On July 19, Christopher Beckmann requested that the Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals grant him a variance from the town code requiring installation of a fire sprinkler system in his proposed business and for a public hearing on his special-use application.

In its Article 7 petition, filed July 24, Crossgates requested that an Albany County court lower its Guilderland assessment from $234.2 million to $102 million.

At the Guilderland Comprehensive Plan Update Committee’s most recent meeting, members heard consultant MJ Engineering’s draft vision for the plan while settling on subcommittees to flesh out the vision.

On July 18, Altamont trustees were presented with the early findings of a feasibility study commissioned some time last year to look at the possibility of a new, stand-alone Altamont firehouse. 

The voluntary and anonymous survey was performed during Voorheesville’s school budget and board elections, and sheds light on voter demographics, voters’ motivations, and concerns related to the recent vote. 

Voorheesville School Board members had been deliberating since at least November as to whether they should allow BusPatrol the opportunity to affix cameras to the outside of district buses to catch violators who pass a stopped bus with its stop arm extended and its red lights flashing. 

The Voorheesville School Board approved a new three-year contract with the district’s teachers’ union, including a 3-percent annual salary increase and increases to sick-day buyouts. While the union didn’t accomplish everything it wanted, the salary increases and other financial gains were seen as significant progress.

Jeremy Cramer, New Scotland’s building inspector, told The Enterprise on Tuesday that there had been evidence of renovations being done in the home, which did not have working smoke or carbon-monoxide detectors, meaning “there was no warning system for them to get out,” and that the work had been done without the proper town permits.

On June 27,  Pyramid representatives responded to a dozen prepared IDA questions.

The Guilderland IDA on June 27 received answers to a dozen questions about the project itself, Pyramid’s financial and legal issues, Crossgates Mall’s finances, and how they are all related.