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.

The announcement from the governor’s office and NYSERDA stated that six gigawatts of distributed solar had been installed across New York State, “marking the early achievement of the State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act statutory goal a year ahead of schedule.”

In June’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, the United States Supreme Court overturned the 1984 case that gave federal agencies the flexibility to interpret broad statutes to implement regulations. 

Jeremy M. Stark, 35, “was captured on surveillance video driving his ATV on park property and recklessly caused damage to the basketball court,” according to the county sheriff’s office.

“So the bottom line is the tax levy is increasing by 2.68 percent, which is under the tax cap by  $198,” Supervisor Peter Barber said during the town board’s Oct. 1 meeting. “The town taxes still only count for roughly 12 percent of a total property tax.”