Albany County was one of 31 counties in the state to be named a primary natural disaster area by the United States Department of Agriculture. This designation allows farmers to apply for emergency loans to recover their operations after a natural disaster.

ALBANY COUNTY — The second annual Fall Festival and 5K on the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail will be held on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The approved expenditure puts to rest a lawsuit filed in November 2020 by Terry Markham against Albany County, its district attorney’s office, and Zahraa Majeed, who was employed by the office at the time of her rear-end collision with Markham.

The level of the virus RNA “can tell us roughly how many cases can be expected in a population,” says the most recent report on Albany County’s wastewater surveillance. For Albany’s North Plant, the detection level suggests a daily case incidence of 10 to 50 cases per 100,000 people. The same is true for the Bethlehem plant. Albany’s South Plant and Guilderland’s facility each had a detection level suggesting more than 50 cases per 100,000 people, the report says.

The project will be funded with $40 million from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and American Rescue Plan and $60 million from the state through its latest round of the Upstate Airport Economic Development and Revitalization Competition. 

“I love to see the kids when their eyes get big as saucers, when they see animals they haven’t seen before,” said Altamont Fair spokeswoman Pat Canaday. “It’s a look of wonderment.” She went on, “We keep getting further away from touching our own food … It’s easy to be divorced from realities.”

Ahead of a presentation on the Inflation Reduction Act in the town of Knox on Aug. 8, League of Conservation Voters Communications Director Devin Callahan spoke with The Enterprise about the group’s efforts to spread awareness of the green-energy incentives currently offered to people, businesses, and municipalities. 

New York state provides services for survivors of crime and their families.

Funded by the state Office of Victim Services, a new campaign highlights the support available at no cost from victim assistance programs, and access to financial help for expenses resulting from a crime.

NEW SCOTLAND — A Voorheesville resident, Suzanne Picard, says she was nearly scammed by an ad that was printed in The Enterprise last week.

The Enterprise runs free classified ads for lost or found pets or for pets that are free for adoption.

Eight meetings, including one for the Capital Region, will be held by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation to provide progress updates on the statewide Community Air Monitoring Initiative launched in 2022.