State Senator Michelle Hinchey is hosting mobile office hours across the 46th Senate District during September, including these local ones:

“We have the tools to combat the virus, if we can come together as a country and use those tools,” said President Joe Biden in his Thursday night speech. “If we raise our vaccination rate, protect ourselves and others with masking, expanding testing and identify people who are infected, we can and we will turn the tide on COVID-19.”

ALBANY COUNTY — On Thursday, the New York State Public Service Commission approved Voorheesville’s request to buy 313 streetlights in the village from National Grid for $1

New York’s new $40 million Biodefense Commercialization Fund is now accepting grant applications.

Although the HERO Act was signed into law last May and went into effect in June, Governor Kathy Hochul said, “It never had any teeth …. It wasn’t operational.” She said that many workplaces did not take it seriously.

Governor Kathy Hochul, on Monday, Sept. 6, said that the state’s health commissioner, Howard Zucker, has designated COVID-19 a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health under the HERO Act, requiring all employers to implement workplace safety plans.

ALBANY COUNTY — On Saturday, car seats for children will be checked for free as part of a county program at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland.

Beulah the newshound died last Wednesday. She was my daughter’s dog but we felt like she belonged to all of us.
Saranac fell in love with her Beulah the way Samuel Clemens fell in love with his Olivia — by looking at her picture. Both had enduring love stories.