The incumbent trustees seeking re-election in Altamont and Voorheesville, all of whom were initially appointed to their respective boards, face no opposition for the seats. The position of Altamont village justice will go unfilled as the current justice, Rebecca Morse-Hout, who has served for nearly three decades, declined to seek re-election and no candidate filed a petition to replace her on the bench. 

At its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, the Guilderland Town Board is set to vote on a settlement agreement with the retailer that would lower six years of assessments to around $11 million. 

The hike in Altamont’s tentative budget for next year is driven by increases in each of the three funds that make up 2023-24’s first-draft spending plan: general, water, and sewer.

Christopher Laviano is proposing the 8,500-square-foot structure be built adjacent to his 1871 Western Ave. liquor store. The building would have office and retail space on the first floor and four residential apartments on the second. 

In her Jan. 3 ruling, Justice Margaret Walsh lowered from $72.8 million to $43.2 million the collective assessed values of five parcels in the Northeastern Industrial Park. The town of Guilderland is challenging the decision. 

Economic achievements over the past year were central to County’s Executive Daniel McCoy’s 2023 state of Albany County.

It was reported on Feb. 17 that the parent company of Crossgates Mall was facing an “imminent monetary default” on loans totaling $157 million.

Superintendent Frank Macri told Voorheesville School Board members during a January meeting of its ad-hoc safety committee that he “cannot right now recommend an SRO for the district because there are other things that we need to do first.”

RIC Energy is looking to install a 5-megawatt ground-mounted solar photovoltaic farm on a nearly 75-acre parcel of land in the New Scotland Hamlet located between 1857 and 1891 New Scotland Road. 

Precision Sports is looking to convert 5180 Western Turnpike, across the street from Guilderland Town Hall and which once housed the Nirvana Indian restaurant, into a golf performance center.