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School districts this year don rsquo t have to provide extra help for students who fall below new cut-off scores

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

School districts this year don’t have to provide
extra help for students who fall below new cut-off scores

To capture an era

by Anne Hayden

Golden centers his first novel on the changing role of women

Jobin-Davis named acting judge

by Jo E. Prout

VOORHEESVILLE — The village board here swore in an acting justice Tuesday, bringing back former village attorney and former trustee Camille Jobin-Davis to serve when the sole elected judge is unavailable.

Funding school sports

by Saranac Hale Spencer

Is lacrosse next?

VOORHEESVILLE — A two-year push for a lacrosse team at Voorheesville’s high school will either ring off the post or hit the netting on Nov. 8.

Spending stays steady

by Jo E. Prout

Westerlo plans $2.5M budget for 2011

WESTERLO — Without releasing its full budget to the public, the Westerlo Town Board voted last week to accept its tentative budget as preliminary, with few changes to the $2.5 million budget it adopted last year.

Remembering ldquo the best of times rdquo

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Osterhout’s book uses old photos to tell of a family who ran a Big Band hot spot

Paging through Willard Osterhout’s new book feels like leafing through a family album.

Renzulli to re-organize the classrooms at Voorheesville

by Saranac Hale Spencer

VOORHEESVILLE — The elementary school here is planning to use a computer program to create a more individualized learning style for each student.

Over 5K in grants allows BKW students to learn about ecology in a real ecosystem

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

HILLTOWNS — Children race through the sun-dappled forest, hiding behind bushes, peeking out from tree trunks. They are looking at Chad Jemison.

Damon takes the reins at Community Caregivers

by Jo E. Prout

From one eatery to another

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

AWOL soldier discovered by Dewey’s Diner owner

ALTAMONT — Gordon Dewey was born into the diner business. But, in all of his decades of sharing stories with customers, the return of the AWOL soldier has become a favorite.

Knox to cut spending by 60K

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

By Zach Simeone

KNOX — The town supervisor proposes a $2.06-million budget for next year, cutting about $60,000 from this year’s budget, and he said this week that he expects revenue from county sales tax to begin increasing in the near future.

ldquo Going very well rdquo

by Saranac Hale Spencer

Greenville Laundromat is open 14 hours every day

GREENVILLE — A new Laundromat opened here about three months ago, filling the void left when the town’s long-time Laundromat closed a few years ago.

As contract negotiations loom

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GTA and school administrators plan to work collaboratively

GUILDERLAND — The contract for the district’s biggest union — the Guilderland Teachers’ Association — expires at the end of June.

GCSD board states priorities for next year rsquo s budget

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — “I know there are a lot of people…who are afraid of this year’s budget,” the school board president, Richard Weisz, said at the close of Tuesday’s board meeting, during which board members stated their priorities for the 2011-12 budget.

At GCSD a dozen bargaining units range in size from 3 to 494

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland School District has 12 bargaining units, listed here from the largest to the smallest:

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