New Scotland
A town in Albany County, New York — population 9,085 as of 2022.
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WAMC Northeast Public Radio
September 30Lenox powwow marks ongoing, vibrant Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican return to ancestral homelands
Centuries ago, the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican people were driven out of their homelands in the Northeast by European colonists. A powwow in Lenox this weekend will continue the community’s work to reestablish millennia-old ties with the region.
Community Groups & OrganizationsWAMC Northeast Public Radio
1 hour agoHundreds of thousands of residents may be losing their main source of communication: their landline telephone. Verizon filed an application last month to phase out its copper-based landline phone services in New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, and seven other states. But…
Mid Hudson News
11 hours agoAttorney General releases bodycam footage of officer-involved shooting of teen (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Abbreviated Version Of Footage Above Longer Version of Footage Below ALBANY – New York State Attorney General Letitia James has released bodycam footage from several police officers involved in the June 27, 2026, officer-involved shooting that claimed the life of a 17-year-old…
Public Safety
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
23 hours agoWestern Mass. residents sound off on pitch to send millions more gallons of Quabbin water east
In Massachusetts, a proposal to move an additional 20 million gallons of water a day from a reservoir is drawing fierce backlash.The western Mass. towns entrusted with stewarding the Quabbin Reservoir are once again raising questions of equity as state officials collect feedback.
Government & Civic
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
October 1Albany mayor proposes 15% property tax hike in 2027 budget
Albany's 2027 budget proposal is Mayor Dorcey Applyrs' response to the city's worsening financial condition.
Government & Civic
Mid Hudson News
October 1Attorney General releases bodycam footage of officer-involved shooting of teen (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Abbreviated Version Of Footage Above Longer Version of Footage Below ALBANY – New York State Attorney General Letitia James has released bodycam footage from several police officers involved in the June 27, 2026, officer-involved shooting that claimed the life of a 17-year-old…
Public SafetyIn and around New Scotland
See & do
- Albany Therapeutic Riding Center
- Bennett Hill Preserve
- Bluebird Hill Farm
- Feura Bush Town Park
- LeGrange Farmstead
Eat, drink & stay
- BoozyMoo!
- Camp Pinnacle
- Indian Ladder Farms Cidery And Brewery
- Bottle Shop at Indian Ladder Farms Cidery & Brewery
- Diamond Hill Lodge
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New Scotland by the numbers
- Median age
- 45.1
- Households
- 3,543
- Persons per household
- 2.6
- Median household income
- $122,659
- Median house value
- $348,500