These local students were named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at  SUNY New Paltz, with a grade-point average of 3.3 or higher:

— Karina Asvestas of Guilderland;

— Jacqueline Conley of Slingerlands;

— Isabella Cremo of Delmar;

— Eliana Cromling of Delmar;

— Loretta Donovan of Delmar;

ALBANY COUNTY — Through 5 p.m. on Saturday, National Grid had restored power to nearly 53,000 of the 72,700 eastern New York customers affected by storm damage, according to a release from the company.

Among the hardest hit areas were Albany, Saratoga and Schenectady counties.

While just one hunter died last year from a shooting incident, four died after falling from tree stands.

Rosemary Christoff Dolan, Shutters Corners Town of Wright

These local students have recently distinguished themselves:

— Natalie Parker of Slingerlands, majoring in bachelor of science in health sciences, has been named a Peer Advisor for the 2022-2023 academic year at Western New England University;

These local students were named to the dean’s list or received a similar honor from their college or university for the fall 2022 semester:

— Emma Tessarzik of Berne, at Elmira College with a grade point average of 3.6 or higher;

ALBANY COUNTY — This week, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Board of the World Health Organization is meeting to work out the final terms of a global pandemic agreement and will then seek ratification of WHO’s 194 member states.

The Hudson Mohawk Area Health Education Center will host an informational training session at the Westerlo Public Library next month where attendees will learn how to administer Narcan, the name brand of a drug that reverses the effects of opioids and can stop an overdose. 

Economic achievements over the past year were central to County’s Executive Daniel McCoy’s 2023 state of Albany County.

On Wednesday, the state’s labor department announced that regulations for farm laborers overtime pay have been adopted.

Over the course of a decade, farm workers statewide will see the threshold for overtime pay lowered until it reaches 40 hours a week, down from the current 60.