Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber wrote in a recent memo to the town’s Industrial Development Agency that, “The cause of this flooding is the tremendous amounts of stormwaters from a wide area (about 860 acres) that flow into the Town-owned McKownville Reservoir between Route 20 and Stuyvesant Plaza.”
One of the reasons Foster thinks Guilderland girls, even those brand new to the sport, will have a shot at success is because, starting this year statewide, girls will wrestle in the Olympic style.
Dave Pecylak, who has been Westerlo’s acting highway superintendent since this summer, won handily on the Republican and Conservative lines against his Democrat challenger, James Brush.
GLENMONT — On Oct. 30, after a Glenmont man pointed a loaded pistol at a man delivering newspapers, the home of the gunman was searched, where police found money, drugs, and a stolen gun, according to a release from Bethlehem Police.
Democrat Gabriella Romero cruised to victory on Tuesday over Republican Alicia Purdy 15,968 votes to 5,122 to earn her first term in the New York State Assembly.
Republican Assemblyman Chris Tague’s re-election grants him another two years in an office he’s held since 2018. A dairy farmer with experience in local government and the private sector, Tague has promised to continue promoting rural causes in the state legislature.
On Nov. 1, attorneys for the IDA in court documents stated they had filed an acquisition map with the Albany County Clerk’s Office on Oct. 31, vesting the agency title to 4.23 acres of previously-owned town roads within the 16-acre project site.
Supervisor Dennis Palow has released a new tentative 2025 budget that would increase taxes by 2 percent, not 19 percent as proposed in an earlier tentative budget that was published last week. Among the expenses he cut in the new version is for ambulance service from the county.
Berne Supervisor Dennis Palow made the rare decision to speak with The Enterprise this week, offering his side of two allegations that have defined the town for at least the past few months: that he has allowed the town to drift into financial ruin, and that he meanwhile had created such a hostile work environment that three of his fellow Republican-backed town board members resigned.
Executive Director for the New York State Association of Towns Chris Koetzle laid out for The Enterprise how Berne may be able to go about enacting its current draft budget for 2025 without a board to authorize it, or vote to override the 2 percent tax cap. However, he warned that the situation was unprecedented and that it’s up to the comptroller’s office to determine how to proceed.
