By Michelle O’Riley

VOORHEESVILLE — The mayor and a trustee will swap jobs after the village’s uncontested March 21 election. Mayor John Stevens is stepping down, and Trustee Robert Conway is stepping up.

By Michelle O’Riley

VOORHEESVILLE —The village has lifted its moratorium on outside water use and is now looking to stop residential leaks.

NEW SCOTLAND — A civil lawsuit against the town’s planning board has been dismissed by Supreme Court Justice William E. McCarthy.

NEW SCOTLAND — With a state Supreme Court decision pending on the limitation of easement on a private road, Fielding Way, the zoning board is carefully considering a variance for property at the end of that road.

NEW SCOTLAND — Two best friends worked from a new salon Monday afternoon clipping hair. Studio 85 has a posh name that goes along with both the renovations inside — textured flooring that looks and feels like rock — and the location.

Richard Jadick doesn’t see himself as a hero. He doesn’t even think of himself as especially brave. And he’s adamant in saying he wasn’t acting for a political cause.

VOORHEESVILLE — In the wake of a critical state audit, which is still ongoing, the Voorheesville School District is reorganizing its business office.

VOORHEESVILLE — The beleaguered Voorheesville School District has placed its assistant superintendent for business, Sarita Winchell, on administrative leave while the state comptroller completes his audit.

NEW SCOTLAND — Residents across town opened up their mail on Monday to discover their property is worth substantially more. Town-wide the residential parcels, 3,047 of them, had an assessed value increase of 80 percent over last year.