ALTAMONT Village residents can expect a new fee on their water bills in coming years an additional $15 twice a year, which will go towards paying off a new municipal water source.
NEW SCOTLAND Voorheesville school buses, usually reserved for children, will be picking up elderly residents at their homes to transport them to social functions, starting this month.
VOORHEESVILLE Tenured music teacher Charles Reader has resigned "for various medical reasons," according to an agreement signed by Reader; Superintendent Linda Langevin; and Kathy Fiero, president of the Voorheesville Teachers’ Association.
NEW SCOTLAND Development has been a steady pressure for the northeast corner of town, and may now be looming on the horizon for the southwestern part of town as well.
RENSSELAERVILLE On Saturday, winter enthusiasts shoveled snow from portions of Lincoln Pond, transforming it into a skating rink. Young men used it as a hockey arena, shooting slap shots down the ice.
ALBANY COUNTY After having their first-ever contested election, then their first litigated election, Albany County Democrats will soon have their first-ever co-chairmen.
Ready to rescue
No need to evacuate Mercy Life Center
GUILDERLAND Emergency workers from as far away as Catskill and Castleton responded to last Fridays carbon-monoxide leak at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center.
GUILDERLAND The school district has defended its reputation, said the superintendent, since a federal judge dismissed a suit claiming racial discrimination.