By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– Beth Meyers lets her actions speak for her. She fell in love with field hockey because she refused to quit.

Reset our priorities to shore up a collapsing foundation

Illustration by Forest Byrd

GUILDERLAND — The school board postponed a closed session it had planned for Tuesday night after a number of school board members decided not to go.

At issue is whether the executive session would have been legal.

FMS team designs Future City that makes homes for the homeless

GUILDERLAND — The earthquake hadn’t hit Haiti when the students at Farnsworth Middle School designed a Future City that would help provide housing for survivors of such a disaster.

When an elected board flouts the law, the public loses

For the second time, the Guilderland School Board has violated the state’s Open Meetings Law by starting what it says will be an open search for a new superintendent with a closed session.

Man arrested for posing as a fire inspector

GUILDERLAND — An Albany man was arrested Saturday for impersonating a fire inspector in order to scam money, and the Guilderland Police helped solve the crime.

GUILDERLAND — Tuesday morning, responding to New York’s fiscal crisis, Governor David Paterson outlined a state budget with deep cuts, including a $1.1 billion reduction in state aid to education.

By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– The 55 boys and girls who make up the varsity and junior-varsity Nordic ski teams for the Dutchmen all have the same simple request: More snow please.

Lesson from the lion-hearted: Always keep your hope high

Illustration by Forest Byrd

ALTAMONT — The Altamont Police made over 100 arrests in 2009, according to the village’s commissioner of public safety, Anthony Salerno.