Spending down at Guilderland library, but taxes would still increase slightly

GUILDERLAND — The public library is proposing a $3.38 million spending plan for next year, a 2-percent decrease over this year’s budget.

Kids speak out for music, German, indoor track

GUILDERLAND — An informal budget hearing on Tuesday night functioned largely as an endorsement of valued school programs that are slated to be cut.

GUILDERLAND — A unanimous town-board vote on Tuesday to fill two vacancies on the Board of Assessment Review belies the political maneuvering that led to the compromise.

GUILDERLAND — The Phantom of the Opera has been seen by over 100 million people around the world; as Broadway’s longest running musical, it has been on stage there for longer than Guilderland High School students have been alive — 23 years.

GUILDERLAND — The school board is considering three options for bus replacement, ranging from just under half-a-million dollars to over a million dollars.

GUILDERLAND — The next step in the school district’s revamped budget process is an informal hearing on Tuesday, March 15.

The two-hour televised session will begin at 7 p.m. in the high school’s large-group instruction room.

Proposes $89M budget, cuts 44 jobs, hikes taxes 4 percent

Marginal progress after two score years

Illustration by Forest Byrd

Board members pleased with budget process, hold varied views on what to cut

GUILDERLAND  — As the school board gears up for the March 1 presentation of the superintendent’s budget, members said they are largely pleased with this year’s process.

Overcrowded library looks to expand

GUILDERLAND — Continuing on a course that has been waylaid by the recession, the Guilderland library trustees are moving towards a public vote in 2012 on their expansion plan.