For next year, the town-wide property tax will go from about $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value to approximately $1.55 per $1,000, a year-over-year increase of 3.27 percent. 

In July 2023, the workers from New Scotland’s highway, water and sewer, mechanic, transfer station, and parks departments signed a letter asking the town to voluntarily recognize their right to unionize. 

The Albany County Legislature recently approved resolutions to enter into funding and construction agreements  for the installation of four-quadrant quiet-zone gate systems at Voorheesville’s Main Street and Voorheesville Avenue railroad crossings.

The village is paying $170,000 for the property; the deal is expected to close in January.

Jennifer Smith, Voorheesville Dollars for Scholars

Julie Ruhren, Friends of the Voorheesville Library

Janna Shillinglaw, President, Voorheesville Community & School Foundation

The Rev. Holly Cameron, Pastor, New Scotland Presbyterian Church

Earlier this week, the X account Libs of TikTok reposted Voorheesville School Board member Matthew Bergeron’s Facebook post about the Nov. 5 election results, in which Trump received 50.2 percent of the 148,730,215 ballots cast on Nov. 5 and 312 electoral college votes to Vice President Kamala Harris’s 226.

Shirley Unser, Member, New Salem Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary