“So I’m here telling you to get out there and live,” Graduate Madilyn Delisle told Voorheesville’s remaining students. “Because our time was cut short, and now that time has come to an end.”

“The smaller setting really helps drive a different level of relationship-building and academics,” said Richard Shea, the new principal of Clayton A. Bouton High School, of the Voorheesville School District. 

Stewart’s Shops’ appeal of the November 2020 decision that favored the village of Voorheesville, filed in mid-January, will soon be tossed unless the company files its brief with the court.

Come November’s general election in New Scotland, Republican Erik Grissell’s name will appear on the Conservative line for supervisor after beating current Democratic Supervisor Douglas LaGrange in the party’s primary on Tuesday. In the Conservative primary for town board, Republicans Charissa Mayer and Peter Drao topped their Democratic opponents, Adam Greenberg and Dan Leinung.

During the June 22 meeting, New Scotland Zoning Board Chairman Jeffrey Baker’s first observation of the 72-unit apartment proposal for 2080 New Scotland Road was that it was a “bit of a problematic application.”

NEW SCOTLAND — Following the statewide lifting of most COVID-19 restrictions, the town board here has decided to reopen Town Hall to the vaccinated public and is also planning in-person meetings, starting on Aug. 1.

In March, internationally-owned but locally-operated Robert Wright Disposal began offering a year of free pick-up to customers in Altamont. And now, the hauler has done away with the annual fee — $55,000 — the town of New Scotland was charged to recycle residents’ discarded items. So far this year, the town has paid approximately $24,000 in recycling tipping fees.

The Guilderland Planning Board recently heard Borrego Solar Systems propose a five-megawatt ground-mounted solar facility at 2825 Curry Road, a well-screened-from-the-road 48-acre parcel located in a largely commercial area. 

A letter to the editor in this week’s Enterprise asks to whom Guilderland Democrats are beholden.

Crossgates Mall filed an Article 7 petition against the town in July of last year, seeking a $139 million reduction on its $282.5 million tax assessment.