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.

The Voorheesville Board of Trustees plans to present a local law at its Nov. 10 board workshop, hold a public hearing on the law at the trustees’ Nov. 23 meeting, and then vote on its adoption at the same meeting.

A number of proposals — including three solar projects — were reviewed by the Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals board during its Oct. 20 meeting. 

The Facebook page of the Town of New Scotland Republican Committee shared a post on Jan. 6 from Republican Congressional candidate Liz Joy that called the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol “very peaceful & kind.” Joy wrote that “Everyone there was law abiding,” and sought to blame the day’s violence on left-wing activists. 

Acting Albany County Supreme Court Judge Roger McDonough in an Oct. 7 decision found a number of Save the Pine Bush’s arguments and requests for relief “to be lacking in merit” and dismissed the case. 

Democrat Lisa Williams, appointed clerk in December 2020, is squaring off against Republican Lori Dollard for the office’s full two-year term.

Incumbent Democrats are facing Republican opposition for supervisor, two seats on the town board, and town clerk — but New Scotland’s Democratic town judge and highway superintendent won’t face GOP opposition in November.