In Voorheesville, incumbents fell and budgets were easily approved on Tuesday, May 21.

NEW SCOTLAND — The lack of public infrastructure in New Scotland has helped maintain a rural charm many residents value, a characteristic long lost in the neighboring suburban towns of Guilderland and Bethlehem.

VOORHEESVILLE — David Picard was caring man who was “dedicated to his family,” his brother Buddy Picard said.

David Earnest Picard died on Saturday, May 11, 2019. He was 79.

The Voorheesville Teachers’ Association, looking for a better way to communicate with the school board, has backed a candidate that it feels will help it in that pursuit.

On May 21, two Voorheesville residents will vie for one seat on the library’s board of trustees, as incumbent Lance Moore is challenged by Belinda Heckler.

Albany County is in the early stages of deciding what to do with the old railroad bridge that runs over New Scotland Road in Slingerlands.

VOORHEESVILLE — Charles Patrick Arthur did the New York Times crossword puzzle in ink.

“He never had to write over,” said his wife of more than 61 years, Fran Arthur. “He was an extremely bright man; there was not a thing he did not know. He was well read, well-versed in the classics.”

In Voorheesville, tax increases and a three-way race for one school-board seat are on the ballot come May 21.

Thacher Park needs a team of scalers to regularly check the cliff faces.