The Voorheesville Central School District held a budget forum last week where it invited discussion on a new volunteer first-responder property-tax exemption, and an expansion of both the senior citizen and veteran tax exemptions. The estimated cost of the board passing all three exemptions would be about $100 annually for the average taxpayer.
The town clerk has myriad duties serving as a recording secretary, filing officer, elections coordinator, and managing records as well as dispensing licenses for dog owners, hunters, games of chance, and marriages.
The town board race in this once rural, rapidly-turning-suburban town is hotly contested again this year. Republicans Peter Drao and Charissa Mayer are challenging Democratic incumbents Bridgit Burke, seeking a second four-year term, and William Hennessy, seeking a fourth term.
NEW SCOTLAND — Starting on Wednesday, Oct. 25, the part of Albany County’s rail trail near the Bender Melon Farm Preserve bridge in New Scotland will be closed periodically over the next six weeks.
Deb Engel, New Scotland’s senior outreach liaison, told the town board at its Oct. 11 meeting that parts for the remaining 2009 vehicle are hard to find. “The exhaust system is completely gone,” she said of the 14-year-old vehicle. “I’m just afraid if it breaks down again, we’ll be without one.”
VOORHEESVILLE —Starting on Monday, Oct. 16, South Main Street (Route 201) in the village of Voorheesville will be closed for railroad-crossing construction.
