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Five candidates vying for two vacant school board seats participated in Monday's forum, featuring literal round-table discussions on their hopes and dreams for the school district.

GUILDERLAND — “We can’t wait to see the boys tomorrow,” said Westmere Elementary School Principal Beth Bini

Guilderland School Board members said they would create new policies after to transgender students said school should be a safe place.

The governor's  proposed aid for next year is less than the $23.6 million Guilderland received in the 2008-09 school years.

ALBANY — Affordable-housing industry representatives will meet here today, Thursday, to discuss the potential $250 million New York State funding that has been proposed to create affordable senior housing across the state.

“We created another position so he could stay. Otherwise, he would have been out of a job,” New Scotland Supervisor Doug LaGrange said of a change of posts for a town employee.

NEW SCOTLAND — In 2007, bats started dying due to white-nose syndrome — a disease first verified at Hailes Cave in Thacher Park.

The village board asked residents for their thoughts on saving the 19th-Century home of Altamont's first doctor.

Different Blend bakery, Guilderland

A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America comes home to Guilderland to open a gluten-free bakery.

“Voorheesville is dependent on the tax levy for the majority of its revenue,” said Superintendent Brian Hunt at a school board meeting last week. 

An emergency $10,000 repair to the Voorheesville pool done over the December vacation was not part of the $75,000, voter-approved project, according to a school administrator.

The Voorheesville Rod and Gun Club is raising funds with a breakfast on Sunday, Jan. 24, to send seven kids to Camp Colby, which serves kids ages 11 to 13, near Saranac Lake, and other camps.

“Everything we make is exactly the same,” Brian Farley, a new co-owner of Emma Cleary's Cafe, said about the shop's menu, which kept the same food choices and added new specials. 

At 96, beloved Altamont farmer Everett Rau teams up with local history buff Laura Shore to write his memoir.

Jessica Paradiso faces 6 to 12 years in state prison for targeting elderly victims in housework scam

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