With $288K more in state aid, board discusses what posts, programs to restore

GUILDERLAND — It looks like the school board will adopt a budget proposal next week with a tax-rate hike of about 3.5 percent for Guilderland residents.

GUILDERLAND — The school board, in a split vote, chose the middle of three options for bus purchases next year.

When voters go to the polls on May 17, they will decide on the bus proposition separately from the 2011-12 budget.

GUILDERLAND — The search is on to replace two top Guilderland administrators who will retire in June.

Assistant supers forego raises

GUILDERLAND — For the second year in a row, Guilderland’s three assistant superintendents have agreed to forego raises.

Slack and Genzano ready to run, Barber steps down, Simpson undecided

GUILDERLAND — Two of the school board members whose seats will be up for election in May — Judy Slack and Emilio Genzano — are planning to run.

Students plead for programs

Blaze in Westmere bungalow quelled

GUILDERLAND — A Westmere firefighter was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning in the midst of fighting a blaze at a York Road bungalow.

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.