The Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals on Nov. 6 approved the two projects.

The Guilderland Comprehensive Plan Update Committee over the course of two meetings in October went over the final tweaks to its 198-page document, unanimously choosing to adopt and refer it to the town board on Oct. 29.

In a lawsuit filed Oct. 7, Elliot and Adrienne Haase claim that, in July 2023, heavy flooding occurred in their basement due to unresolved issues in the McKownville stormwater system.

Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber wrote in a recent memo to the town’s Industrial Development Agency that, “The cause of this flooding is the tremendous amounts of stormwaters from a wide area (about 860 acres) that flow into the Town-owned McKownville Reservoir between Route 20 and Stuyvesant Plaza.” 

Democrat Gabriella Romero cruised to victory on Tuesday over Republican Alicia Purdy 15,968 votes to 5,122 to earn her first term in the New York State Assembly. 

On Nov. 1, attorneys for the IDA in court documents stated they had filed an acquisition map with the Albany County Clerk’s Office on Oct. 31, vesting the agency title to 4.23 acres of previously-owned town roads within the 16-acre project site.

Democrat Gabriella Romero faces Republican Alicia Purdy for a seat in the state’s 109th Assembly District made open by Pat Fahy’s decision to run for the State Senate.

Romero first won elected office in November 2021, when she was chosen by residents of Albany’s Sixth Ward to represent them on the city’s Common Council. 

“There was considerable enthusiasm shown,” The Enterprise reported the day after the charter meeting, “and the boys all enjoyed the excellent talks given by” a group of local dignitaries. “Considerable enthusiasm” is expected once again as Helderberg Post 977 is due to celebrate its centennial with a formal dinner on Nov. 3. 

The project is due back before the zoning board for its December meeting.

NEW SCOTLAND — James Southard, Voorheesville’s assistant superintendent for finance and operations since January 2021, died unexpectedly last week. He was 51.