KNOX The town board unanimously approved a tentative budget for 2009 at last week’s meeting. The budget calls for a tax-rate increase of roughly a nickel per $1,000 of assessed value.
As Shell WindEnergy looks to build industrial-sized wind turbines in Albany County, on the crest of the Helderbergs, residents and officials have taken stances both in favor and against the idea of commercial wind farms.
KNOX The town board unanimously approved a tentative budget for 2009 at last week’s meeting. The budget calls for a tax-rate increase of roughly a nickel per $1,000 of assessed value.
As Shell WindEnergy looks to build industrial-sized wind turbines in Albany County, on the crest of the Helderbergs, residents and officials have taken stances both in favor and against the idea of commercial wind farms.
WESTERLO For many years, town positions have been held by Democrats with little-to-no opposition from the almost non-existent Republican Party, in a town where Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly 3 to 1.
WESTERLO Long-time Republican Susan Walter had planned on running for the town board on the Democratic and Conservative lines, but that may no longer be possible.
KNOX Last Thursday, friends of Ryan Slingerland gathered near the gazebo in the center of Altamont. It had been almost 24 hours since Ryan died in a car crash.
