There was one big winner and one big loser in the fall sports season of 2008.

ALBANY — A boy who gave bear hugs as a sign of affection was embraced by the Guilderland High School graduating class on June 28 during ceremonies at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center.

Reforms are needed to protect the innocent

“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness, 1944 

GCSD board pleased with recent report card

GUILDERLAND — School board members said they were pleased with and proud of the results of required government testing, presented in the annual School Report Card.

Alcoholism is a disease that can be treated

Our heart sank when we learned this week that Mary Petrilli had been arrested again. We still remembered her as the dedicated teacher and competent principal we had covered years before at Berne-Knox-Westerlo.

By Jordan J. Michael

VOORHEESVILLE –– Bryan Davis of Voorheesville has been racing dirt tracks for the past three years.

Town advises getting free Altamont card

GUILDERLAND —The town has weighed in on a $25 fee the Guilderland Public Library is instituting on July 1 for patrons who don’t pay taxes to support the library.

By Zach Simeone

School rallies to raise funds to fly teacher’s ailing mother home from Egypt

GUILDERLAND — Keir Aspin is a teacher who learned a hard lesson six years ago. He’s drawing on that lesson now and sharing it with others.

GCSD drafts policy to prevent harassment

GUILDERLAND — “We put action behind what we say we believe in,” said Superintendent John McGuire when asked why the district has developed a new policy on employee harassment.