The 2025-26 school year started with board members being apprised of the implementation of the state’s mandated cell-phone ban policy, the district’s multi-million-dollar capital project, and the award of two grants.
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.”
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.
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.
Voorheesville’s Safe Streets Policy and Plan “aims to assess the existing transportation system and identify concept improvements to enhance multimodal safety, accessibility, and connectivity across the Village.”
