NEW SCOTLAND — A 12-year-old boy, a seventh-grader at Voorheesville Middle School, was charged at school with a misdemeanor for “a threat involving a weapon made against other students,” according to a release from the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.
One of the factors underlying the continued growth of sales-tax collections is high inflation, which increases the cost of purchases made and, therefore, the taxes collected on those purchases. However, the third quarter’s 8.3-percent inflation rate had a negative impact on local governments as well, reducing the amount that they can purchase with the same dollars.
Early voting, which began on Saturday, Oct. 29, runs through Sunday, Nov. 6. The polls are open from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. The polls are open from noon to 8 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.
The Oct. 25 meeting was to be the public’s first chance to tell board members about their priorities for the 2023-24 budget but no one signed up to speak about it.
The announcement that Capital Holiday Lights — a popular Christmas time fundraiser for the Albany Police Athletic Association — is slated for the Altamont fairgrounds next year has stirred interest in the village.
GUILDERLAND — Last week, John McDonnell, who directs the Guilderland Food Pantry, talked to a woman in her early seventies who had been retired for about five years.
He recounts their conversation in this week’s Enterprise podcast.
Capital Holiday Lights — a popular Christmas time fundraiser for the Albany Police Athletic Association — will come to the Altamont fairgrounds next year.
ALBANY COUNTY — At a time when bird populations worldwide are in decline, the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation is expanding its bird trail and encouraging residents to use the trail.
Four of the 13 new State Birding Trail locations announced this month are in Albany County.
