VOORHEESVILLE —  Barring another out-of-left-field request, Voorheesville’s nearly decade-and-a-half pursuit to install a Quiet Zone in the heart of the village appears to finally have the all-clear. 

“It’s become a thing much more quickly,” Voorheesville Mayor Rich Straut said of e-bikes during the September village board of trustees meeting. “We see young people riding in the streets. We see them riding around the park. They’re very fast … We’ve had a couple of complaints about them.”

On Oct. 7, the New Scotland Planning Board will hear comments on RIC Energy’s request to place an approximately 11,300-square-foot, five-megawatt storage system on seven secluded acres of the 137-acre New Scotland Beagle Club.

“As everybody is quite aware over the last few years,” Supervisor Douglas LaGrange said during the town board’s Sept. 10 meeting, the 40-year-old Swift Road Water District system has “had a tremendous amount of leaks.”

“Did you hear anything about New Scotland getting money for broadband extension?” the town board was asked at its Sept. 10 meeting.

RIC Energy is seeking permission to install a five-megawatt battery energy storage system, or BESS, on seven acres of the 137-acre New Scotland Beagle Club.

New Leaf Energy’s applications identify the properties as 37 and 128 Wormer Road — each parcel is about 13 acres — owned by New Scotland Councilman Adam Greenberg. 

NEW SCOTLAND — The Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy is trying something new — encouraging the public to witness a literal harmony with nature.

On Monday at about 4:30 p.m., Albany County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an incident between a hatchback and CSX train at the Main Street railroad crossing in Voorheesville.

RIC Energy is seeking permission from the town to install a five-megawatt battery energy storage system, or BESS, on a portion of the 137-acre home of the New Scotland Beagle Club.

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