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

Marilyn Miles, Program Coordinator, Clarksville Historical Society

NEW SCOTLAND — James Southard, Voorheesville’s assistant superintendent for finance and operations since January 2021, died unexpectedly last week. He was 51.