The town is set to receive $2.4 million for a $4 million water project that will set up a permanent connection with Rotterdam and will expand municipal water to West Old State and Fuller Station roads as well as replacing an old water tower in Fort Hunter.
GUILDERLAND — As required by the state, the Guilderland School District is working to reduce the lead found in water in many of its sinks and faucets, Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds Clifford Nooney said Tuesday.
A water main there broke at about 1:30 a.m., creating a hole about two inches long with enough pressure behind it to send a fountain of water up through the ground, 50 or 60 feet into the air above Route 146.
The backyard of Lawrence Mann, who lives just east of the Berne Public Library, is flooded Tuesday following rain and snow melt in the town of Berne. Mann said that the flooding has affected his property as well as other neighbors’.
Trustee Richard Straut, newly elected to his appointed post, plans to continue the work he has started — on water, sidewalks, and helping to develop a comprehensive plan for the village.
Faced with two controversial planning issues this year that brought crowds to village board meetings, Voorheesville now has a 14-member committee that is working on a comprehensive land-use plan, which the village board hopes will be completed within a year.
