New Scotland

Donald Kinitsky, Voorheesville

Arlene Herzog, New Scotland Cemetery Association

Meals for seniors are offered in New Scotland every Wednesday at the Wyman Osterhout Community Center, formerly a schoolhouse, on Old Salem Road in New Salem, and are offered every Thursday at St.

Judy Kimes, New Scotland Historical Association

NEW SCOTLAND — Stephen E. Kohler, a kindhearted and reliable man, worked at the Watervliet Arsenal after serving in the Coast Guard.

He died on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, at the Kingsway Arms Nursing Center in Schenectady. He was 71.

ALBANY COUNTY — Starting on Monday, March 6, trees are being removed to prepare for replacing the bridge on the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail.

Superintendent Frank Macri told Voorheesville School Board members during a January meeting of its ad-hoc safety committee that he “cannot right now recommend an SRO for the district because there are other things that we need to do first.”

RIC Energy is looking to install a 5-megawatt ground-mounted solar photovoltaic farm on a nearly 75-acre parcel of land in the New Scotland Hamlet located between 1857 and 1891 New Scotland Road. 

CLARKSVILLE — Things are sailing along at Albany County Legislator Chris Smith’s second local restaurant, Sons Deli and Pizza, which opened in Clarksville at the former Jake Moon Restaurant and Cafe property last month.

The New Scotland Town Bard on Feb. 8 signed off on updates to the town’s solar law, property annexations, and a couple of projects. But the board debated funding sources for those projects and other proposals like tax breaks for first responders, and went into executive session to discuss a new revenue stream for the town. 

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