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Six vie for four seats, all support $87.4 M budget

GUILDERLAND — Students at Farnsworth Middle School who raised $6,000 to pay for a well in Malawi are now hoping to send books there. They are looking for sponsors to pay for the postage.

GUILDERLAND — , who has been on the school board since 1997, is its longest-serving member.

She is running, as an independent, for another three-year term.

GUILDERLAND —The Pine Bush Commission wants to increase the preserve’s land by 1,500 acres, according to the draft of its 2010 management plan. It also recommends designating thousands of acres to be “fully protected.”

GUILDERLAND — “I don’t have a personal agenda,” says , a retired Farnsworth Middle School teacher who is seeking a second three-year term on the school board.

VOORHEESVILLE — Making her first bid for a seat on the school board, sees this period as an opportunity to affect change.

She and Kristine Gravino are campaigning together for the two seats on the board.

VOORHEESVILLE — , 36, is making her first run for the school board because this is a time for changes in the district.

She is campaigning with Cindy Monaghan.

VOORHEESVILLE — Having challenged two incumbents in the last election, , 53, is making his second run for a seat on the school board because people want to see changes in the district, he said.

Six vie for four seats

VOORHEESVILLE — Facing a year likely to bring a difficult budget process, four people are running for two seats on the board of education.

GUILDERLAND — In recognition of Earth Day, the town of Guilderland announced that its recycling program has expanded.

GUILDERLAND — is continuing to campaign against bullying and for environmental stewardship as he did during his first run for school board last year.

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