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Two-month brush-burning ban starts on March 16

The annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning begins March 16 and runs through May 14.

GCSD board seeks ways to close $4.1M budget gap without hurting students

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

After the meeting ended, the board’s president summed up for The Enterprise what she sees as the board’s view: “As a group, we believe what was presented to us was not balanced or equitable for our students,” she said. “We would like something absent student-facing recommendations and considering other ways.” Asked what those cuts might be, she said, “Administration.”

Historic Altamont maps an ‘emerald necklace’ of trails around the village, but Gun Club Road is a missing link

by Sean Mulkerrin

The network of conservation corridors would “act to buffer the well-known effects of suburban sprawl,” while linking into a single accessible system Thacher State Park, the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy’s Bozen Kill Preserve, the Black Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Indian Ladder Farms, Tawasentha Park, and several other public and semi-public lands.

Super proposes long lists of cuts to close $4.1 M budget gap

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“We can’t offer everything and do everything that we want to do and still come within the financial guardrails that we have within the state of New York and how we fund our schools, unfortunately,” said Superintendent Daniel Mayberry.

Why does the amphibian cross the road? To mate on the other side

Warmer temperatures and rain have spurred the start of annual migrations of amphibians that breed in vernal pools.

Throughout the Hudson Valley, Amphibian Migrations and Road Crossings Project volunteers are surveying roads to safeguard frogs and salamanders who cross roads to mate.

Healthcare costs help to drive VCSD’s $1.3 million budget gap

by Sean Mulkerrin

The budget, presented during the Voorheesville School Board’s March 2 meeting shows the district spending $36,481,272 in 2026-27 compared to expected revenues of $35,156,00, a 7.8 percent, or $2.54 million, increase over this year. 

Account clerk’s retirement leads to ‘organizational fix’ in Berne

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

On March 11, Giebelhaus proposed a number of changes to how Berne handles money, and the board supported each unanimously.

Photo: Fred the Butcher looking to expand

Fred the Butcher is looking to more than triple its Maple Road footprint, adding roughly 4,000 square feet to its existing 2,000-square-foot building and overhauling the site’s parking and traffic circulation. “The access drive around the site will also be improved to have better vehicular circulation,” according to a project narrative filed with the town of New Scotland.

Voorheesville elections uncontested, Pasquali appointed to replace Winchell

by Sean Mulkerrin

After Sarita Winchell resigned in February, former longtime village clerk-treasurer  Linda Pasquali was named to take over the final year of Winchell’s four-year term.

Berne to ask county to set up district for dam repair

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

County spokeswoman Mary Rozak told The Enterprise on March 13, “We have not heard anything from the board or the supervisor and it isn’t appropriate to comment any further.”

Albany County under wind advisory

ALBANY COUNTY — Along with a broad swath of New York state, Albany County is under a wind advisory for Saturday.

The advisory is under effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 14.

West winds from 15 to 25 miles per hour are expected with gusts up to 50 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.

Berne extends solar moratorium till November

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The moratorium was enacted by the previous Republican-backed board on May 6, 2025 and was to last a year while a new law was drafted.

Guilderland zoning board sued over fence decision

by Sean Mulkerrin

The board’s unanimous Feb. 4 vote overturned a building permit issued for a fence running along a shared driveway between the historic Norman Vale home and property at 3 Norman Vale Lane.

DEC: Stay out of Adirondack and Catskill backcountry

Unstable conditions in the Catskills and Adirondacks have led the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation to warn hikers and skiers they should “exercise an abundance of caution” and consider alternative plans.

Albany County won’t aid ICE

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Jeffrey Kuhn, a Democrat representing Delmar and Glenmont who sponsored the resolution, said, “The Trump administration has mandated that ICE and Border Patrol arrest at least 3,000 immigrants a day …. ICE has cut the classes that teach the Constitution, our legal system, firearms training, the use of force, lawful arrests, proper detention, and the limits of officers’ authority.”

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