VOORHEESVILLE – Bright smiles adorned the faces of all those in the foyer of the Voorheesville Middle School as the announcement came at 9:50 p.m. that both projects on Tuesday’s ballot passed easily.

NEW SCOTLAND – In a split party-line vote, the town board last Wednesday passed a law to suspend large-scale development in the northeast quadrant of town, in the medium-density residential (MDR) and residential conservation (R2) zones.

NEW SCOTLAND – Developer David Moreau will save $2,600 when he writes out his check to the town of New Scotland.

VOORHEESVILLE – Members of the school and library boards are urging residents of the Voorheesville School District to vote on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

FEURA BUSH – "Vly Creek Boys will shine tonight"" are the words that the Vly Creek Quartet will sing as it enchants those who venture out for this year’s Plum Fest festivities Saturday in Feura Bush.

NEW SCOTLAND – The former firehouse on New Salem Road will soon be home to a fire investigation office.

Stuart Morrison has owned Morrison Engineering – a company that investigates claims for insurance agencies – since 1996.

NEW SALEM – Bryande Murray was only 8 years old when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, at age 22, she has self-published a children’s book about her mother’s experience, called Mommy vs. the Monster.

NEW SALEM – This New Scotland hamlet with water supplied by the neighboring town of Bethlehem may one day have a water district of its own.

NEW SCOTLAND – Dean VanAlstyne, who has run his business, Hydrotech, from South Troy for nearly six years, hopes to bring it closer to his home, in Unionville.

NEW SCOTLAND – The air will soon be cleaner in and around the Onesquethaw Volunteer Fire Department.