“So in our back and forth, we — Albany County, and CSX — we think we have come to terms on a maintenance agreement [that] we feel it adequately protects us,” village attorney Rich Reilly told The Enterprise during Thursday’s Voorheesville Board of Trustees meeting. 

As the proliferation of large-scale battery storage facilities continues across New York, local officials and volunteer fire departments are raising alarms over the unique and serious fire risks posed by the technology, prompting a state-level push for stricter safety codes.

The owner of The Apex at Crossgates apartment complex is asking an Albany County court to slash its assessed value by 88.5 percent, from about $28.5 million to $3.25 million. 

The complaint, filed July 10 with the state Supreme Court in Albany County, alleges that a student in a Kids Club program was “caused to fall while playing dodgeball and was repeatedly struck in the head and face with dodgeballs by students standing over him, causing him serious and permanent injuries ….”

The Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals on July 16 gave permission to Yesorno LLC, which owns and operates Happy Days Dispensary in Farmingdale, Nassau County, to open a similarly-named dispensary at 1656 Western Ave.

The proposed aggregate signage totaled about 880 square feet, approximately 560 fewer square feet than what was proposed in June. 

The deal nets Atlas Copco a little under $2 million in tax benefits. 

Residents who spoke during the recent town board meeting felt the plan did not say enough about preserving the Albany Pine Bush, but said too much about providing water to Altamont. 

The location, 1543 Indian Fields Road, is the 137-acre home of the New Scotland Beagle Club.

NEW SCOTLAND — Some 95 students in Clayton A. Bouton’s Class of 2025 were sent off into the world with messages of resiliency, adaptability, community, and the importance of support systems.