NEW SCOTLAND With a split vote, the planning board here last week approved the creation of a residential senior-housing district behind the medical building on New Scotland Road.
VOORHEESVILLE Signs promoting a 50,000-square-foot cap on commercial development have been appearing, and disappearing, in and around the village here.
BERNE Richard Wheeler has been appointed as interim principal for Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School. At a special meeting on Tuesday night, the school board voted unanimously to approve his appointment.
KNOX Highway department workers are receiving a salary increase and retroactive pay. At a special meeting last Tuesday, the town board ratified a new labor contract by a unanimous vote.
NEW SCOTLAND Accusations of “kickbacks” and threats of lawsuits shook up the town planning board meeting Tuesday night. Neighbors vocally objected to the board’s split votes on one issue, while another complained about her neighbor’s activities.
NEW SCOTLAND The town board here moved toward greater efficiency last week as it learned how to consolidate assessment duties and hired a part-time internal control officer.
NEW SCOTLAND Local seniors may soon have more flexible, and more comfortable, transportation, if the town board approves the purchase of one or two used buses from the senior program in Bethlehem.
GUILDERLAND Winning the Eastern New York Travel Baseball League’s AABC tournament wasn’t the end of the road for the New York Capital District Knights 17 and under baseball team.