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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.

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.

NEW SCOTLAND — The balance of the town board reflected the division of residents at a public hearing for the much-awaited size-cap law, and the minority prevailed.

Birdie soars at VCSD

VOORHEESVILLE — Teenage effervescence dances across the stage in choreographed rhythm as students perform a musical classic.

GUILDERLAND CENTER — Martha Whitney is tired of truck traffic shaking the walls of her house.

GUILDERLAND — Cancer led Thomas Quaglieri, and his son, Daniel, to start a program called 4-Wheeling for Healing, in 2006.

Lifting weights builds bones while high spirits build camaraderie

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