Illustration by Forest Byrd

The public pays when its servants go awry.

GUILDERLAND — Five candidates are running for three seats on the Guilderland School Board.

Why do we tell stories, why do we write them down and publish them for others to read"

These questions occurred to us as we sat recently in a Farnsworth Middle School classroom, listening to bright and insightful students query an author they admired.

Jennifer Roy shares her art
A story of survival against all odds in the Lodz ghetto is told in the voice of a child

Incorporated in budget
GCSD to save $300K through health-insurance changes

GUILDERLAND — The school board last week unanimously adopted an $82 million spending plan for next year, after being divided on two budget items.

"Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, we were making our way through a herd of hippopotamuses, there flashed upon my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the phrase, ‘Reverence for Life.’"

Principal says
Thefts taken seriously at high school


GUILDERLAND — Thefts come in "spurts" at Guilderland High School, said Principal Michael Piccirillo yesterday. "Students have to be part of the solution."

GUILDERLAND — Elijah Sharma and Corrina Goutos care about animals and want to stop people’s abuse of them. The pair of Guilderland High School sophomores are co-presidents of Last Chance for Animals GHS.