recently reconnected with some old Colonie and Guilderland friends, I was surprised to find that a lot of them didn’t share my distrust of big government. I had to realize that we all took different roads after high school.
Homeowners can check to see whether the floodplain status for their property has changed by visiting https://msc.fema.gov/portal/search, entering an address, and then contacting an insurance agent.
These local Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education students earned the right to compete April 22 to 24 at SkillsUSA championships in Syracuse after placing among the top finishers in each of their events during a regional competition conducted in Schenectady last month:
We blushed with shame as we leafed through crumbling copies of our newspaper to illustrate our article on the KKK; in the 1920s, we carried notices of Klan meetings without any hint of criticism. How far have we come?
We are gratified to be recognized by our peers in an annual state press contest, but the best recognition is in the sincere responses of our readers who enliven our pages each week.
This project is a not-for-profit initiative designed to provide housing and services for our veterans. It is to be located on county-owned property at the Shaker site in Colonie.
