The Altamont Planning Board this week got its first chance to offer comment on the new shop Stewart’s is proposing to build in the village.

The Altamont Planning Board this week heard an update and kept open public comment about a proposed cell tower to be built on Agawam Lane.

ALBANY COUNTY — Three local farms are doing their part to help the  nearly 200 federal Transportation Security Administration workers at the Albany International Airport who have continued to show up to work every day during the longest government shutdown in United States history and, as of Friday, will not have been paid in over a mo

The towns of New Scotland and Bethlehem are partnering for an event — on Feb. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Five Rivers Environmental Education Center in Delmar — where interested landowners can learn of different ways to conserve their properties for future generations.

The proposed cell tower to be installed on Agawam Lane in Altamont took another step toward approval, while a resident has raised concerns about the tower’s safety.

The town board may decide to let dogs romp off-leash for two hours each morning in the Swift Road park.

For its annual “Fine Amnesty Week,” the Voorheesville Public Library allows its patrons to return overdue items without having to pay a fine.

On Tuesday, a bomb threat found in a bathroom on the Voorheesville middle- and high-school campus had students and teachers sheltering-in-place for two hours. After a sweep of the campus by explosive-detecting dogs, it was determined that there was no bomb.

VOORHEESVILLE — After three decades in education — 13 years as a teacher and 18 as an administrator — Voorheesville Superintendent Brian Hunt, in retirement, will face his toughest task to date: the honey-do list.

Five of Robert Baron’s six claims have merit, the judge said.