State tells public: Stop the lanternfly invasion

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The spotted lanternfly is the latest invasive species in New York.

The state’s departments of Environmental Conservation and Agriculture and Market have started a  campaign to encourage New Yorkers to look for and report sightings of the spotted lanternfly, which was first found in Pennsylvania in 2014.

A single, dead spotted lanternfly adult was found in New York in the fall of 2017.

Modern farming: Benefitting from science and technology, same old risk

by Sean Mulkerrin  

BERNE – Nick Tommell is a bit of a farming anomaly.

There’s the traditional, he grew up on a farm; the not-so traditional, he earned his bachelor’s degree in finance; and, the anomaly, he started his own farm.

Palmer sticks with Equinox because it helped him find the right path

by Sean Mulkerrin

The Rotary Club of Albany held its 34th Annual Youth Recognition Awards this week to honor youth who otherwise may not be celebrated by the community.

Bills would bring cannabis to more patients, may help with opioid crisis

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

Since New York’s Compassionate Care Act went into effect in 2016, both the State Senate and Assembly have considered bills that would expand the use and availability of medical marijuana.

John Nicholas

County reps hears supporters, dissidents of gay “conversion therapy” ban

by H. Rose Schneider

Supporters of the “conversion therapy” ban included a social worker, psychiatrist, psychologists, and someone who nearly went through with such “therapy.”