New Scotland

NEW SCOTLAND — Days after a near-death train and car collision, town officials, the state Department of Transportation, and railroad company CSX agreed to close the Youmans Road railroad crossing.

CZAC defunct

NEW SCOTLAND — The Commercial Zoning Advisory Committee is now defunct, after three of its five members resigned this week, leaving it without a quorum, but town board members still hope to revise the town’s commercial zoning.

Dimuras sue New Scotland Planning Board again

VOORHEESVILLE — Local students are “torturing” two high school students here using hate blogs and harassment, according to relatives of the targets.

NEW SCOTLAND — After a public hearing Wednesday with a standing-room-only crowd, the town board unanimously adopted a local law to extend the commercial building moratorium three months.

Rothbergs plan second fundraiser in Voorheesville park

VOORHEESVILLE — One boy’s coming-of-age good deed — fighting breast cancer in the name of his grandmother — will continue for another year.

NEW SCOTLAND — Controversy continues to swirl around Sphere Development and its plans to build a retail mall at the site of the old Bender melon farm.

Nooney resigns, town budgets for half-time assessor

NEW SCOTLAND — After a contentious, but award-winning, revaluation, former town assessor Julie Nooney has taken a position with Siena College. The town board accepted her resignation last month.

Move for Kormos ouster on hold

NEW SCOTLAND — The town has postponed a controversial ethics hearing for Commercial Zoning Advisory Committee co-chairwoman Elizabeth Kormos that was supposed to be held Wednesday.

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