The mailer is asking recipients to weigh in on a new Altamont Post Office, stating, “Because of a space deficiency, USPS proposes moving to a building of approximately 6,000 square feet with 30+ parking spaces within the preferred zip code 12009. The proposed new facility will maintain the same level of service and eliminate the space constraints at the current facility.”

 The town is looking to balance its books and make taxpayers whole by allocating its remaining portion of American Rescue Plan Act funding to the Hilton Barn project. 

While the school district dealt with a social-media mess and incidents of antisemitism, it welcomed new leadership at its middle school and high school and proceeded with its $25 million capital project. The town continued to fine-tune itself, and new projects and resolutions to long-term ones have and will change the face of the village. 

No formal application has been submitted to the town, but members of the development team looking to build the project at 6 and 10 Mercy Care Lane met this week with Guilderland’s Development Planning Committee.

The negative SEQRA declaration from the Guilderland Planning Board places one step closer to the ultimate goal of subdivision approval.

The Voorheesville Central School District in a Dec. 18 post on its website said, “On the afternoon of December 17, 2024, our safety monitor discovered vandalism during routine bathroom checks on our MS/HS campus.”

Rich Straut, the village’s engineer, said Altamont has for the last year been exploring the treatability of the manganese at the Brandle Road wells.

Public comment during the Dec. 9 meeting largely centered on two issues: calls for accountability regarding board member Matthew Bergeron's post-election social media comments and renewed demands, driven in part by bullying allegations, for a school resource officer

In 2018, Jeff Thomas sought permission to build three stand-alone buildings containing 26 apartments at 120 Park Street. Six years later, he was back before the village with a different development, but heard many of the same concerns he had years earlier.

New Scotland’s senior transportation capabilities have been at half capacity since 2020 when it was determined repairing one of the town’s two senior buses would be too expensive.