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Teachers rsquo contract extended no raises

by Saranac Hale Spencer

VOORHEESVILLE — The 2007 teachers’ contract has been extended for a year with some changes to parental-leave guidelines, the salary schedule, and longevity payments.

GCSD looks for new high school principal and foreign-language super

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

    GUILDERLAND — The search is on to replace two top Guilderland administrators who will retire in June.

    Tears follow Bethlehem board rsquo s decision to close Clarksville school

    by Saranac Hale Spencer

    Army Corps plans 2 5 million cap for hazardous landfill

    by Anne Hayden

    GUILDERLAND — The Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $2.5 million to cap and cover an old Army landfill.

    Board chooses middle-of-the-road for bus prop

    by Melissa Hale-Spencer

      GUILDERLAND — The school board, in a split vote, chose the middle of three options for bus purchases next year.

      When voters go to the polls on May 17, they will decide on the bus proposition separately from the 2011-12 budget.

      ldquo Everyone is pretty much white rdquo

      by Saranac Hale Spencer

      Embracing diversity in Voorheesville

      NEW SCOTLAND — Like the other patrons of the Voorheesville Mobil station, Dianne Luci was charmed by the family who bought it a year ago.

      1M budget proposed for village

      by Jo E. Prout

      Board split on raises for worker

      Starting April 1

      by Anne Hayden

      A new law charges manufacturers for recycling electronics

        GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland transfer station will no longer charge residents to recycle electronics.

        Mother arrested for DWI while dropping child at school

        by Anne Hayden

        ALTAMONT — A woman was arrested at Altamont Elementary School yesterday because, police say, she was driving with a blood alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit.

        Plaintive note

        by Melissa Hale-Spencer

        Students plead for programs

        First novel picked up by Simon and Schuster

        by Anne Hayden

        A Golden opportunity for Comeback Love

        GUILDERLAND — Staff Pick’s Press achieved success “right out of the gate,” according to its owner, Susan Novotny.

        GCSD board incumbents

        by Melissa Hale-Spencer

        Slack and Genzano ready to run, Barber steps down, Simpson undecided

        GUILDERLAND — Two of the school board members whose seats will be up for election in May — Judy Slack and Emilio Genzano — are planning to run.

        ldquo We want to do our part rdquo

        by Melissa Hale-Spencer

        Assistant supers forego raises

        GUILDERLAND — For the second year in a row, Guilderland’s three assistant superintendents have agreed to forego raises.

        Town board mulls two options for highway garage upgrade

        by Saranac Hale Spencer

        NEW SCOTLAND — Among the hulking plow trucks crowded into the highway garage, the town board met to discuss the options for expanding its space.

        Hello Dolly still going strong

        by Saranac Hale Spencer

        Hello, Dolly! still going strong

        VOORHEESVILLE — The cheerful veneer of Hello, Dolly! keeps the mood light through the musical’s sober undertones on the high school stage.

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