During the Altamont Board of Trustees September meeting, Al Caruso, a Guilderland resident of the senior-living Brandle Meadows condominium complex, came to ask what the village can do about the appliance-damaging manganese in his water supply.

RIC Energy is seeking permission to install a five-megawatt battery energy storage system, or BESS, on seven acres of the 137-acre New Scotland Beagle Club.

New Leaf Energy’s applications identify the properties as 37 and 128 Wormer Road — each parcel is about 13 acres — owned by New Scotland Councilman Adam Greenberg. 

The conditional OK was given to Barth Meadows on Aug. 27, and “constitute[s] approval of the proposed subdivision as to the general character and intensity of development,” according to Guilderland Town Planner Kenneth Kovalchik’s board memo.

The policies were referred to the IDA’s governance committee for input prior to formal adoption. 

This marks the fourth attempt since 2019 that developers have attempted to gain approval from the town to build multiple apartment buildings on the 16-acre Carman Road site.

On Aug. 21, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that Plug Power along with its venture-funded-backed partner, Verne Power, would receive $2 million to advance Verne’s  research, development, and manufacturing of hydrogen technology for the transportation sector. 

The determination applies only to Saint Boniface, and permits the church to submit an application for an electronic message board.

During the Aug. 19 town board meeting, Supervisor Peter Barber said the board had “the goal of adopting the comp plan at a meeting in October.” He also said that residents would have another chance to comment on the proposed plan, at the board’s September meeting.