Residents who spoke during the recent town board meeting felt the plan did not say enough about preserving the Albany Pine Bush, but said too much about providing water to Altamont. 

Following a town board discussion about turning an old landfill property on Kenyon Road in Rensselaerville into a memorial park, The Enterprise found out through the state Department of Environmental Conservation that, while the town legally closed the landfill many decades ago, the state has yet to determine that it was not adversely affecting water quality in the area. 

The name Helderberg Indivisible was chosen, Porter said, because people from Berne and Knox are among the protesters who come to Altamont, at the foot of the Helderbergs, for the weekly rally. She estimated “maybe 50” people belong to the group.

The $8.9 million project to replace the 95-year-old bridge began on March 17 with Winn Construction clearing trees and grading, moving earth to reconfigure the slope near the entrance to Guilderland’s Tawasentha Park.

Before the vote, Donald Lindley addressed the board, saying that he spoke on behalf of highway workers who oppose unionizing.

The board sees it as a “needed project” because it addresses a demand for non-market-rate housing in town. 

Donald Csaposs, the chief executive officer of Guilderland’s IDA, had been both its FOIL officer, receiving requests for information, and its FOIL appeals officer, deciding if a records denial should be upheld or overturned. Going forward, the board’s lawyer will serve as the appeals officer.

GUILDERLAND — An Albany man entered a Dutch Hill Terrace home, police say, attacking the resident when asked to leave.

A neighbor intervened and restrained the man on the ground until police arrived at about 4:37 p.m. on Monday, June 23, according to a release from the Guilderland Police.

“People need to see baby animals and have empathy for animals and a knowledge of where their food comes from,” said Pat Canaday of the Altamont Fair. “It’s an ongoing educational project.”

After 50 minutes of questioning the developer’s agents and the town’s engineer, the board scheduled a public hearing on the proposal for Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. at Guilderland Town Hall. The last hearing on the proposal, in November 2023, lasted two hours. All of the citizens who spoke, many of them neighbors of the proposal, were against it.