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Albany, Rensselaer County School Districts Awarded Millions For Electric Buses
Six districts, located in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Montgomery, and Warren counties, were awarded nearly $12,080,000 in federal rebate funding through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Clean School Bus Program. The program is meant to help underserved districts transition to low or no emission buses without overburdening local taxpayers,...
Pop Up Beer Garden and Neighborhood Block Party Alley Action! Event Series Kickoff
The Arts Center of the Capital Region will officially kick off its Alley Action! The post Pop Up Beer Garden and Neighborhood Block Party Alley Action! Event Series Kickoff first appeared on Spotlight News.
DEC has idea on what’s causing bad smell in North Albany, Menands
The Department of Environmental Conservation knows the likely source of the foul odors covering parts of the North Albany area. NewsChannel 13 first reported about an unpleasant odor near the I-787, I-90 interchange in April. Since then, the DEC has been visiting locations that could be contributing to the smell.
Cohoes school board emergency meeting
An emergency board meeting was held at Cohoes Middle School to accept the resignation of James P. Stapleton, the district’s facilities director who is accused of punching Cohoes Assistant Superintendent Dan Martinelli on school property last month.
Lawmakers call on New York State to invest more in rural areas
ALBANY, N.Y. (WENY) -- Republican state lawmakers gathered in Albany on May 29 to show their support for rural areas as the session ends. Republican State Assemblymember Robert Smullen of the Mohawk Valley and Adirondacks called a press conference in the last days of the session to promote rural towns and invest in schools, businesses and communities of upstate New York.
Environmentalists push to pass NY HEAT Act
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—Advocates are pushing to get environmental legislation over the finish line before lawmakers go back to their districts. One of the bills they’re hoping to get passed is the NY HEAT Act. “The NY HEAT Act would make it not mandatory for utilities to connect buildings to gas lines,” said Judith Enck, President […]
New York's power grid simulation lab gets new home in Albany
A simulation lab for New York’s power grid has a new home in Albany. The ribbon was cut on the New York Power Authority’s newly relocated Advanced Grid Innovation Laboratory for Energy, or AGILe, on Wednesday. President and CEO Justin Driscoll says the project, housed at the Albany...
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