Melissa Hale-Spencer

GCSD not panicked over state-aid cut proposal

GUILDERLAND — The governor’s proposal last week for mid-year school-aid cuts, which sent shock waves across the state, left leaders of this prosperous suburban district cautious but not panicked.

By Jordan J. Michael

NORTHPORT –– A handful of local cross-country runners qualified for the state meet at Sunken Meadow State Park in Long Island, held on Saturday with a 3.1-mile course.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Richard Wheeler, Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s acting high school principal, is leaving on Friday.

By Jordan J. Michael

CAMILLUS –– A magical season by the Guilderland boys’ soccer team came to an end on Friday night at West Genesee High School.

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — After voting on a preliminary budget for 2009 on Nov. 3, and then printing three different versions for the public, the town board will meet tonight for another budget hearing.

How do we stop hate? We may not be able to change what is in someone’s heart, but we can require civil behavior. When no one objects to bullying, it emboldens the transgressor. And passivity adds to the victims’ suffering.

By Zach Simeone

Conservation coordinator will work on green initiatives

GUILDERLAND — The school board has created a new post — conservation coordinator — to further the district priority of fostering environmental stewardship.

GUILDERLAND — The school board here backs a move from half-day to full-day kindergarten if, as the school board president put it, “money wasn’t an object.”

By Jordan J. Michael

SARATOGA –– The Voorheesville girls’ volleyball team upset perennial powerhouse Lake George in 2007 for the Class C title. The Warriors came prepared in 2008.

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