ALTAMONT How many villagers know that New York’s governor came to Altamont over a half-century ago to congratulate volunteer firemen for averting a water disaster?
GUILDERLAND The town is changing the way it bills for emergency medical services after 15 years with the same kind of contract, hoping to earn an extra $230,000 a year.
NEW SCOTLAND A size cap on commercial development in town, long the center of controversy, might soon be only a bridge to stave off large-scale development until the town revamps its zoning code.
VOORHEESVILLE After reducing the class sections in the middle school from five to four while putting together this year’s budget last winter, the school district was flooded with new eighth-grade students.
GUILDERLAND Met Weld International is in the midst of settlement talks with the federal Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after the company was fined nearly $50,000 due to violations.
ALBANY COUNTY United States District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn found against a group of residents who sued the county, claiming that its new voting districts deny them an equal opportunity to vote for representatives.
CLARKSVILLE Months after the Bethlehem School Board closed the hamlet’s elementary school, the United States Postal Service has closed Clarksville’s post office.