The problem faced by the town was one of both tight and blown deadlines.

The New Scotland Planning Board is currently reviewing two proposals for battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities in town. 

Altamont was awarded $1.1 million in funding to help improve its wastewater treatment plant on Gun Club Road, while Voorheesville received $300,000 to help pay for sewer upgrades in the Salem Hills neighborhood. The funds were secured by Congressman Paul Tonko. 

Dozens of homes and hundreds of storage units.

The bonding will allow for the replacement of a cluster of aging buildings at a former shale quarry with a modern, geothermal-heated facility.

Mayor Rich Straut in a Feb. 9 letter to Governor Kathy Hochul asked that “Norfolk Southern be added to the State of New York’s list of non-responsible, debarred, or otherwise ineligible contractors, and precluded from applying for future grants of New York State taxpayer dollars.”

The New York State Senate this week passed two bills related to the regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), more commonly known as forever chemicals, because they don’t break down in humans or the environment. 

Close to 70 percent of the state’s biosolids end up in a landfill, according to the DEC;  just 16 percent is considered “beneficial use,” meaning recycled, while the remainder is set aflame. 

The board’s unanimous Feb. 4 vote overturned a building permit issued for a fence running along a shared driveway between the historic Norman Vale home and the property at 3 Norman Vale Lane, reasoning that the fence would obstruct a historic view of Norman Vale and because the property owner could not articulate a reason for erecting the barrier. 

The Guilderland Zoning Board at its Feb. 4 meeting was presented with a proposal from Robert Abbatiello to build 18 units of housing for people 55 and older at 3400 Carman Road.