Members on July 24 walked through changes made to the draft plan that was first presented to the committee in March.

Some of the board’s conditions for approval appear to address concerns raised by residents during multiple meetings on the proposal, like building permits not being issued until after the village has dredged Fly Creek.

The Altamont Board of Trustees on July 17 passed a resolution confirming it has enough additional potable water to supply the proposed Inns of Altamont; it did not approve the request nor give the hotel the right to access the water. 

At 185 pages, the draft update to Guilderland’s comprehensive plan, per New York State Law, “provides the backbone for the local zoning law.” 

In June, the village of Altamont announced it was awarded $1.4 million for sidewalks, while Voorheesville announced it had received a $10,000 Clean Energy Communities grant from the state, and New Scotland this month accepted a $19,000 parks grant from Albany County. 

Due to space constraints, Atlas Copco has been unable to make the larger compressors stateside, instead having to import them from its plants in Germany. 

On Aug. 7, the Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on a proposal from Kent Hansen to turn the former Peter Young Center at 1180 Berne-Altamont Road into the Inns of Altamont.  

The update to the over-40-year-old fire safety standard has its roots in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, after which gaps in protections for emergency responders were identified.

NEW SCOTLAND — The Voorheesville Class of 2024 “certainly are a unique group” interim high school principal Doug Duell told attendees of the June 28 graduation ceremony. 

Orens sustained the injury on June 11, estimating he was between a quarter-and half-mile from Picard Road, heading from Altamont toward Voorheesville.