Comptroller says taxpayer money is stranded in employee benefit reserves

By Zach Simeone

Paolino still hopes to stay an educator

GUILDERLAND — Michael Paolino wants to get on with his life.

By Jordan J. Michael

SCHENECTADY –– The Lady Dutch varsity tennis team claimed the Section II title on Tuesday at Central Park in Schenectady. The undefeated team beat Shenendehowa, 5 to 4.

“Blue-collar” squad squeaks by Blue Devils

By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– Dutchmen varsity soccer coach, Mike Kinnally, reminds his players frequently that the team is capable of losing every game it plays. This scenario just hasn’t occurred yet.

Illustration by Forest Byrd

Joe Neil bought his Knox home with his life savings. It’s a nice-enough home, nothing extravagant, but his life savings and his quality of life are in jeopardy.

County commissioners disagree

WESTERLO — Long-time Republican Susan Walter had planned on running for the town board on the Democratic and Conservative lines, but that may no longer be possible.

School board hangs on to rainy-day fund

GUILDERLAND — The school board here has decided to break the law to prepare the district for dire financial times.

By Jordan J. Michael

NISKAYUNA –– With a 1-3 record, the Flying Dutchmen football team was looking to turn around its season at Niskayuna on Friday. “The dam broke,” said Head Coach Dan Penna.

By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– Tom Alexander, a 1994 Guilderland High School graduate and avid lacrosse player, is getting inducted into the University at Albany Athletic Hall of Fame.

Illustration by Forest Byrd

“Depend on it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”

—   — Samuel Johnson