The town’s zoning board of appeals in December approved two variances for the proposed multi-family residential development at 2080 New Scotland Road, granting relief from all on-street parking required on both sides of the street and from a requirement for bike lanes.
The town had previously said it legally wouldn’t be able to sell the property to Albany County. The hearing was scheduled after The Enterprise reported that there would be no legal barrier to the sale.
In addition to the potential loss of more than half-a-million in state aid under the governor’s proposed executive budget, Berne-Knox-Westerlo has been designated a moderately-stressed district by the state comptroller, due to diminished reserve funds.
On town trail programs, the guide has this to say: “Greenways can help unite community members, improve access to recreational opportunities for residents, and grow the local economy by attracting visitors.”
Scientists at Albany Medical College are working with scientists at the University of Wisconsin to find a signature, in blood samples, to identify patients who are most vulnerable to long COVID.
The call came in at about 6:24 p.m. on Friday, according to Guilderland Police, and, by the time officers arrived at 2360 Western Ave., the house was fully engulfed in flames. A cat died in the fire.
Although Albany County has not increased its tax levy in three years, some property owners were surprised to find that their county tax rate showed an increase on this year’s property tax bills.
Project developer Mason Scholtes is proposing five duplexes along Carman Road and 12 cottages set up in a “pocket neighborhood” along Fuller Station Road.
In the month since an Albany County court judge sided with Pyramid in its tax certiorari case against the town, both plaintiff and defendant have decided to appeal acting county Supreme Court Justice David Weinstein’s Dec. 13 decision, which ordered that Crossgates’ 2020 assessed value be lowered to $258 million and its 2020 assessment be dropped to $177 million.
The town of Berne, which recently raised property taxes over 700 percent after using up the majority of its fund balance, is late on two bills that were due to the software company Tyler Tech on Dec. 31. Berne had already been discovered as letting National Grid bills go unpaid over nearly a two-year period.
