Archive » February 2022 » News

Milton J. Hart

Milton Hart — WWII veteran vying for local monument

Milton Hart is the only child of two only children. His service in World War II — as a combat infantryman with the 70th Armored Infantry Battalion, 20th Armored Division — gave him a sense of camaraderie.

The soldiers he served with, he said, were “as close to me as a brother would be.”

Farmer safety on the docket in Knox

by Noah Zweifel

Knox’s agricultural advisory committee has suggested to the town that it set up farmer advocacy signs along town roads and ask the state’s Department of Transportation to move back certain guardrails in an effort to keep local farmers comfortable and safe. 

Added food benefits continue in February

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The emergency assistance supplement is provided to households that do not ordinarily receive the maximum allowable benefit per month on SNAP. Those households already near or at the maximum benefit level — $835 for a household of four — will receive a supplemental payment of at least $95.

GCSD expects 11% aid increase, will stay under levy limit

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Transportation Supervisor Inho Suh is proposing spending just under a million dollars to purchase eight new 66-passenger school buses next year, three of them with chains. The projected cost of $976,000 is about $10,000 lower than last year for the same number of buses. 

Muslim students push to have Eid be a school holiday

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“First of all, Eid is like Christmas for us,” wrote Arisha Ahmed, one of the Muslim students lobbying the Guilderland School Board to have the day off from classes. “Imagine having to go to school on Christmas. It is as simple as that.”

Norfolk Southern receives $5M from state for local track upgrades

by Sean Mulkerrin

Among the $76.4 million from the state for freight-rail infrastructure upgrades is $5 million to Norfolk Southern Railway “toward safety and service reliability enhancements, including the rehabilitation of 15 miles of track along the Voorheesville corridor, grade crossing resurfacing, the installation of welded rail, and other enhancements.”

Former Smith’s Tavern to be sold

by Sean Mulkerrin

Chuck Marshall, a Stewart’s Shops real-estate representative and project manager, told The Enterprise on Thursday that 112 Maple Ave. is under contract but declined to name the buyer; he did say it would be used as a restaurant.

Week C: Gov lifts mask-or-vax mandate, will decide on school masks in March

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

ALBANY COUNTY — Starting on Thursday, the statewide mask-or-vax mandate for businesses is lifted, Governor Kathy Hochul announced at a press briefing on Wednesday.

Two dozen apartments proposed near Crossgates Mall

by Sean Mulkerrin

Viscusi Builders is seeking approval from the Guilderland Planning Board to construct the four-story apartment residence at 2 Crossgates Mall Road. 

Westerlo seeks to update laws, engage public

by Noah Zweifel

Discussions began last year among the Westerlo Town Board members about how to clean up a body of local laws that can at times be contradictory and confusing to residents and town officials alike. The town now has an agency in mind to help make those necessary clarifications.

Barcomb’s first novel tells a story of healing and hope

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“I’ve been wanting to be a writer my whole life,” says Jessica Perrin Barcomb, who has just published her first novel, “Letting Go.”

As COVID cases plummet, gov looks to ‘post-surge phase’

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Governor Kathy Hochul said on Friday she would talk to her health experts “and then make some decisions in the next few days, the next few weeks about the requirements that we have in place to keep us safe and whether or not they’re going to be as necessary.”

Objections raised to abolishing planning board

by Sean Mulkerrin

Last month, Altamont Mayor Kerry Dineen presented a bill that would do away with Altamont’s planning and zoning boards and replace them with a single zoning board of appeals whose “powers and duties” would comprise both bodies. During a Tuesday public hearing on the proposal, Dean Whalen, who’d been a trustee for 16 years, took issue with what could be considered a rather large change to the proposed law. 

Plan hatched to amend Altamont’s prohibition on chickens

by Sean Mulkerrin

It was recommended to Altamont resident John Polk during last month’s zoning meeting that he try to get the village board to change the law through an amendment process laid out in the zoning code.

Sex offender joins others at old motel on Route 20

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

On Friday, the Guilderland school superintendent emailed a notice to families that a sex offender has moved into the district. John E. McIntyre lives at 2360 Western Ave., according to the state’s sex-offender registry. Two other sex offenders are listed on the registry as living in apartments at that same Guilderland address, an old motel.

Pages