Archive &raquo; July 2021 &raquo; News

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo Board of Education welcomed new member Lisa Joslin, appointed Matthew Tedeschi as board president, and heard from Superintendent Timothy Mundell about critical race theory.

Air quality advisory issued due to wildfires

Wildfires in the United States and Canada have led the state’s commissioners of health and environmental conservation to issue an air quality health advisory that runs from 10 a.m. until midnight on Tuesday across New York State.

Woman claiming sexual abuse by her sixth-grade teacher in the 1960s files against GCSD

The plaintiff, a 1974 Guilderland graduate, claims she was sexually abused as a sixth-grader by her teacher, Roderick Buckley. She told The Enterprise it made her lose her trust in teachers. “This action alleges physical, psychological, and emotional injuries suffered as a result of conduct which would constitute a sexual offense on a minor …,” state the papers filed with Albany County Supreme Court.

In latest lawsuit, Crossgates seeks 57.5% tax assessment reduction; Macy’s looks for 81% cut

Crossgates is using last year’s argument in this year’s newest tax lawsuit against the town of Guilderland for why $162.5 million should be slashed from its current assessed value of $282.5 million.

Cooperative aims to make Hilltown homes safer, healthier

A new program designed by Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County aims to supply Hilltown residents — regardless of their income — with products and education that will make for safer homes and healthier occupants.

Salamanders rejoice: Heldeberg Workshop land added to conservation corridor

NEW SCOTLAND — The Heldeberg Workshop at the foot of the escarpment — where generations of kids have had “adventures in learning” on The Land — will now be protected in perpetuity.

On July 9, the workshop finalized a conservation easement with the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy.

Stewart’s Shops misses appeal deadline, Voorheesville’s lawsuit win stands

Stewart’s Shops filed a lawsuit against Voorheesville in September 2019, claiming there had been a “targeted effort” to prevent Stewart’s from building a new shop on property it owns at 112 Maple Ave., site of the now-closed Smith’s Tavern.

Save the Pine Bush objects to affordable senior housing that would take 11 acres from preserve

One member of the advocacy group asserted that potential residents would be poor and therefore likely to commit crimes. The development is to be located on the front 11 acres of a 51-acre parcel, with the remaining acreage being donated to the Pine Bush Preserve.

Guilderland and Pyramid win reversal of lower court decision

The July 8 decision from state Supreme Court’s Third Appellate Division reverses a November 2020 decision by Albany County Supreme Court Judge Peter Lynch that stopped construction of a 222-unit apartment development on Rapp Road and proposed Costco Wholesale store on Western Avenue.

Week LXX: New Yorkers returning to normalcy, poll says

While the single Albany County death this week from COVID-19 was a sobering reminder that, still, the virus is fatal, most of the numbers — statewide and at the county level — have been encouraging.

New book explores a friendship forged in Partridge Run

BERNE — There’s a common and somewhat pejorative joke about how the “Lord of the Rings” series should have been called “The Very Long Walk.” The humor lies in the fact that J.R.R.

Berne GOP names candidates, incumbent judges decline nomination

Incumbent Berne town justices Albert Raymond and Alan Zuk both declined GOP nominations. The party will not seek replacements.

Guilderland landowners who eschew development are now eligible to apply for tax breaks