The New Scotland Planning Board at its November meeting began the process of subdividing the former Bender melon farm into preservable and commercially-viable parcels.

Altamont Superintendent of Public Works Jeff Moller said no testing was needed because of the “biofilm” that has built up on the inside of the asbestos-cement water pipe.

Altamont Police Chief Jason Johnston said the scam appears to have something “to do with some sort of special that [PNC] is running where people get money for opening accounts.”

The Voorheesville School Board at its November meeting partially reversed a rule it had established just last month.

The notice from the town of New Scotland says that a sample collected from the Clarksville Water District on Oct. 27 showed nitrate levels of 13 milligrams per liter, when the maximum contaminant level is 10 milligrams per liter.

New Scotland property owners escaped a fifth straight year of incremental tax increases when the town board elected to cut property taxes for next year after initially proposing a rate hike in early October. 

The Altamont Board of Trustees at its Nov. 3 meeting heard about a number of recent water-main breaks in the village; approved a long-overdue repair project to be sent out to bid; and agreed upon a way to come up with more money to pay off a multi-million-dollar sewer-plant upgrade loan. 

“I’ve been asked a lot about timing,” said Ed Mitzen of his plans for the former Stewart’s on South Main Street in Voorheesville. “We’ve got a lot of work to do … but we’re hoping to be, you know, up within 18 months or so.”

Four Democrats turned back challenges from Republicans seeking to win the supervisor’s job, the town clerk’s position, and two seats on the town board. But the Republicans aren’t ready to concede anything just yet, claiming there are still a number of absentee ballots to be counted, enough to turn Tuesday’s unofficial results. 

When he was working on the application, Councilman Adam Greenberg, who spearheaded the initiative for New Scotland, had been told receiving the funding might be a long shot because Hudson River Estuary Program grants are highly sought after. “So this was really great news,” he said.