School leaders say
Project Strive is valuable

GUILDERLAND — Project Strive has been serving Guilderland students in need since 1993, and those who work closely with the program praise it.

Two daughters remember
Mary Ellen Gordon, a farmer and a fighter

GUILDERLAND — Voters will decide on Nov. 13 whether the school district should spend $27 million to renovate five elementary schools, improve technology and safety, and build a new district office.

Golden’s rule
Compare unto others in the largest league



GUILDERLAND — One school board member says the district is selling its students short by not comparing itself to similar schools from across the state.

Stories of compassion and collaboration are
|told as three faiths share their holy days



Sharifa Din spoke in a soft voice as the circle of three dozen listeners leaned forward to hear her words.

Searching for a father he never knew, Thomas Bushnell digs deep,
Finding a family history of mediaeval battles and revolutionary inventions



BERNE — Thomas Bushnell began his search for family history so he could know his father.

GUILDERLAND — The Albany Athletics of the Albany Twilight League had an outstanding baseball campaign this summer led by some Guilderland natives.

All of us will get old some day if we don’t die first. So it behooves us to pay attention to the provisions being made now for the elderly, even if we aren’t there yet.

No swimming at Thacher
Plans scrapped for new pool



NEW SCOTLAND — The half-century-old bathhouse for Thacher Park’s Olympic-sized pool was demolished last week with no immediate plans for replacement.

GUILDERLAND — The town assessor’s office has been caught in the crossfire of political battling.