“No democracy can flourish without an informed citizenry, and the press is our natural ally in the quest to inform the public and defend citizens’ rights to access information from public institutions.”

ALBANY COUNTY — Eastern Albany County is under a heat advisory, from 2 to 8 p.m. today, July 6, according to the National Weather Service.

Heat index values of 95 to 99 degrees are expected.

“Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses,” the weather service says, issuing the following advice:

“Our job is to keep investing in the streets,” said Sommer. “Once people see that it is on the come-up, it attracts more businesses.”

According to unofficial results posted by the Albany County Board of Elections on Tuesday night, Kindlon received 11,603 votes to Soares’s 9,337 with an additional 131 write-in votes. Roughly a fifth of the county’s 104,000 enrolled Democrats voted in the contest.

ALBANY COUNTY — Gabriella Romero got nearly 30 percent of the vote in a field of six Democrats vying to replace Patricia Fahy in representing the 109th District in the State Assembly.

Physical therapist and Delhi village board member Janet Tweed has a narrow lead to take on incumbent Republican Assemblyman Chris Tague in the 102nd District in November. Tweed’s opponent in the primary is Mary Finneran, a grassroots activist and former educator.

Sylvia Rowlands, Glenmont

Christopher Corbett, Albany

ALBANY COUNTY — June 22 was the first day of summer — the longest day of the year and, here in Albany County, the hottest.

Albany County was mapped in magenta by the National Weather Service on Thursday for “extreme” heat.

At one point, as Soares railed against the reforms that allow defendants to see information on witnesses ahead of a trial and Kindlon responded by defending the practice, the moderator, Corey James of Spectrum News, asked the rumbling audience to “keep it down.” Ambrosio leaned back from the table, announcing the other two could fight it out.