Four vie for two town board seats, super unopposed

Will Clarksville school be sheriff’s substation?

CLARKSVILLE — The now empty elementary school in the center of the hamlet could soon be used for the Albany County Sheriff’s office.

NEW SCOTLAND — Thomas Dolin, a Democrat, wants a third two-year term as supervisor.  He is running unopposed.

NEW SCOTLAND — , often a fixture at town meetings and member of the ethics committee, is running for a seat on the town board on the Democratic line.  It is her first run for political office; she works as a credit analyst.

NEW SCOTLAND — Having spent nine years on the zoning board, , a Democrat, is seeking a seat on the town board.  An engineer, he owns a small firm.

NEW SCOTLAND — Margaret Adkins, a Republican, and David Wukitsch, a Democrat, are each running to keep their seats on the bench.  Both judges are unopposed, and both are attorneys.

NEW SCOTLAND — , a Republican, is making his first run for public office, contending for one of two open seats on the town board.

VOORHEESVILLE — The quantitative analysis of the chemicals in Luann Burgess’s blood is finished, according to acting Sheriff Craig Apple, but he hasn’t yet been able to decipher the figures.

Backyard vegetable gardens were not spared during the recent tropical storms Irene and Lee, which brought floodwaters that could have carried pathogens, pesticides, or heavy metals.

NEW SCOTLAND — A size cap on commercial development in town, long the center of controversy, might soon be only a bridge to stave off large-scale development until the town revamps its zoning code.