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.

The board sees it as a “needed project” because it addresses a demand for non-market-rate housing in town. 

Donald Csaposs, the chief executive officer of Guilderland’s IDA, had been both its FOIL officer, receiving requests for information, and its FOIL appeals officer, deciding if a records denial should be upheld or overturned. Going forward, the board’s lawyer will serve as the appeals officer.

“Not to sound like the broken record, but I have to bring it up. When, if ever, will we be getting high-speed internet for the six people in the middle of New Scotland South Road,” resident Sharon Boehlke asked the town board during its June 11 meeting.

A 2015 approval from the Guilderland Town Board allows Wolanin Companies to construct nine apartment buildings, a mixed-use office and retail building, and a clubhouse with a swimming pool. To date, two of 11 proposed buildings have been built while 64 of 210 apartments have gone up. Wolanin this week attributed the delays and proposed changes to, among other things, financial hardships due to “skyrocketing prices,” as well crew loss, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guilderland’s June 17 resolution and Altamont’s bond approval share the same purpose: They are procedural moves that allow the village to seek grant opportunities for the interconnect.

Happy Days Dispensary in Farmingdale, Nassau County, is seeking permission to open a dispensary at 1656 Western Ave. 

A new state policy mandates that each school district adopt its own policy concerning students’ use of personal electronic devices by Aug. 1. 

In a complaint filed on May 27, Roman Tsegelniuk alleges that, on July 25, 2024, he was lawfully working on restoration of the Hilton barn when he “fell from an unsecured, defective, and dangerous scaffold on the premises.”

Costco, via project developer Pyramid Management Group, is seeking an area variance for five signs over 250 square feet each when town code allows for two signs with a total area of 50 square feet.