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Agreements were made between the union representatives and the two Republican town board members; the three Democrats on the board were unaware of the months-old changes until last month.

Tom Smith is 87 now, although he notes with a grin that he may actually be 88 since one year, after crossing the international dateline, he celebrated two birthdays.

“There’s no reason to ask for a variance if you’ve got enough space on your property to redesign the building so that it fits into the space without a variance,” McKownville resident Donald Reeb commented to the planning board about the proposed project.  

The Albany Police Department is warning motorists of a scam in which emails are being sent informing people they have received a red-light camera ticket. In the emails, the scammers identifies themselves as the city of Albany.

Efforts to put Republican candidates on the Democratic line through a write-in campaign were unsuccessful, though write-in ballots made up a third of the votes in the Knox Democratic Primary.

GUILDERLAND — In Tuesday’s Democratic primary, the race between Mickey Cleary and incumbent Paul Miller who represents District 32 in the Albany County Legislature is too close to call.

NEW SCOTLAND — Under a proposed plan from the Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance, a not-for-profit development corporation, town residents could see a drop in their electric bills.