The Altamont Board of Trustees at its June 1 meeting set an in-person public hearing for July 2o, at 7 p.m., on the more-than-doubling increase in the twice-a-year mandated sewer-plant upgrade charges customers pay.

“I don’t have the exact figures, I think it’s somewhere around $800,000, could be as high as $900,000,” said Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber of the savings the town saw on a recent $4 million water project.

 The proposed solar array for Dunnsville Road — which initially led to an organized public outcry, inspiring not one but two laws — is now quietly progressing through the approval process.

“I started my career for the village development, which is why I always felt obligated to stay here,” said Altamont Police Chief Todd Pucci, who worked concurrently for 22 years as a full-time officer in Cohoes before retiring last year.

The Guilderland Town Board on Tuesday scheduled a public hearing for its next meeting, on June 15, to amend Local Law 7 of 2017, which established the planned unit development for Pine Bush Senior Living at 24 New Karner Road.

When the Greylock Lane subdivision was approved, in 2011, it showed all the houses were going to be built in a line toward the back of each property on the private roadway.

On May 25, Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber, on behalf of the town’s planning board; David Paget, attorney for Pyramid Management Group; and James Bacon, the attorney for the plaintiffs, each had 10 minutes to make their case to the appeals court judges. 

“There was much concern expressed regarding the original request to allow cigar and hookah smoking. After discussion with the owner [of Altamont Corners] Jeff Thomas, it has been decided to withdraw this portion of the Special Use Permit Request, as it would be inconsistent with his vision for the property and its patrons,” Curry Patta’s amended permit application states. 

Over 75 percent of Voorheesville School District voters approved a $27 million budget for 2021-22.

Albany County Sheriff's Inspector J.T. Campbell said there had been approximately 20 different incidents where someone had dumped nails on a Guilderland or New Scotland road.