The $10 million firehouse will be built in the footprint of the old station at 1250 Western Ave. 

As the Guilderland Town Board began its discussion of the 107-unit proposal on Nov. 18, Supervisor Peter Barber said, “I always like to use an analogy to baseball because I think at this step we’re not even in the first inning. This is simply just to accept the application, meaning that we're not approving it.”

The town began to update its two-decade-old plan just before the pandemic, but decided not to proceed until November 2022 because public participation was at the core of the process. 

Altamont Mayor Kerry Dineen said the Enterprise news story was how she and board members learned of the tax hike, and she called for changes going forward. “I don’t think this increase should stand,” Dineen said, suggesting the budget be amended.

Before the planning board for a preliminary review on Nov. 12, Albany Country Club is seeking permission to build hundreds of housing units off of Wormer Road.

“The amount of donations we’ve been receiving since the whole SNAP issue came up is phenomenal,” said McDonnell. “You can see the shelves are full and we’re going to make sure that people get what they need on a regular basis, but also for the holidays that are coming up.”

GUILDERLAND — A Schenectady man was trying to enter the Thruway exit ramp in Guilderland in the early morning hours of Nov. 14, police say, when he hit an SUV exiting the ramp.

In a Nov. 6 notice filed with the Albany County Supreme Court, Fletcher Road residents Nancy and Jesse Moran claim the town and a number of its individual departments and employees as well a local builder are responsible for damage from flooding that occurred at their home twice in August of last year. 

Following a state audit, Barber said, Guilderland has to comply with the comptroller’s recommendations on how the town uses the sales-tax revenues it receives through Albany County.

At the policy’s core is its 25-80 rule, which says if a housing developer requests assistance from the IDA then at least 25 percent of units are to be set aside for individuals who earn 80 percent of the Albany County area median income.