The Bethlehem Democratic Committee has put up a slate of incumbents for three town board positions, including supervisor, as well as town clerk, highway superintendent, and one justice seat. Republicans are challenging them for all but the justice seat. 

Better and more affordable broadband options are needed in each of the four Hilltowns and, while some governments there have made giant steps toward getting them, the process is long and difficult, even in the best-case scenarios. 

Developer WAWEB LLC is proposing a 90-unit senior facility at 152 Rockefeller Road in Bethlehem, with a number of updates revealed in its May appearance before the planning board. 

The Rensselaerville Town Board recently cleared out all the red tape blocking the Kuhar Endowment Fund from being administered to local not-for-profits, but the delays and a lack of adequate publicity resulted in at least one organization not knowing it had to apply again. 

ALBANY COUNTY — In the lead-up to Memorial Day, Albany County has awarded $15,000 each to 10 different veterans’ service organizations as an annual token of appreciation.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s $24.7 million budget, with a 3.3 percent tax increase, passed with 70-percent approval from voters, who also re-elected incumbents Matthew Tedeschi and Rebecca Miller to the board of education. 

The Bethlehem Central School District’s $116.6 million budget for the 2025-26 school year passed by a 76-percent margin. It will raise taxes 1.1 percent.

The Bethlehem Public Library’s $5.2 million budget was passed by voters, who will see their library taxes go up 2.61 percent. Meanwhile, trustee Laura DiBetta was re-elected for a five-year term and newcomer Jill Adams won a seat as well. 

A 5-megawatt solar facility at 354 South Albany Road in Selkirk has been largely constructed after getting town approval three years ago, but the developers ran up on their deadline for the special-use permit and needed approvals for some unanticipated changes to the project. 

The law will make it easier for residents to build accessory-dwelling units that are up to 1,200 square feet of living space, in what is at least partly an effort to keep senior citizens in the town.