The not-for-profit group has, according to Thomas Capuano, recently been awarded $50,000 through Albany County’s disbursal of American Rescue Plan Act awards, money from the federal government meant to help with fallout from the pandemic.
The subject had been broached last May by two girls, then in ninth-grade, on the Guilderland High School track team. The athletes, Olivia Mair and Angelica Sofia Parker, each independently wrote a letter to the Enterprise editor and sent the same missives to the school board.
A public hearing is scheduled for Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. on a similar local law that would expand the exemption from town property taxes for eligible disabled persons.
On Friday, Oct. 13, the Guilderland football team hosted Christian Brothers Academy. The Brothers’ defense kept the Dutch at bay and only allowed 146 of total offense. The Dutch lost, 34-0.
Last Wednesday and Friday, Oct. 11 and 13, the Guilderland and Voorheesville girls golf competed at the Edison Club in efforts to make the state competition. The Guilderland girls finished third overall. Guilderland boys took their shot for a shot for the state qualifiers on Tuesday, Oct.
