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GCSD prepares to borrow if $5M in state aid is delayed

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Once again, Berne-Knox-Westerlo students have found their place in the Invention Convention semifinals, as they have every year since the inception of the contest 13 years ago.

BERNE — The Hilltown Homefront Patriots are holding another Tea Party event, on Saturday, May 8, focusing on government finances.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Thomas Gagnon, 55, has lived in Berne for 14 years, and wants to combine his experience teaching and his creativity as a visual artist to work as a school board member towards a better district.

GUILDERLAND — Supervisor Kenneth Runion shocked the town board on Tuesday night when he voted with the Republicans — rather than with his fellow Democrats — against a local law that he had originally proposed.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Four candidates are vying for two open seats on the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board.

A Remembrance Ceremony will be held on May 16 for the families and friends of those who have died of suicide.

GUILDERLAND — After just under a year on the school board, Julie Fletcher Cuneo, last May’s top vote-getter, is stepping down.

Although she regrets not finishing her three-year term, Cuneo said, she’s putting family first.

ALTAMONT — A grand archway once marked the village entrance to the Altamont Fair from, appropriately enough, Grand Street.

Marie McMillen, the fair’s operations manager, would like to see that entryway rebuilt.

Village adopts $2M budget, up $40K from last year

GUILDERLAND — The Industrial Development Agency and the town board have decided to approve an extension on the Guilderland YMCA’s $5.24 million bond.

Albany’s vote against bond may halt landfill expansion

ALBANY COUNTY — The Albany Common Council voted against a $1.35 million bond to fund the expansion of the Rapp Road landfill on Monday. It was the second time the council voted down the bond.

GUILDERLAND — What if Guilderland School District residents vote down next year’s budget on May 18?

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