NEW SCOTLAND — , often a fixture at town meetings and member of the ethics committee, is running for a seat on the town board on the Democratic line.  It is her first run for political office; she works as a credit analyst.

NEW SCOTLAND — Having spent nine years on the zoning board, , a Democrat, is seeking a seat on the town board.  An engineer, he owns a small firm.

NEW SCOTLAND — Margaret Adkins, a Republican, and David Wukitsch, a Democrat, are each running to keep their seats on the bench.  Both judges are unopposed, and both are attorneys.

NEW SCOTLAND — , a Republican, is making his first run for public office, contending for one of two open seats on the town board.

VOORHEESVILLE — The quantitative analysis of the chemicals in Luann Burgess’s blood is finished, according to acting Sheriff Craig Apple, but he hasn’t yet been able to decipher the figures.

NEW SCOTLAND — A size cap on commercial development in town, long the center of controversy, might soon be only a bridge to stave off large-scale development until the town revamps its zoning code.

CLARKSVILLE — More than 30 people and six businesses and organizations have filed a petition to review the United States Postal Service’s determination to close the Clarksville branch.

NEW SCOTLAND — Residents with storm debris will have until Oct. 1 to bring it to the town’s transfer station for no cost.

VOORHEESVILLE — After reducing the class sections in the middle school from five to four while putting together this year’s budget last winter, the school district was flooded with new eighth-grade students.

NEW SCOTLAND — After a domestic dispute at his home, Robert G. Ferullo, 35, set his house on fire, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.