BERNE — Four candidates are vying for two open seats on the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board.

BERNE — Thomas Gagnon, 55, has lived in Berne for 14 years, and wants to combine his experience teaching and his creativity as a visual artist to work as a school board member towards a better district.

Cast an honest vote as school boards wrestle a dragon

Illustration by Forest Byrd

School budgets are the only government spending plans in which voters have a direct say. We’re not about to tell you how to vote on May 18.

BERNE — Incumbent Helen Lounsbury has been on the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board for eight years, and is retired from a 35-year career as a teacher in the district.

By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– The Lady Dutch lacrosse team hasn’t lost a Suburban Council game in three years. Take a minute to contemplate that.

GUILDERLAND — What if Guilderland School District residents vote down next year’s budget on May 18?

ALTAMONT — A grand archway once marked the village entrance to the Altamont Fair from, appropriately enough, Grand Street.

Marie McMillen, the fair’s operations manager, would like to see that entryway rebuilt.

GUILDERLAND — After just under a year on the school board, Julie Fletcher Cuneo, last May’s top vote-getter, is stepping down.

Although she regrets not finishing her three-year term, Cuneo said, she’s putting family first.

A Remembrance Ceremony will be held on May 16 for the families and friends of those who have died of suicide.

BERNE — The Hilltown Homefront Patriots are holding another Tea Party event, on Saturday, May 8, focusing on government finances.