“The default mechanism is we literally do nothing, and December 31 comes and goes, then we are allowing both the dispensary and the places where you can actually use marijuana to take place,” said Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber during the town board’s Aug. 17 meeting. 

Design of a village sewer project is nearing completion and “hopefully” construction would commence in 2023, Kathryn Serra, an engineer with C.T. Male Associates, said during a recent public meeting on the project. 

The Altamont Board of Trustees voted on Sept. 7 to hold a public hearing on Oct. 5 for a proposed law that would have Altamont opt out of allowing retail dispensaries or licenses for on-site consumption of marijuana, set an Oct. 19 budget workshop on sewer-rate increases, and also declined to immediately OK a conflict-of-interest waiver for the village’s attorney.

How does a municipality located entirely inside of another municipality that saw a 4.4-percent population increase between 2010 and 2010 lose residents?

While public hearings on masks and vaccinations have often been one-sided, against both, the Voorheesville School Board on Monday heard the other side from an authority on the constitution and from a scientist who has researched treatments for COVID-19 — both Voorheesville parents.

Barring the county legislature voting down the project, “we anticipate putting a shovel in the ground in about 25 [to] 30 days,” said Sheriff Craig Apple of beginning work on a new county Emergency 9-1-1 Communications Center in New Scotland, at the site of the former Clarksville Elementary School. 

Albany County’s design plans for the Voorheesville Quiet Zone are moving forward.

On Aug. 24, the Guilderland IDA heard comments on whether it should grant about $5.8 million in tax breaks to the $70.8 million Hiawatha Trails project, 256 senior-living apartments. 

“The default mechanism is we literally do nothing, and December 31 comes and goes, then we are allowing both the dispensary and the places where you can actually use marijuana to take place,” said Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber during the town board’s Aug. 17 meeting. 

The Voorheesville Planning Commission on Aug. 17 approved a scaled-back special-use permit for Northern Barrel Brewery.