ALBANY COUNTY — During a recent town board meeting, New Scotland Highway Superintendent Ken Guyer told the board that the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society will not be renewing its contract with the town, nor will it be renewing a number of municipal contracts it holds with local cities, towns, and villages in Albany, Rensselaer, and Schene

GUILDERLAND — Over the course of about 90 minutes on Monday, the nine members of Guilderland’s Comprehensive Plan Update Committee received a broad outline about how the next 16 months would play out.

There are 576 students in grades three through eight in Voorheesville. 

“It’s a complete menu from turkey, ham, and all the fixings — beverages and desserts, and it’s totally free,” said Wendall Thayer of the Voorheesville American Legion Post 1493’s upcoming community Thanksgiving dinner. “Anybody can come and it’s open to everybody.”

With all but one election district reporting, Phillip G. Steck defeated Alexandra M. Velella 30,337 to 23,120, or 55.42 percent to 42.23 percent.

The update to the 2006 master plan was announced at the November meeting of the Altamont Board of Trustee.

In April, Ryan Albright and another man, Dylan Lafave, were charged for a March 20 incident where Bethlehem Police and firefighters responded to a call at 8:05  a.m., and found no fire.

Approximately 17 former riders were in attendance at the Voorheesville firehouse on Wednesday as Carm Basile, chief executive officer of the Capital District Transportation Authority, and some of his senior staff were on hand for the meeting.

Phillip G. Steck, the incumbent Democrat, and Alexandra M. Velella, his GOP rival, are facing off in a newly-drawn state Assembly area that now contains 10 Guilderland Election Districts, which are bounded by the town of Rotterdam to the north, Willow Street and the Albany Pine Preserve to the south, Colonie to the east, and Route 20 to the west. 

 The New Scotland Town Board at its October meeting set Nov. 9 as the date for public hearings on both proposals: 6:30 p.m. for next year’s budget and 6:45 p.m. for the proposed zoning changes to the New Scotland Hamlet.