NEW SCOTLAND — About three weeks ago, men clad in bright orange stripes and under armed guard began appearing along local public highways, and the garbage strewn along the roads began disappearing.

NEW SCOTLAND – The family of a forensic scientist at the center of an improper evidence-handling probe who killed himself in 2008 can have their day in court.

VOORHEESVILLE — The Voorheesville Area Ambulance squad asked the village board last month to help fund professional daytime drivers and emergency medical technicians.

VOORHEESVILLE — A party got out of control when Matthew B. Loucks and Michael J. Pankow went to Loucks’s former home, where his ex-girlfriend and young daughter live, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.

VOORHEESVILLE — The Voorheesville School District is working to close a gap of $41,844 in next year’s budget, even after receiving an extra $188,644 in state aid for converting to full-day kindergarten.

VOORHEESVILLE — Residents may finally be ready to install a dog park in the village limits, but the board may not be ready to fund one.

Resident Dennis Ulion collected nearly 100 signatures to present to the village board at its workshop last week.

VOORHEESVILLE — Andrew J. Myers, of Handy Andy Home Improvements, has been stealing jewelry from the people who hire him for house repairs, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.

NEW SCOTLAND — When Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy announced in January that he planned to appoint Darrell Duncan as commissioner of public works, the town of New Scotland had no deputy highway superintendent.

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NEW SCOTLAND — A bill that would regulate outdoor lighting in town drew sharp criticism from the planning board recently.

Similar to a law in the neighboring town of Bethlehem, the proposed law would, essentially, prohibit residents’ lights from bothering their neighbors.