NEW SCOTLAND — Aside from the establishment and authority of the ethics board, the ethics law that took effect this month might be withdrawn until Jan. 1.

Taxes up in New Scotland and down in Guilderland

VOORHEESVILLE — School tax rates for property owners in the Voorheesville School District are going up in the town of New Scotland and down in the towns of Guilderland and Berne.

NEW SCOTLAND — The town, which has been operating under a new ethics law since Aug. 1, now has an ethics board.

Town to charge owners for tearing down derelict buildings

NEW SCOTLAND — The town is considering a law that would allow it to charge property owners for the stabilization or removal of derelict buildings.

VOORHEESVILLE —Local veterinarian Holly Cheever is opening The Village Animal Clinic here with her partner, Mike McCarthy, making theirs the only small-animal veterinary practice in the town of New Scotland.

NEW SCOTLAND — The ethics law the town board passed in June is due for a public hearing on its first revision.

ALBANY COUNTY — Summer’s siren song calls people to the Helderberg escarpment every year.  This Saturday, it will be given a defined voice as Thacher Park hosts a day-long concert.

NEW SCOTLAND — Krumkill Road is open again and will likely move slightly to the south.

NEW SCOTLAND — Volunteer firefighters want to replace a roughly 60-year-old firehouse in Feura Bush with a larger $1 million firehouse in the next few years.

Dawson loves nature, wants to stop the climate crisis

VOORHEESVILLE — After reaching a mountain’s summit, Karen Dawson looks back to see how far she came.