NEW SCOTLAND –– The advisory committee tasked with recommending future zoning regulations for the town of New Scotland held its final public meeting March 26, before a planned presentation of the group’s draft plan is due this May.

NEW SCOTLAND –– Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a $350,000 grant is being awarded to the John Boyd Thacher State Park.

VOORHEESVILLE — The school board adopted, by unanimous vote, a $21.8 million budget proposition on Monday.

NEW SCOTLAND –– Martha Oden can still recall the anguish she felt for not knowing the value of an heirloom.

A close-knit group of Voorheesville friends are mourning the death of Nathaniel Myers. He died on Saturday, March 24, at the tender age of 23.

VOORHEESVILLE — Over $600,000 in cuts are proposed for Voorheesville schools next year.

VOORHEESVILLE — Students, parents, and teachers packed the school cafeteria on Monday to protest a wide variety of cuts proposed for next year.

NEW SCOTLAND –– New Scotland defendants will be going to school this summer, as the town court prepares to rent space for proceedings at the recently abandoned Clarksville Elementary School.

NEW SCOTLAND –– On Saturday, a 23-year-old Delmar man called family members on his cell phone to tell them he was killing himself while crouching in the path of an oncoming freight train, reported Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple.

VOORHEESVILLE — The Dionysians, this weekend, are taking on a new challenge, in performing the Little Shop of Horrors.