At the March 22 meeting of the Guilderland Industrial Development Agency, board members were informed that Airgas USA had declined to accept a $240,000 sales-tax break the company sought and was granted for its three-acre liquid argon gas storage and distribution facility in the Northeastern Industrial Park.

A public hearing on the Voorheesville budget proposal is set for Monday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m., at Village Hall.

On Wednesday, attorney for Save the Pine Bush Todd Ommen contended he was before the judges because his “client finds itself dismissed from this case without any court having heard the substance of its claims.”

The work, described by Supervisor Peter Barber during the March 15 town board meeting as “mostly grub work” to get “ready for more heavy duty construction,” was due to start on Tuesday. 

The Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals approved 352 square feet of signage where the town’s zoning code allows only 150 square feet; it also approved seven signs for a total of three businesses when two signs per business is allowed. 

A public hearing is set for April 5 at 7 p.m., on a proposed local law that would allow marijuana retail dispensaries in Guilderland.

Guilderland Councilwoman Laurel Bohl summed up the issue: “Where does a resident go who wants to get a determination made about if a permit’s being violated or not? And if the [zoning-enforcement officer] gives an answer that seems very inconsistent with the facts, how does she appeal that or go from there?”

The four village officials running on March 15 were unopposed for their seats.

VOORHEESVILLE — Jim Duncan was of a different time, his daughters said, where community was everything, and you knew and cared for your neighbors.

On March 7, representatives from Mosaic Associates Architects updated school board members with a proposal to build a bus garage on the grounds of Voorheesville Elementary School.