A number of village residents had spoken in favor of keeping chickens in the village at the board’s July 18 meeting, leading the village board to draft a local law to that effect. A public hearing on the law has been scheduled for Oct. 3.
On Friday morning, Sept. 1, the Guilderland girls’ tennis team took to their home courts to face off against Suburban council foe in Columbia. The Dutch sailed past the Blue Devils 9 to 0.
The press event was to both celebrate a new sidewalk on Route 146, that runs from the new roundabout to the school, as well as to stress the importance of safe driving as children return to school on Thursday Sept. 7.
Last October, the Albany Police Athletic League announced an informal agreement with Albany County and the Altamont Fair to present the show in November 2023 at the fairgrounds. Proceeds from the annual event support PAL programs for local youth.
On Tuesday, Aug. 29, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo Bulldogs girls’ golf team had their first-ever match as an all girls team as they teed off against Guilderland at Western Turnpike Golf Course. Guilderland won by forfeit.
On Friday, Aug. 25, the Guilderland boys’ golf team traveled to Olde Post Road Golf Course to face off against Columbia. The Dutch chipped home a victory, 160 to 183.
The Altamont Zoning Board of Appeals on Aug. 22 granted CM Fox Living Solutions LLC approval for four variances that will allow for four keyhole lots to be built off of Schoharie Plank Road West with less road frontage than is called for by code.
For the better part of a decade, Crossgates Mall has been the scene of sporadic violence. Guilderland Police have a substation at the mall, which mostly handles shoplifting arrests.
