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VOORHEESVILLE — The district has kept the tax levy increase below three percent on a budget that has remained, essentially, flat.

No one’s happy with GCSD budget proposal — it cuts too much or not enough

GUILDERLAND — Silently, the school board listened to a dozen testimonials Tuesday night on the worth of the Guilderland educational system.

NEW SCOTLAND — Huge garbage bags full of yarn come into Susan Kidder’s office in patches of mismatched colors and leave in neat, thoughtfully stitched rows.

Library drafts $3.13M budget proposal

GUILDERLAND — After a two-year hiatus brought on by tough times, library trustees are taking a tentative step towards planning for a future expansion.

Citizen asks village to post more info online

VOORHEESVILLE — Village resident Steve Schreiber took the village board to task again at Tuesday’s monthly meeting, asking it to post important decisions on the village’s website.

KNOX — Sap is expected flow on Palm Sunday, so that’s when the Helderberg Kiwanis Club will host its Maple Festival.

Westmere gets $5M firehouse

GUILDERLAND — Despite the recession, the Westmere Fire District will have a new $5.27 million firehouse.

Four incumbents run for Guilderland School board

GUILDERLAND — All four of the incumbents on the nine-member Guilderland School Board are seeking re-election — and three of them are running as a team.

GUILDERLAND — A Guilderland resident and Albany School District teacher was arrested for third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors.

ALBANY COUNTY — Twelve percent of the people in Albany County live in poverty, according to a report released last month by the New York State Community Action Association.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo administration developed two budget plans — tier 1 and tier 2 — as means of coping with drastic state-aid cuts.

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