GUILDERLAND — Restaurant Week is hosted by the Guilderland Chamber of Commerce twice a year where participating restaurants create special menus and offer reduced prices.

The current Restaurant Week runs till July 26.

Albany County Executive Daniel P. McCoy was elected the Northeast Region vice president of the County Executives of America at its annual conference in New Orleans. This year’s conference coincided with the annual conference of the National Association of Counties.

John M. Bagyi, a 1989 graduate of Guilderland High School and member in Bond, Schoeneck & King’s Albany office, was named one of 40 Up-and-Comers, in the Nation's Most Powerful Employment Attorneys survey published in the June 16, 2014 edition of Human Resource Executive.

ALBANY INVADED BY ARMY WORM

Recent initiatives of New York's attorney general are worthy of the state's heritage as the home of the first women's rights convention.

The annual Pine Bush Triathlon — held this year on Sunday, July 13 — involves a 325-yard swim, followed by a 11.5-mile cycle, and finally, a 3.25-mile run.

Mary Clark put forth a bill — requiring schools to inform parents of special-education services — after her grandson committed suicide in 2010. The superintendent of his school believes it is unnecessary.

The American Red Cross urges eligible blood donors to roll up a sleeve and give to help prevent a summer blood shortage. Blood donors with types O negative, B negative and A negative are especially needed.

These local students have been named to the dean’s list or received a similar honor from their college or university for the Spring 2014 semester:

These local students have recently distinguished themselves: