Planks split

NEW SCOTLAND — The top of the Republican ticket this fall may not share a platform with the bottom.

The proposal for a large-scale shopping center that has shaped debate in town for the past year also divides the GOP ticket.

ALBANY COUNTY — In its third year at Thacher Park, the Sheep and will welcome llamas and alpacas.

NEW SCOTLAND — A proposed law setting limits on development in the commercial zone, which was sent to the Albany County Planning Board last month, met with disapproval last Thursday.

NEW SCOTLAND — The town has begun a process to draft a wind-turbine law with a split vote on hiring a lawyer to advise it.

VOORHEESVILLE — Harry Sembrat entered the last major Allied airborne operation of World War II from a treetop.

VOORHEESVILLE — Fewer than 1,000 voters turned up on Tuesday to pass the library and school budgets and keep incumbents on the board.

NEW SCOTLAND — Conservative party endorsements in town have not fallen along party lines this year.

NEW SCOTLAND — As debate rages over the fate of the old Bender melon farm, the eventual development of the commercial zone is virtually undisputed.

Three incumbents and one challenger

NEW SCOTLAND — With three seats open on the town board this November, the first challenger has thrown his hat in the ring.

VOORHEESVILLE — The public library here hopes to begin planning for a new building in the coming year and has presented a budget for 2009-10 that looks quite similar to this year’s spending plan.