NEW SCOTLAND — A small purposeful brush fire got out of control Tuesday morning, and three fire crews were called in to manage the blaze as it crept toward a house on Route 156.

By Michelle O’Riley

WESTERLO — Westerlo residents and leaders are eager for the state to pass legislation concerning tax-exempt properties.

VOORHEESVILLE — The long-awaited contracts for two top school administrators charged with wrong doing are in black and white, but the interpretation of them is gray.

VOORHEESVILLE — Tuesday, Sarita Winchell returned to work.

NEW SCOTLAND — A civil lawsuit against the town’s planning board has been dismissed by Supreme Court Justice William E. McCarthy.

NEW SCOTLAND — With a state Supreme Court decision pending on the limitation of easement on a private road, Fielding Way, the zoning board is carefully considering a variance for property at the end of that road.

NEW SCOTLAND — Two best friends worked from a new salon Monday afternoon clipping hair. Studio 85 has a posh name that goes along with both the renovations inside — textured flooring that looks and feels like rock — and the location.

VOORHEESVILLE — In the wake of a critical state audit, which is still ongoing, the Voorheesville School District is reorganizing its business office.

VOORHEESVILLE — The beleaguered Voorheesville School District has placed its assistant superintendent for business, Sarita Winchell, on administrative leave while the state comptroller completes his audit.