Results showed three sinks in the elementary school with levels of lead higher than the maximum limit of 15 parts per billion.

NEW SCOTLAND — A playground for older children will be built next to the visitors’ center that is currently under construction at John Boyd Thacher State Park.

Wednesday night, the village board deferred taking action on a moratorium that would have suspended the construction of gas stations in Voorheesville for six months.

A mix of town, planning, and zoning board members looked into proposed revisions for the town’s hamlet zoning law.

With the anonymity of the internet and new means of obtaining child pornography, officials say cases like this are on the rise.

Stewart’s Shops planned to buy Smith’s Tavern, a popular Voorheesville eatery, and put a gas station and convenience store on Maple Avenue but now, says Chuck Marshall, representing Stewart’s, the village wants to block the project with a moratorium on gas stations while it searches for a new well site.

The 73-year-old motorcyclist, Charles Burchhardt, was described as an experienced rider, with years of riding under his belt.

One neighborhood’s concern over dog feces has led the village to agree to post signs and bag dispensers in several Voorheesville locations.

An amendment to New Scotland’s zoning code changed the requirement of a special-use permit for agricultural activity outside of the agricultural district from those on five acres or less of property to those on seven acres or less.