The next step will be for Kenneth Kovalchik, the town’s planner, to draft a local law for the zoning changes on which the town board will vote at its next meeting.
The complaint, filed July 10 with the state Supreme Court in Albany County, alleges that a student in a Kids Club program was “caused to fall while playing dodgeball and was repeatedly struck in the head and face with dodgeballs by students standing over him, causing him serious and permanent injuries ….”
The Westerlo Town Board voted unanimously to ask Albany County to install a traffic light at the intersection of county routes 401 and 404, following a fatal car accident there late last month.
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets says the state has achieved “Unaffected” status as part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Milk Testing Strategy designed to detect highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy herds.
The Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals on July 16 gave permission to Yesorno LLC, which owns and operates Happy Days Dispensary in Farmingdale, Nassau County, to open a similarly-named dispensary at 1656 Western Ave.
BETHLEHEM — The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation has recognized the town of Bethlehem as a Silver Certified Climate Smart Community, joining 20 other municipalities across the state that have achieved the certification.
Bethlehem earned the certification for its work on sustainability, including:
Residents who spoke during the recent town board meeting felt the plan did not say enough about preserving the Albany Pine Bush, but said too much about providing water to Altamont.
BERNE — A Berne resident called 9-1-1 Wednesday morning after seeing an upside-down plane in a field behind his house on the Berne-Altamont Road, according to State Police who determined the plane’s pilot, its only occupant, was unharmed.
Following a town board discussion about turning an old landfill property on Kenyon Road in Rensselaerville into a memorial park, The Enterprise found out through the state Department of Environmental Conservation that, while the town legally closed the landfill many decades ago, the state has yet to determine that it was not adversely affecting water quality in the area.
ALBANY COUNTY — The county will provide $100,000 in grants to school, after-school, and community-based programs curbing bullying and preventing youth violence.
Applications will be accepted through Aug. 4 with individual grants capped at $20,000.
