One resident of the Bethlehem Central School District wants the district to hold onto Clarksville Elementary in New Scotland.

The New Scotland Town Board is delaying a vote on the proposed creation of a hamlet zoning district after receiving mostly negative feedback from a familiar few.

New Scotland is updating its comprehensive plan, which was last done in 1994, and considering clustered, mixed-use development.

Just over 500 voters turned out to pass the school and library budgets in Voorheesville and fill three uncontested board seats.

The New Scotland Planning Board granted Cynthia Elliott a special-use permit to have 15 events per season on Brownrigg Road. The board also heard plans for a residential subdivision and for a retail center.

Lisa Ramundo is the first women to serve as the commissioner of the Albany County Department of Public Works. A former engineer for New York’s Department of Transportation and in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, she credits her recent appointment to experience overseeing the construction of roads, bridges, and other structures.

Francis Reilly believes his years as a teacher and his years mentoring teachers will help him to be a compassionate business administrator for the Voorheesville schools.

Robert Johnson, an attorney and former zoning board chairman, was appointed as the New Scotland Town justice last Wednesday.

The Appellate Court has decided that the town of New Scotland is not responsible for the injury of a resident who caught his thumb in the tailgate of a town dump truck delivering wood chips.

A town park will be created in New Scotland at the site of the Hilton Barn. The land was given to the the town by the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy after it was donated by private landowners to the group.