“I never heard applause for an application,” said Voorheesville Planning Commission member Kathryn Scharl on Tuesday following the commission’s approval of Anthony Berghela’s special-use permit request to open a restaurant at 112 Maple Ave., once the home of Smith’s Tavern.

The May 17 election for school board has the makings of a milestone moment for the Voorheesville Central School District, as board turnover in the past three years is set to top 70 percent. 

Even though Jeff Clark traded in bond sales and boardrooms for ice cream and 600 square feet of nostalgia, the song remains the same: work. 

The Guilderland Planning Board this week heard about Sharon Fellowship Church’s proposal to purchase and renovate parts of the 40-acre Dutch Manor Stable property at 2331 Western Ave.

Changes are coming to the area of town known as the New Scotland Hamlet. 

Signs have been taking a fair amount of time at recent Guilderland town and zoning board meetings. 

Crossgates’ tenants in 2020 reported total sales of $266.5 million, down from  $416.8 million in 2019, according to court papers — dueling appraisals of the mall from the town and Crossgates. 

As of Monday at 1 p.m., four petitions had been returned.

Guilderland Town Planner Kenneth Kovalchik touched on issues from water and open space to updates on home-building projects in town.

The Surface Transportation Board on Thursday signed off on CSX’s acquisition of Pan Am Railways, paving the way for work to begin on 15.5 miles of railroad track that runs through the heart of Altamont and Voorheesville.