Local districts handle controversial speech differently

Local districts took different approaches when it came to airing President Barack Obama’s speech for students returning to school this week.

BETHLEHEM — Few people came without prejudice to a forum on health-care reform last Tuesday.

Two distinct camps moved among each other in the glow of a setting sun in the Elm Avenue park in Delmar.

Father Young’s flagmen signal the way to a safe landing

“The stars aligned for me,” said David Hussey, a banquet captain at the Schuyler Inn in Menands, describing the day when he was given the option of drug treatment over jail time.

ALBANY COUNTY — This spring, Albany County submitted an application for a grant to study the creation of a regional solid-waste management authority.

State lawmakers and courts poised to make changes to prevent wrongful convictions

A city of Albany ordinance passed in 1993, to reduce the use of pesticides and substitute safe alternatives, is being ignored while dangerous rodenticides and insecticides continued to be spread at the Rapp Road landfill.

Few challenge assessments in western Albany County

ALBANY COUNTY — A steady stream of property owners trickled in to town halls across western Albany County Tuesday, looking to reduce their assessments.

Discontinuation of the state’s School TAx Relief (STAR) Rebate has some residents worrying about how they will afford school taxes.

Local municipalities are among those that have so far submitted $100 billion in requests for New York’s infrastructure stimulus funds but the state has just $4 billion to spend on these projects, according to the governor’s office.