Ed Mitzen spent much of his childhood in Voorheesville before going on to national renown as the founder of Business for Good, a not-for-profit that practices what he calls “venture philanthropy,” and which is now developing two businesses in the village where Mitzen grew up. 

“I’m not big on accepting charity,” said Tim Albright. “But we need all the help we can get … There are so many unknowns.”

Jerry Parmenter, a Voorheesville native who owns and operates the landscaping business Elemental Landscapes, was awarded the Dr. George L. Good Gold Medal of Horticulture for his contributions to landscaping.

Judy Kimes, Publicist, New Scotland Historical Association

The towns of Westerlo and Rensselaerville, and the village of Voorheesville, are all working to pull public grant money that will allow them to improve the safety and efficacy of their water districts. 

The New Scotland Town Board on Aug. 22 passed a resolution voluntarily recognizing the Civil Service Employees Association as the “exclusive bargaining agent for the purpose of collective bargaining” for about 17 blue-collar workers in New Scotland’s highway, water and sewer, mechanic, transfer station, and parks departments

The Voorheesville School Board approved the rates at a special Aug. 18 meeting. 

Grateful Dead tribute band Bearly Dead are headlining the two-day High Altitude Festival in Guilderland, which takes place Sept. 29 and 30. 

In a letter from Norfolk Southern Railway to Voorheesville Mayor Rich Straut, the company said site work anticipated to start the week of Aug. 28. 

The village is undergoing a resurgence of interest in its history as a joint village and town Historic Preservation Commission this year released a survey by Hartgen Archeological Associates found three places in New Scotland that might, with work, be eligible for designation on the National Register of Historic Places. One of those places is the Victorian village of Voorheesville.