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Board needs gumption and guts to give new land-use plan teeth

Once New Scotland’s land-use plan is updated, the town board needs to codify it into zoning law.

Not cowed by threat of Stewart’s suit, planners are right to require full environmental review

Voorheesville’s planning commission was both wise and brave not to buckle under Stewart’s threat of a suit if it required an in-depth environmental review of its plan to build a shop with gas pumps in the village, across from an elementary school and backing up to the Vly Creek. Such a review is needed.

Our county should get to the root of the problem of overflowing landfills by legislating for zero waste

Rather than looking to expand the landfill in Colonie or to regionalize for a bigger landfill elsewhere, Albany County needs to pass laws that required people to do what needs to be done — divert the waste that can be recycled or used productively as compost. San Francisco provides a workable model that we can follow.

Level Hurst Road

The death of another teenager on Hurst Road — a place teens have gone for generations to drive fast, flying over the humps — calls for action. The road should be re-graded.

Laws to protect what is left of the natural world must be implemented fairly

Regulations to protect migratory birds are in place because they are needed. However, permits must be issued in a timely fashion.