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The village property tax rate is set to increase 2.25 percent next year, from about $1.32 per $1,000 of assessed value this year to approximately $1.36 per $1,000 next year. The entire village has an assessed value of about $264.5 million, of which about 92 percent is taxable, and is up from $262.5 million.

“If this were coming in for an initial approval, we would have to look at the noise implications for SEQR. We would have to try and remedy those noise implications, and that’s effectively what we're trying to do,” village attorney Rich Reilly said on Feb. 27. “And for an environmental project, we don’t actually have to own it. It just has to be sponsored by us.”

During its March 13 meeting, the town board agreed to an April 10 public hearing for proposed Local Law E of 2023: Regulating Battery Energy Storage Systems and to a special meeting to present the town’s new resource inventory project. 

Firefighters in Albany County number 1,680 volunteers and 369 career, with another nearly 400 non-firefighting volunteers, like fire police, accounted for by federal data. 

The café is seeking full-time and part-time employees to fill roles for supervisor, barista, and chef.