Here are scenes in the region covered in the past week by Times Union photographers.
1
New kindergarten pupil Otto Ofiara attends orientation at Division Street Elementary School in Saratoga Springs on Sept. 4.
2
Three-year-old Nathan Morosko of Niskayuna seems to strike a surfer’s pose at the Collins Park splash pad in Scotia on Sept. 5.
3
The historic fireboat John J Harvey leads the Tugboat Roundup parade on the Hudson River in Rensselaer Sept. 7.
4
A man walking two dogs finds a respite from the hot sun as they walk in the shade through Lincoln Park in Albany on Sept. 5.