The director of the Guilderland Chamber of Commerce and the chief executive officer of the Guilderland Industrial Development Agency both argued against the moratorium along with a business owner and a resident.

“The key to our success,” said Garry Robinson, “is the helpfulness … the knowledge of our staff. That’s the glue that holds this whole thing together.”

BETHLEHEM — Majid Godje, 24, of Jersey City, was arrested on April 15 for a robbery last December in a Slingerlands parking lot.

Bethlehem Police traveled to New Jersey to make the arrest and were helped in the investigation by the United States Marshal Task Force in New York and New Jersey.

On their trek, the women have learned about botany and biology, geology and geography, and history and varying cultures.

“We’re hoping to get community members and families of people who have loved ones in the cemetery,” said MaryEllen Domblewski, the cemetery association’s treasurer.

Birds are on the move — largely migrating in the dark.

Lights can confuse them and even kill them.

The state announced this week that it is once again participating in the “Lights Out” initiative, joining national and international efforts to turn off nonessential outdoor lights on state buildings.

“The personnel we anticipate using for the investigation are billed at rates between $250 and $400 per hour,” says the Guidepost document. “These rates are substantially lower than our normal billing rates. We recommend setting a budget not to exceed $15,000 in professional fees.”

For a few moments today, we felt a sense of shared humanity, stunned by our universe.

We live in an era where we are constantly bombarded with information, a 24/7 news cycle — of wars, and floods, and droughts, and famines.

This is compounded and magnified with the misinformation that comes with social media.

Robert Porter says people he knows are taken aback to learn he didn’t graduate from high school.

He’s 58 and will be receiving his diploma at Guilderland High School on May 14.

“No one can predict the exact time or place of any earthquake, including aftershocks,” says the United States Geological Survey.