The Voorheesville Central School District in a Dec. 18 post on its website said, “On the afternoon of December 17, 2024, our safety monitor discovered vandalism during routine bathroom checks on our MS/HS campus.”

NEW SCOTLAND — Collar City Mushrooms has moved from Troy to Indian Ladder Farms.

It will sell mushrooms at the Farm Store, which is to reopen on March 15 after being closed because of a fire last September.

BETHLEHEM — Route 85 between the Cherry Avenue and Blessing Road roundabouts will be resurfaced thanks to $1.1 million in federal funds disbursed by the state.

Paving is to begin next spring.

New Scotland’s senior transportation capabilities have been at half capacity since 2020 when it was determined repairing one of the town’s two senior buses would be too expensive.

For next year, the town-wide property tax will go from about $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value to approximately $1.55 per $1,000, a year-over-year increase of 3.27 percent. 

In July 2023, the workers from New Scotland’s highway, water and sewer, mechanic, transfer station, and parks departments signed a letter asking the town to voluntarily recognize their right to unionize. 

The Albany County Legislature recently approved resolutions to enter into funding and construction agreements  for the installation of four-quadrant quiet-zone gate systems at Voorheesville’s Main Street and Voorheesville Avenue railroad crossings.

The village is paying $170,000 for the property; the deal is expected to close in January.

Earlier this week, the X account Libs of TikTok reposted Voorheesville School Board member Matthew Bergeron’s Facebook post about the Nov. 5 election results, in which Trump received 50.2 percent of the 148,730,215 ballots cast on Nov. 5 and 312 electoral college votes to Vice President Kamala Harris’s 226.

NEW SCOTLAND — James Southard, Voorheesville’s assistant superintendent for finance and operations since January 2021, died unexpectedly last week. He was 51.