Vicky Plotsky, Albany County Legislator 38th Legislative District

NEW SCOTLAND — Local news out of New Scotland this year took on a decidedly national tone, with two major stories garnering media attention from outlets across the country.

Much as in 2017, the town is getting its regulatory ducks in a row because it’s “been approached by a couple of possible projects,” New Scotland Supervisor Douglas LaGrange said during the town board’s November meeting.

The increase, the first since 2009, raises minimum New Scotland senior household eligibility requirements from $29,000 to $50,000, and from $37,400 to $58,400.

“The most interesting section at John Boyd Thacher State Park are the layers in the cliff face that date to the Silurian and Devonian periods,” the National Park Service says, which are collectively referred to as the Middle Paleozoic Era, from 444 to 359 million years ago, a time in the Earth’s history characterized by high sea levels with expansion of marine invertebrates, reef communities, and fish. “This era also marks the emergence of plants and insects on land, and near the end of the Devonian Period, the appearance of four-legged animals.”

The latest changes, approximately $150,000 in total, were approved by the town board during its Dec. 13 meeting. But New Scotland taxpayers won’t be on the hook for overages, according to Councilman William Hennessy. 

He never crushed a car. He treated them as if they had souls.

The approval was made by the New Scotland Planning Board at its December meeting. 

In October, an Albany Court judge signed off on an order authorizing the Utica National Insurance Company to pay Stephanie Remmert $16,183.97, and her lawyers, Harding Mazzotti LLP, $6,316.07.

In reality, the New Scotland Town Board last month adopted a budget for next year that is up about $515,000 over this year, according to Lisa Boehlke, Supervisor Doug LaGrange’s clerk and bookkeeper.