Bing Graffunder, Lone Star Ranch, Mt. Vernon, Texas

“How do you express your feelings for a place that’s done so much for you?” asks Voorheesville’s valedictorian, Abigail Keating Goldfarb. She has loved school since the start and will carry her passion for learning to Brown University.

Madison Rose Canfora credits her family for her success. Voorheesville’s salutatorian plans to study medicine at Duke University, which she chose for its balance between social and academic life.

The valedictorian spoke on the importance of hard work; the salutatorian on the need to stay true to self; and the keynote speaker, science teacher Kenneth Young, gave the 95 graduates a self-care list to follow — all at Voorheesville’s June 23 graduation ceremony.

Once New Scotland’s land-use plan is updated, the town board needs to codify it into zoning law.

New Scotland is updating its comprehensive plan, which was last done in 1994, and considering clustered, mixed-use development.

Two animals were found dead and decomposed in a Feura Bush house last week.