NEW SCOTLAND – The town board has not yet decided to update its comprehensive land-use plan, but it decided at its October meeting, to seek funds to review the plan.

VOORHEESVILLE — Brian Gould left a job in steel distribution to join the ministry at the age of 45.

NEW SCOTLAND – The $4.9 million proposed 2007 town budget "isn’t final yet, by a long shot," said Supervisor Ed Clark.
Clark said the town board will have to make some significant cuts, and "the cutting is going to be difficult."

Martin says well turbid
Turmoil springs over underground water

NEW SCOTLAND – The John Boyd Thacher and Thompson’s Lake State Parks have been awarded a $10,000 grant in support of education and the environment from the Consumer Lending Department of HSBC bank.

NEW SCOTLAND – Peter Ten Eyck recently finalized the sale of a 37-acre property to the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy.

NEW SCOTLAND – Preserving history is not something that comes easily.

NEW SCOTLAND — A jeweler who lives in New Scotland has admitted to conning his customers out of thousands of dollars by selling fake diamonds and switching their family heirlooms with duds.

Lush green trees line the pathway that leads into Black Creek Marsh from Meadowdale Road in Guilderland. The vegetation there is dense and so, too, are the calls of various species of birds.

VOORHEESVILLE – For local business owner, Jay Vandervort, the past six months have been "challenging but fun."