Archive &raquo; April 2019 &raquo; News

The 17-year-old was out on $15,000 bail in a rape case when he allegedly waved the gun around during a Vape-cigarette buy in the mall parking lot.

Berne’s highway super also holds part-time political county job

Berne Highway Superintendent Randy Bashwinger said that he took on another job at the Albany County Board of Elections for the extra income. While he says he can carry out both jobs, Democratic town board members expressed concern that he would not be adequately supervising workers.

Turn off your phone and talk to actual humans, Screen-Free Week to take place April 29 to May 5

On April 29, Voorheesville will be part of a national initiative to try to get kids off their phones and electronic devices, and into the real world.

Guilderland Jeweler, charged larceny, says he was victimized by employee

Police say Sellie failed to return jewelry to customers or to compensate them.

Three people found unconscious from heroin in car, driver arrested, police say

BERNE — Around 3:30 in the afternoon on Thursday, a person driving on Route 156 in Berne saw a car stopped in the middle of the road, still running. Looking inside the Chevy Malibu, the passerby saw three people were unconscious and called 9-1-1, said Chief Deputy William Rice, of the Albany County Sheriff’s office.

Podcast: Eric Brown, wildlife rehabilitator

Eric Brown and his wife, Linda, also a wildlife rehabilitator, have housed everything from owls and hawks to raccoons and foxes on the Duanesburg farm he inherited from his grandfather.

FBI agent finds meaning in helping children who are sexually exploited

Cases of production of child pornography are far less common than downloading, said Special Agent David Fallon of the FBI’s Albany Field Office. The vast majority of production cases involve people, he said, who are able to convince kids whom they have never met in person to take their clothes off for them.

While Saia mulls decision, two may challenge her for her VCSD board seat

The budget and board election votes for both the Voorheesville Public Library and Voorheesville Central School District are set for May 21.

GCSD board adopts $102M budget, expanding inclusion, reducing tax rates

Taxpayers in all four towns within the Guilderland school district will pay less on taxes per $1,000 of assessed valuation than last year. The biggest difference — a decrease of 28.20% — will be in the town of Guilderland.

Altamont adopts $2.4 M budget for next year; V’ville Trustees to vote on proposed $2.64 M budget on April 23

The villages of Altamont and Voorheesville continue to propose and adopt budgets that keep the municipalities below the state-set levy limit.

GOP’s Verch to challenge Dems’ Bichteman for Westerlo super

Amie Burnside said it was nerve-wracking being the only Republican on Westerlo’s town board, but then, two years ago, another Republican joined her. Now the GOP is running for the majority.

Russ Pokorny will head Dems’ slate in Knox

The Knox Democratic Committee has nominated Russ Pokorny for supervisor, incumbents Earl Barcomb and Dennis Barber for town board, and Joan Adriance for town clerk. Supervisor Vasilios Lefkaditis has said he will run for a third term.

Voorheesville School Board tables vote on approval of 2019-20 budget

The Voorheesville School Board has put off until next week its vote on the 2019-20 school budget.

Town requires developers to map trees but not to preserve them