We all have our own problems, of course, but I really sympathize with University at Albany head coach Will Brown as he fights the lingering effects of Lyme Disease.

In this part of the country, specifically in this state, the term “Lyme disease” is a familiar one.

When the red, red robin comes bob, bob bobbin’ along, it may be throwing off ticks infected with Lyme disease as it hops.

Vassar College will use sharpshooters next month to reduce the deer herd near its main Town of Poughkeepsie campus - a move that has upset some neighbors who claim they were not notified about the cull until it was already set to occur.