NEW SCOTLAND It didnt take long for the planning board on Tuesday to decide unanimously its recommendation to the town board not to change the medium-density residential zone in the northeast quadrant of town.
VOORHEESVILLE -- The village board exercised caution last Tuesday, as it delayed plans for a housing development and resolved to create an alternate planning commission seat.
NEW SCOTLAND Budget workshops for a proposed $4.7 million plan saw some "serious disagreements over pay and responsibilities of the staff," Supervisor Ed Clark said mid-month between sessions. He predicted more "fireworks" as the process proceeded.
Douglas LaGrange, a Republican, is an eighth-generation Feura Bush dairy farmer. "I’m not a politician...I have no aspirations beyond the town board," he said, going on to add that he’ll be able to "put all that party garbage aside."
Democrat Margaret Neri, an attorney making her first run for public office, expressed that one of her prime priorities as a town board member, will be to listen.
