Editorial
Rensselaerville, roll up your sleeves

Layers of bureaucracy piled up and mired Sheila Whiteford just as surely as layers of mud filled her house after the torrential June rains.

From the editor
Farewell to the chronicler of Dormansville

Frances Swart spent her entire life in the tiny Helderberg hamlet of Dormansville — and loved it.

School board ponders
Any catch to a Kaffeeklatsch"

VOORHEESVILLE — Dog collars and pajamas may soon be banished from the classrooms and corridors of Clayton A. Bouton, along with thigh-high skirts and too-tight pants.

No charges
Civil suits pending for McCartney, Marturano

VOORHEESVILLE — The new president of the Voorheesville School Board, David Gibson, said, "The goal is: We want to be careful to put our time on things that matter"helping children learn."

Illustration by Forest Byrd — The Enterprise

GUILDERLAND — The school board elected its leaders Tuesday with split votes and then split again when a new member proposed spending money on programs not included in the budget.

The common writer
Educating the citizens:
Democracy is about debate

By Diane Cameron

ALBANY — The 443 students in the Guilderland High School Class of 2006 — the women in caps and gowns of white, the men in caps and gowns of red — rose to their feet and clapped loud and long for a graduate who wasn’t there.