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“Flare guns were never designed to be weapons, but they are now being weaponized and used to inflict destruction, panic, and pain within our communities, including right here in the Capital Region with the outrageous and unacceptable violence we saw over the Fourth of July weekend,” said Senator Patricia Fahy.

ALBANY COUNTY — American Rescue Plan Act funds totaling $950,000 have been awarded to 53 businesses in Albany County.

The recipients, announced on July 3, included local businesses RAD Soap Co. in Guilderland’s Stuyvesant Plaza and New Scotland Physical Therapy in Slingerlands.

The Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy is celebrating the opening of its first preserve in Schenectady County on July 15.

ALBANY COUNTY — Lack of staff has constrained special-needs organizations’ ability to offer care to Albany County residents, particularly those in remote areas, forcing one mother to consider leaving her home for the sake of her children.  

ALBANY COUNTY — Albany County is expanding a program that this week got a national award for preventing drug overdose deaths.

The county’s Mobile Outreach Treatment and Overdose Response, known as MOTOR, program, launched in 2020, has received a National Association of Counties 2025 Achievement Award.

The “feels like” reading is supposed to decrease slightly on Tuesday to 107 degrees in Albany, which is still in the “danger” zone where heat cramps or heat exhaustion is likely and heat stroke is possible with physical activity, according to the Weather Service.

Warm weather will arrive early next week, the Weather Service says, forecasting a heat index for Albany of 98 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, 108 degrees on Monday, and 106 degrees on Tuesday.

ALBANY COUNTY — The Affordable Housing Partnership of the Capital Region is working with Albany County to set up a First-Time Homebuyer Navigator Program. 

This initiative will create a new “navigator” position at the Affordable Housing Partnership with the goal of removing common barriers faced by first-time homebuyers.

ALBANY COUNTY — Albany County is again under a flood watch through 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 7.

This follows a June 6 flood watch that lasted till midnight. The heavy rains on June 6 flooded roads and parking lots in Altamont and washed out some driveways.

ALBANY COUNTY — Albany County is under a flood watch from noon today until midnight.

Isolated to scattered flash flooding is possible, according to the National Weather Service, especially if storms repeatedly track over the same areas.