Hernandez was an 18-year-old senior at Guilderland High School in 2001 when he shot and killed his mother. He is now 42 and incarcerated in the Upstate Correctional Facility in the town of Malone.

A $1 million federal grant secured by United State Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand was announced. It will support infrastructure improvements at the Patroon Land Farm, which the Food Bank operates and manages.

ALBANY COUNTY — Several local cemeteries are participating in the state’s  third annual “Caring for Your Cemetery Day,” which will take place on Saturday, April 25, and/or Sunday, April 26.

Beacon Island is but one chapter in a larger record — one that begins with an ambitious plan, tracks its collision with reality, and ends with questions about Albany County’s economic development institutions. 

“This will be the biggest year in state history for road paving,” said Governor Kathy Hochul. “I’m here to say that we understand the pain and frustration of drivers.”

Rabbit Goody, a textile historian and scholar who owns Thistle Hill Weavers, will speak to the Sharon Historical Society on April 13 at 7 p.m.

The state has released new online training for mental-health professionals who work with first responders such as 911 dispatchers, law enforcement, emergency medical technicians and firefighters.

Albany County will help school districts cover a portion of the cost during the first year.

GUILDERLAND — Madewell, a national chain that sells denim clothes and accessories, will open its first store in the Capital Region in Stuyvesant Plaza later this year.

Madewell will fill the former site of The Book House, which relocated to its original home within Stuyvesant Plaza, located between Sur La Table and Athleta.