Manufacturing, Agriculture and Forestry
A Colonie farmer wants to sell his 30-odd acres and retire with his wife, but he does not want to sell to housing developers in the area that is now an Albany suburb, the Albany Business Journal says. The land--he is the third generation to farm it--is zoned for commercial and residential. He is looking at selling to a developer of a community garden or a farm-to-table operation of some kind.
Government, Law and Legal Services
Also in the ABJ, the small-business lender Pursuit has been helping the smallest of companies navigate the Paycheck Protection Program, especially in its latest iteration that focuses on businesses under 20 people. The Biden Administration is looking more closely at applications for loans and for applications for forgiveness of the loans. The whole process is slowing down, the story says.
A third woman stepped forward and said Gov. Andrew Cuomo touched her back and face without consent and asked to kiss her, the New York Times is reporting. The woman’s friends were near enough to hear the governor ask for the kiss, and one took a picture as Cuomo cupped her face in his hands. They were at a wedding, and the governor had just toasted the bride and groom, the story says. Cuomo’s office referred to a blanket apology the governor had issued on Sunday.
Health Care and Fitness
Former Saratoga Springs teacher and coach, Rich Johns, is using his group Act with Respect to talk about mental health during the pandemic. The Visual Project, a facet of the larger group, encourages students to find their “solid five,” or five people they can reach out to in times of crisis. The Saratogian had the story.