The Voorheesville Blackbirds needed one more win to be one of the final four teams, playing for the state championship in Glens Falls next Saturday. The Voorheesville team has knocked on the door to be champion several times before; the last time was in 2013.
Scores of Voorheesville Middle School students are involved in the production of “Guys and Dolls Jr.,” which will play at the Lydia Tobler Performing Arts Center at Clayton A. Bouton High School on Route 85A in New Scotland Nov. 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.
Saturday’s thrilling Section 2 Class C sectional championship match between Voorheesville and Lake George was a nail-biter until the end when the Blackbirds, trailing at first, pulled out a victory — shrieking and leaping with joy.
In his first run for office, Democrat Daniel Leinung, a member of the New Scotland Planning Board was the top vote-getter in a three-way race for two seats on the town board, while incumbent Democrat Adam Greenberg cruised to re-election.
On Saturday evening at Saratoga High School, the Voorheesville girls' Volleyball team battled with Lake George for the Class C championship which saw the Blackbirds win the title after being down two sets to none to win in five sets.
The New Scotland Planning Board dropped its appeal to the zoning board over the building inspector’s determination as to what constitutes a flashing sign, after the town board’s passing of a new law rendered the appeal moot.
