School districts this year don’t have to provide
extra help for students who fall below new cut-off scores

Blackbirds come up one play short in defensive struggle

By Jordan J. Michael

HILLTOWNS — Children race through the sun-dappled forest, hiding behind bushes, peeking out from tree trunks. They are looking at Chad Jemison.

Osterhout’s book uses old photos to tell of a family who ran a Big Band hot spot

Paging through Willard Osterhout’s new book feels like leafing through a family album.

Birds sing. Crickets sing. But people are the only creatures that make music with words. What a wonderful human endeavor it is to come together and sing, or to listen to others sing.

By Zach Simeone

Christopher Daughtery, 23, of Fulton, was arrested by the Schoharie County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 15 for setting fire to a barn in the town of Wright.

He was charged with third-degree arson and second-degree criminal mischief.

By Peter Henner

The Schenectady Chess Club’s annual championship began on Oct. 14, with 15 players divided into two preliminary sections, which will play on Thursday nights. The top players in each section will then compete in a championship section.

Greenberg wins the 10^th Annual Voorheesville 5K Fall Classic Road Race

By Michael Koff

By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– The Lady Dutch tennis team sent two singles players and a doubles team to Central Park in Schenectady on Wednesday for the Section II quarterfinals and one player lived to see another match.