David Rodney Miller, New Scotland

Approximately 17 former riders were in attendance at the Voorheesville firehouse on Wednesday as Carm Basile, chief executive officer of the Capital District Transportation Authority, and some of his senior staff were on hand for the meeting.

NEW SCOTLAND — A 12-year-old boy, a seventh-grader at Voorheesville Middle School, was charged at school with a misdemeanor for “a threat involving a weapon made against other students,” according to a release from the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.

 The New Scotland Town Board at its October meeting set Nov. 9 as the date for public hearings on both proposals: 6:30 p.m. for next year’s budget and 6:45 p.m. for the proposed zoning changes to the New Scotland Hamlet.

NEW SCOTLAND — Spurred by a development proposal nearly a year-and-a-half ago, New Scotland is about to update parts of its zoning code.

On the ballot for Voorheesville School District voters on Dec. 6 are two proposals: a $25.2 million “core” capital school project and a $2 million energy performance contract. The district plans to hold an informational meeting on the proposal on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m.

New Scotland Senior Outreach Liaison Deb Engel said she was told her application is still in the running, but hasn’t heard anything about a final award. “It should be within the next few weeks,” she said when asked about when a decision would be made.