NEW SCOTLAND — Days after a near-death train and car collision, town officials, the state Department of Transportation, and railroad company CSX agreed to close the Youmans Road railroad crossing.

Artist Will Moses will spend Christmas Eve working a shift on the local rescue squad.

“There’s something kind of unique about going to people’s homes in a time of need for them,” he said.

By Zach Simeone

WESTERLO — The town’s preliminary budget for 2009 totals at about $2.5 million, up about $100,000 from this year’s $2.4 million budget. About $992,000 is to be raised by taxes, $10,000 more than for this year’s budget.

CZAC defunct

NEW SCOTLAND — The Commercial Zoning Advisory Committee is now defunct, after three of its five members resigned this week, leaving it without a quorum, but town board members still hope to revise the town’s commercial zoning.

By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– The only person surprised about Don Snyder being a Hall of Fame coach is Don Snyder.

Artist Will Moses will spend Christmas Eve working a shift on the local rescue squad.

“There’s something kind of unique about going to people’s homes in a time of need for them,” he said.

Dimuras sue New Scotland Planning Board again

BERNE — Attendants of last week’s forum received a summary of a recent community survey, sent to 3,467 households, which found that: