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Represented by attorney Andrew Brick, former Westerlo planning board members Angela Carkner, Richard Kurylo, and Gerry Boone have sued the town board and the newly designated planning/zoning board, claiming that the abolishment of the planning board, passed with a simple 3-to-2 majority of the town board, required a supermajority to approve.

FEURA BUSH — A two-story frame house in Feura Bush went up in flames on Monday morning.

The two adult residents are safe, according to the Northeastern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Some of the board’s conditions for approval appear to address concerns raised by residents during multiple meetings on the proposal, like building permits not being issued until after the village has dredged Fly Creek.

The Altamont Board of Trustees on July 17 passed a resolution confirming it has enough additional potable water to supply the proposed Inns of Altamont; it did not approve the request nor give the hotel the right to access the water. 

At 185 pages, the draft update to Guilderland’s comprehensive plan, per New York State Law, “provides the backbone for the local zoning law.” 

Rebecca Haaland began Boosted Coatings five years ago when she was just 19. She sought to expand her powder-coating business to Westerlo, at Shepard Farm this year, inadvertently triggering a massive political battle that saw the town’s planning board eliminated.

“This was a total mess because we were not notified and brought in when the design was being done,” said Anthony Carrow, the Westmere fire chief, of adequate space not being left for turning a large fire apparatus. “So that’s going to impact life safety and response in that area because now we’re going to have to go all the way around through Gipp Road.”