Control of Crossgates Mall remains in the hands of Pyramid Management Group.

In a letter from Norfolk Southern Railway to Voorheesville Mayor Rich Straut, the company said site work anticipated to start the week of Aug. 28. 

On Aug. 15, the Guilderland Town Board was due to vote on extending for one year Local Law Number 2 of 2021, which allowed for the construction of 86 affordable senior-housing units amid the Albany Pine Bush. 

The Guilderland Town Board on Tuesday dealt with extending timelines for two proposals, accepted an amended application for another, and approved the withdrawal of a fourth. 

The approved expenditure puts to rest a lawsuit filed in November 2020 by Terry Markham against Albany County, its district attorney’s office, and Zahraa Majeed, who was employed by the office at the time of her rear-end collision with Markham.

During a recent New Scotland Town Board meeting, resident Jacob Kruzansky asked board members “to implement some kind of green initiative in the town so that we can do our part, we can help reduce the hassle for our neighbors, and you know, we can also contribute to the wellness of the environment as a whole.”

At the July meeting of the Albany County Legislature, members awarded projects for the Normanskill Bridge as well as multiple bridges over Onesquethaw Creek in New Scotland.

New Scotland Supervisor LaGrange told The Enterprise that he’d received a letter on Civil Service Employees Association letterhead stating employees in five departments were seeking to be represented by the public-sector union. 

In two Article 7 petitions filed on July 17 with Albany County Supreme Court, the owner of 125 Vista Boulevard, a parcel that lies in two towns in Vista Technology Park, requested that its Bethlehem assessment be lowered from $37.5 million to $20.25 million and its New Scotland assessment be reduced from $985,500 to $444,000. 

CM Fox Living Solutions LLC first proposed a 10-home development in September of last year.