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GTA funds reimbursed before McClaine's arrest

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The Guilderland Teachers' Association was fully reimbursed in February for the over $100,000 that was stolen from its dues but no one is saying where the money for reimbursement  came from.

Added state aid does not assuage budget woes

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — The day after the state settled on its final budget, with a much-ballyhooed $1.1 billion increase in aid to education, the school board here faced a hard reality: Not much had changed.

'Birdie' paints BKW with colors of youth

by Marcello Iaia

About 80 Berne-Knox-Westerlo students this weekend will display the flair of 1950s pop culture in a plot, dotted with humor, about generational tensions.

BKW approves "basic" exemption for veterans

by Marcello Iaia

Eligible residents will be able to have their assessed property values reduced by a maximum of $12,000 for wartime service, and larger amounts for those with combat service and disabilities. 

Voorheesville works to end risk behavior in teens

by Lisa Nicole Viers

Voorheesville has turned its school risk behavior task force into a community alliance, bringing more community members together to provide kids with alternative activities, in hopes of keeping them away from use of drugs and alcohol, and other risky behaviors.

V'ville searches for new superintendent for business

by Lisa Nicole Viers

While trying to balance the budget this year, Voorheesville is also trying to fill its assistant-superintendent-for-business position.

After husband's suicide, Veeder family case continues against State Police

by Lisa Nicole Viers

In 2008, forensic scientist Garry Veeder committed suicide. After years of ongoing trials, a federal judge has upheld her ruling that a jury should decide if the family's constitutional rights were violated during the alleged investigation.

Town Board postpones vote on Wolanin project

by Anne Hayden Harwood

“It’s important to remember that the traffic study was commissioned by, and for, the applicant,” said Bryan Clenahan, a county legislator who lives near the proposed luxury-apartment project, and opposes it. “It was also based on a prior plan and is therefore now irrelevant.”

Town's senior center to move to private development

by Anne Hayden Harwood

GUILDERLAND — The town’s senior services will get a new home soon, on Frenchs Mill Road, at the site of the old Bavarian Chalet.

DWI gets 10 years

by Anne Hayden Harwood

Peter Kilmer failed multiple field sobriety tests, and was taken into custody, where he registered a blood alcohol content of .17, the release said.

Pianowski pleads guilty for driving high on heroin

by Anne Hayden Harwood

Kyle Pianowski was removed from his car, and a search of the vehicle revealed that he had four envelopes of heroin, 10 hydrocodone pills, and a hypodermic needle in his possession; tests at the station determined Pianowski was under the influence of heroin, said the report.

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