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A Lamborghini worth more than $200,000 was destroyed in Clarksville when, during a joyride that the Albany County Sheriff described as something out of the street-racing franchise “Fast and Furious,” one of the drivers failed to negotiate a turn and the car wound up in flames on the side of the road. There were no injuries.

The project is due back before the zoning board for its December meeting.

NEW SCOTLAND — James Southard, Voorheesville’s assistant superintendent for finance and operations since January 2021, died unexpectedly last week. He was 51.

GUILDERLAND — One party-goer was stabbed and another was shot, police say, at a music festival in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

A release from the Guilderland Police say events unfolded this way:

As a Willow Street resident again addressed the Guilderland Town Board about making her road safer, Deputy Supervisor Christine Napierski responded, “I think we should invest some time in coming up with some kind of guidelines or policies … We don’t want to rule anything out at this point. I think we need to look at all the options, including, when we pave the road, you know, installing a shoulder.”

Albany County will be expanding broadband to at least 591 homes in Rensselaerville and Coeymans using American Rescue Plan funding, but hopes to also secure state aid that would bring broadband to 1,142 homes in Coeymans, New Scotland, Bethlehem, and the four Hilltowns. 

In June’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, the United States Supreme Court overturned the 1984 case that gave federal agencies the flexibility to interpret broad statutes to implement regulations.