By Jordan J. Michael

FONDA –– Berne-Knox-Westerlo and Fonda-Fultonville battled on Tuesday for the right to be called kings and queens of track and field in the Western Athletic Conference.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Following a school tradition, eight Berne-Knox-Westerlo students are semi-finalists in a regional inventing competition, which saw over 1,100 submissions this year.

By Jordan J. Michael

COLONIE –– The Guilderland baseball team is scoring reams of runs in a push to make the playoffs.

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Teachers’ Association is supporting the two incumbents in a five-way race for three school board seats here.

BERNE — With the May 19 budget vote on the horizon, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board will hold a special meeting early next week to discuss the status of the posts for assistant superintendent and elementary librarian.

By Jordan J. Michael

ALTAMONT –– Dieter Drake and Judith Wines believe that Altamont is the perfect place for an organized bike race.

By Zach Simeone

KNOX — Edmund Moore of Knox has agreed to six months in Albany County’s jail for criminally negligent homicide, according to the prosecutor in the case. There will be no trial.

We smell a rat!

Citizens are up in arms about poison used to kill rats around the Rapp Road landfill. They should be.

School district looks to change health habits

GUILDERLAND — The school district here is looking to change some health habits for workers so that it can save money.

Changing the world, one school at a time

Sometimes the world seems small. Tuesday morning was one of those times.

A quiet and courageous man spoke earnestly to students at Altamont Elementary School.