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.

The school board was presented with the first draft of next year’s budget during its recent meeting. 

In a May 2021 letter to the New Scotland Water Committee, the Newells discuss having the water line “conveyed to the Town.”

According to a recent report from the New York Independent System Operator, the wholesale price of natural gas has more than doubled in the past year. 

“I’ve heard now from three different development interests who have all asked essentially the same question,” Csaposs said: What is the number and where can I find it?

One outcome of the brutally low temperatures was fewer power-outages problems than is typically expected of a storm that drops over a foot of powder on the region. The frigid temperatures make for lighter snow that doesn’t stick to utility lines, causing them to break.