VOORHEESVILLE — The King of Bridge has been coronated, and he wears a plastic crown.

Andrew Dubay grew up with card-playing parents, which is how he learned the somewhat esoteric game of bridge, he said.

NEW SCOTLAND – After sharp criticism from a few citizens, the drafter of a bill for a senior overlay zone agreed with the rest of the town board to send it to the planning board for further review and recommendations.

NEW SCOTLAND – Moving the basketball court from the back of Swift Road Park to the front would be a mistake, says Peter Baltis, a resident of Swift Road. The highway superintendent says otherwise.

NEW SCOTLAND – Littering the local landscape with campaign signs during election season is a "time-tested phenomenon," says L. Michael Mackey, New Scotland’s Democratic Party chairman.

NEW SCOTLAND – Both Republicans and Democrats will be represented on the Conservative Party line in the town’s November general election.

VOORHEESVILLE — John Krajewski won’t go to jail, but he will be supervised for the next three years, following his guilty plea in Albany County court last Friday.

Cash-strapped cemetery proposes cell tower be erected,
Voss says hardship must be proven for use variance

Farmer’s say ‘no’
County office to buy the farm"



NEW SCOTLAND — At a public hearing last week, farmers said ‘No’ to closing a federal farm service office in Albany County.