— Holly Grosch

— Bill Sherman

VOORHEESVILLE — After months of negotiating an animal-control contract with the town of New Scotland, village leaders Tuesday night decided to terminate the contract at the end of June.

—Matt Cook and Maggie Gordon

VOORHEESVILLE — The school district’s $19.3 million budget, an increase of 3.5 percent from this year, passed on Tuesday night, with 58 percent voting for it and 42 percent against it. There were 722 yes votes and 523 no votes.

NEW SCOTLAND — Mark Fiato embodied the phrase to live life and each day to its fullest, his daughter, Amy Fiato said.
Mr. Fiato died on Sunday, May 8, after a bicycling accident on Saturday afternoon. He was 53.

VOORHEESVILLE — A handful of first-graders’ parents showed up at the school board meeting Monday with 43 form letters signed by other parents of soon-to-be second-graders; they were upset about class size.

NEW SCOTLAND — Two incumbents are running for New Scotland town board and one is stepping down.

Supervisor Ed Clark and council member Andrea Gleason will both seek reelection on the Republican ticket.