Emilia Teasdale reports in The Columbia Paper that Valatie Village Mayor Diane Argyle will appoint Larry Eleby to the Board of Trustees in January, replacing Philip Bickerton after he was elected to the Kinderhook Town Board Nov. 8, and is not allowed to hold both seats. Eleby lives in Holly Hills and recently retired, now substitute teaching in the Ichabod Crane and Chatham school districts. At the Nov. 15 town board meeting Rustin Dolan was also added to the Village Planning Board. Dolan is an assistant chief in the Valatie Fire Department. The next Valatie village meeting is at 7 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Martin H. Glynn Municipal Building. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.