NEW SCOTLAND — James Southard, Voorheesville’s assistant superintendent for finance and operations since January 2021, died unexpectedly last week. He was 51.
The “PIAA,” personal injury auto accident, Sheriff Craig Apple posted on social media, occurred Saturday afternoon at the intersection Game Farm Road and Orchard Hill Road in New Scotland.
The announcement from the governor’s office and NYSERDA stated that six gigawatts of distributed solar had been installed across New York State, “marking the early achievement of the State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act statutory goal a year ahead of schedule.”
Jeremy M. Stark, 35, “was captured on surveillance video driving his ATV on park property and recklessly caused damage to the basketball court,” according to the county sheriff’s office.
For 2025, the town is proposing a town-wide tax-rate increase of 3.27 percent, from about 1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value to approximately 1.55 per $1,000.
The third annual Fall Festival and 5K on the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail and at the adjacent Firefighters Memorial Park will be held Saturday, Oct. 5.
