Troy Miller is proposing to build 10 new homes on the 11 subdivided lots in Altamont. 

The Altamont tax rate for next year will increase from $2.095 per $1,000 of assessed value to $2.15 per $1,000. According to the village, a home with a full-market value of $443,000 will pay about 20 more dollars in property taxes next year, while a home with a full-market value of $241,00 would pay about $11 more.

Donald Csaposs, Voorheesville

Sam Crosby, Altamont

Tom Capuano, Vice President, Guilderland Historical Society

Ted Neumann, Altamont Community Tradition

About two dozen members of 1199 Service Employees International Union took to the Guilderland facility’s parking lot on April 5 to call on Governor Kathy Hochul to close what they say is a Medicaid coverage gap in the 2024 state budget.  

Altamont appears to be having a difficult time recruiting members to join its comprehensive plan review committee, a contrast with the town of Guilderland and its update committee, which has nine members and received twice as many applicants. 

 “I think we should be recognizing other significant events in the town’s history,” said Guilderland supervisor Peter Barber. “I do know that there are a lot of very famous town residents … that served in the state legislature, but also on the forefront as abolitionists or with women’s suffrage … We should try to do more.”