The budget, presented during the Voorheesville School Board’s March 2 meeting shows the district spending $36,481,272 in 2026-27 compared to expected revenues of $35,156,00, a 7.8 percent, or $2.54 million, increase over this year.
Fred the Butcher is looking to more than triple its Maple Road footprint, adding roughly 4,000 square feet to its existing 2,000-square-foot building and overhauling the site’s parking and traffic circulation. “The access drive around the site will also be improved to have better vehicular circulation,” according to a project narrative filed with the town of New Scotland.
After Sarita Winchell resigned in February, former longtime village clerk-treasurer Linda Pasquali was named to take over the final year of Winchell’s four-year term.
Mayor Rich Straut in a Feb. 9 letter to Governor Kathy Hochul asked that “Norfolk Southern be added to the State of New York’s list of non-responsible, debarred, or otherwise ineligible contractors, and precluded from applying for future grants of New York State taxpayer dollars.”
The Jan. 30 order from Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes finalized a Dec. 3 preliminary injunction that prevented the village from interfering in construction of the facility.
