Two local girls who have big dreams are entering the Albany Pageant sponsored by Nationals, Incorporated.

New York learned Tuesday that it will get a $700 million in federal Race to the Top funds for public education, leaving local school administrators with mixed reactions.

EAST BERNE — Rebecca Kryzak is a generalist and proud of it.

GCSD board wants to know:
Will community accept changes proposed for special education?

GCSD board sets tax rate at $20 per $1,000, as promised

GUILDERLAND — Guilderland residents will pay just what the district estimated for school taxes — $20.04 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.

GUILDERLAND — Irene Siebert, a quiet and gentle woman, had a quiet celebration for her 103^rd birthday on Tuesday.

She was born in Albany on Aug. 17, 1907 and grew up on a farm on Pine Lane off of Rapp Road.

ALTAMONT — When Anthony Salerno’s name didn’t appear on the list of those who had passed the required Civil Service exam for public safety commissioner, the village had 60 days to find his replacement.

Invasion of the environment snatchers

People laughed five years ago when we pictured a “weed warrior” on our front page.

ALTAMONT — Alton Mattice talks about old machines as if they were old friends. He knows them intimately and can coax them into action.