Jennifer Smith, Voorheesville Dollars for Scholars

In multiple court filings made since first dropping its federal suit in early October, Norfolk Southern has asked for a declaratory judgment stating that federal jurisdiction over the railroad industry preempts Voorheesville’s zoning law.

On Nov. 12, some three dozen residents packed the village fire department’s firehouse on Altamont Road for a public meeting on the fate of the home of Voorheesville’s first mayor. 

Sheriff Apple wrote, “A vehicle attempted to execute a U-turn at an intersection and narrowly averted a fatality as the driver exited the vehicle in a timely manner.”

New Leaf Energy’s latest proposal is for the installation of two five-megawatt, 20,000-kilowatt-hour systems at 37 and 128 Wormer Road, properties owned by Councilman Adam Greenberg. 

April Carbone alleges that the county-owned New Scotland South Road, near its intersection with the town-maintained Game Farm Road, was obstructed by “foliage, brush, shrubs, bushes, trees, debris, bulk,” which she claims hindered “vehicle passage and the traveling public and blocked the view of roads, intersections, signage, conditions, vehicles and hazards," causing her to be “struck by a honda motor vehicle.”

Jess Sardella, PMP, New Scotland

Adam Greenberg, New Scotland Town Board

Superintendent Frank Macri noted that Voorheesville had worked with various law enforcement agencies on the incident, and that he was told the school district’s experience happens “more often than you can imagine.”

Marilyn Miles, Clarksville Historical Society