The New Scotland Planning Board at its November meeting began the process of subdividing the former Bender melon farm into preservable and commercially-viable parcels.
The notice from the town of New Scotland says that a sample collected from the Clarksville Water District on Oct. 27 showed nitrate levels of 13 milligrams per liter, when the maximum contaminant level is 10 milligrams per liter.
New Scotland property owners escaped a fifth straight year of incremental tax increases when the town board elected to cut property taxes for next year after initially proposing a rate hike in early October.
