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GCSD Super proposes $93.3M budget for next year

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

"Where there's a will, there's a way," the school board president, Barbara Fraterrigo said, instructing administrators to find someone to teach another sixth-grade Italian class.

Greene appointed village justice, Hout seeks another term

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

Altamont's newest justice, James Greene, has served on the planning board since 2010.

Altamont’s statesman bids a fond farewell to public life

ALTAMONT — Bill Aylward remembers the night the whole village showed up at his house. It was Election Night in 1971, and he had just won his first race for mayor.

'Curtains' opens at GHS

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The Guilderland Players discover both truth and silliness in this weekend's musical comedy with a back-stage murder mystery.

One survivor's story: A decade of suffering follows domestic abuse

by Anne Hayden Harwood

GUILDERLAND — One in three women over the age of 18 in the United States report experiencing rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner.

Domestic violence, according to Kim Anderson, a licensed social worker and associate professor at the University of Missouri, is a “serious global health issue.”

Candidates both value Altamont's independence

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

ALTAMONT — Cathy Glass, a newcomer to politics, and incumbent Christine Marshall are running in an uncontested election for village trustee on March 18.

Glass, 48, a homemaker, said she's running as a long-time resident who hopes to “make a little bit of a difference.”

Districts want control of Schoburg football

by Marcello Iaia

Unless Duanesburg, Schoharie, and Berne-Knox-Westerlo have budgets passed with money allocated for football, the Schoburg team may not exist next fall, said BKW's Interim Superintendent Joe Natale.

Berne woman’s case headed for jury trial in New Scotland

by Marcello Iaia

A transfer request was made because both judges in Berne recused themselves to avoid the appearance of impropriety and to "insure the appearance of fairness" in Marcia Pangburn's case, in which she is charged with resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration.

Gutted Cass Hill Road home attributed to kerosene heater

Berne Fire District Chief Richard Guilz said firefighters had trouble ventilating and entering the single-family structure because of its age and layers of roofing.

AP physics students reach for the stars

by Jo E. Prout

Voorheesville high school students plan to launch a camera-laden weather balloon into near space to measure the curvature of the Earth.

VCSD board race open: Hubert steps down

by Jo E. Prout

Two seats are open on the school board here. Current board member Doreen Saia said that she will run, again. Nominating petitions are due in the district office April 20.

After threat, Voorheesville 'hyper-conscious'

by Jo E. Prout

During a lock-out situation Friday, school officials were monitoring who was entering the building through the front security system.

Cranker pleads guilty

ALTAMONT — Joseph Cranker, 31, of Altamont, pleaded guilty on March 4 to one count of second-degree criminal mischief, a felony, before Judge Peter A. Lynch in Albany County Court.

Photos: Fun-raising at Altamont Elementary

A carnival of games inside the packed Altamont Elementary School on March 6 used small white tickets for access, raising funds for a class field trip. Altamont fifth graders read “All the Way Home,” a book by Patricia Reilly Giff in which two young fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers, one from an upstate apple orchard, the other in Brooklyn, form a friendship on Coney Island and plan to return to the bucolic upstate orchard.  Teacher Karen Shaffer said the students already toured Indian Ladder Farms, in New Scotland, and they look forward to visiting Coney Island.

Jury finds Bisnett guilty of drunk-driving charges

by Anne Hayden Harwood

A rare jury trial was held in Guilderland for Amanda Bisnett's drunken-driving charges.

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