“By some magic recipe, we all figured out: OK, town money, county money, and Mohawk-Hudson money and got it done,” said Joanne Cunningham who chairs the Albany County Legislature.

The new Berne Town Board continues to hear public comments and to adopt new policies as it learns of issues left from the previous administration.

The town of Berne had removed the case to federal court but, on Dec. 11, 2025, in a nine-page decision, U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci remanded the case to the Supreme Court of New York, Albany County and also ordered that fees and costs — which total about $11,000 — be covered by the town.

At its Feb. 3 meeting, the town board unanimously authorized issuing requests for proposals for the new scale and also allowed the use of the transfer station’s capital reserve funds to pay for it.

Known as the “Affordable Housing Initiatives Act,” the bill says developers struggle to secure investment for affordable housing in rural and urban areas where it is most needed.

Before highlighting Guilderland’s update of its comprehensive plan and improvements in safety and parks, Barber, in his annual State of the Town address on Tuesday, referenced the town’s support of economic diversity, gender diversity, and cultural and ethnic diversity.

Referencing one of Troop 73’s legendary leaders, the late Howard Coughtry, Jarus said the Scouts were told to “select a site Howard Coughtry would be proud of — that meant looking up to be sure there were no widow-makers overhead.”

“Why I got into kinship care and meeting grandparents raising kids is that my home was really a broken home,” Wallace says in this week’s Enterprise podcast. “My father was an alcoholic, worked on the waterfront. He was a good person but, when he drank, it was a nightmare …. We grew up in a state of toxic stress.”

As part of the district’s response to the discovery of the student’s list this school year, school administrators, mental-health professionals, and staff met to evaluate the situation fully and determine appropriate next steps, Mayberry wrote in his post.

“The problem was that it didn’t reflect what actually happens in nurse-patient interactions,” says Joseph. “That’s when I realized something very important: Most medical training software is static. There’s no real conversation or interaction. So I wanted to change that.”