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GUILDERLAND — School board members here expressed some doubt and skepticism Tuesday about the governor’s proposed budget, particularly in regard to educating special-needs students and in regard to rebates as rewards for restrained spending.





GUILDERLAND — A plastic egg carton. Empty spools of thread. Pieces of a Pentium processor, a broken home computer. Old bottle caps.





NEW SCOTLAND — The state comptroller claims to have uncovered corruption in the Voorheesville School District.





VOORHEESVILLE — Community reaction this week to the state comptroller’s statements that two top administrators had taken money from the school ranged from defense of the retired superintendent to condemnation.





VOORHEESVILLE — In this largely suburban, middle-class school district, students turn toward foreign exchanges for cross-cultural experiences.



BERNE — A sixteen-year-old’s wish was granted this week when he got to meet his favorite author.





EAST BERNE — Though the Hilltown Family Center officially opened to the public on Monday, Hilltowners have been calling for its services since it started moving into its East Berne home this fall.





BERNE — If the Gilboa Dam in the Schoharie Valley breaks, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo school could become a temporary shelter for students fleeing the flood.





GUILDERLAND — Town appointments from Albany County’s Civil Service list, and concern over the effects of stricter county regulations, were the main focus of last Tuesday’s town board meeting.



GUILDERLAND — The Across the Street Pub at 240 Western Avenue won’t be adding a deck.





GUILDERLAND — The state’s Board of Regents has made a proposal that schools must offer full-day kindergarten programs.

Leaders say
Teachers grow through evaluation



GUILDERLAND — Guilderland teachers are being evaluated in ways that help them grow professionally, say leaders of a committee that developed the new system.

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