Two Democrats and two Republicans square off for two seats on the New Scotland Town Board on Nov. 5.

Deb Hext was recently appointed chairwoman of the Altamont Planning Board after Tim Wilford resigned. 

At $733 million, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy’s proposed budget for 2020 has increased about 2.9 percent from this year.

The old railroad bridge that runs over Route 85 in Slingerlands and is now part of the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail is due to be replaced by the summer of 2020.

New Scotland is looking at a tentative $8.2 million budget for 2020, which is down slightly from this year. 

Former Voorheesville girls’ varsity basketball coach Robert Baron’s lawsuit against the school district remains a protracted affair; the latest holdup comes because of the district’s objection to giving Baron records of an investigation into allegations of player bullying. 

For the second straight month, the Altamont Village Board pushed off its decision on rezoning 107-109 Helderberg Ave.

A lawsuit brought against the New Scotland Zoning Board of Appeals and the town’s building inspector claims that a rejected 2018 application for a use variance was identical to a use variance approved by the zoning board just two years earlier, in 2016.

Confusion about Voorheesville’s proposed sewer project had residents seeking answers from the village board at its monthly meeting. 

Formerly the county’s jail, the renamed Albany County Corrections and Rehabilitative Services Center will soon be able to provide housing and services to 100 people, chiefly to the recently paroled and area homeless.