Health co-pay doubles, salaries start at $42K
Teachers have contract at last, compromise pleases both sides 

After budget passes
VCSD will hire its first curriculum coordinator 

VOORHEESVILLE — After months of discussion, the school board on Monday unanimously approved creating a new post — curriculum coordinator.

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Spanish a hit with GCSD board 

GUILDERLAND — The school board was charmed Tuesday night with a presentation on teaching Spanish to the district’s youngest students.

Damn Yankees hits a home run for Guilderland Players

GUILDERLAND — After a decade of work involving middle-school students in restoring the globally-rare Pine Bush, teacher Al Fiero has a new source of funds.

Recalled meat dumped at BKW



BERNE — While some local media reported that no questionable beef had been distributed to area schools, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District had 32 cases of recalled hamburger.

FMS team finishes second in nation



GUILDERLAND — The future is now for a trio of Farnsworth Middle School students who just won second place in a National Engineers Week competition.

Riveting paintings dominate the dining room of the Zunons’ home in Guilderland. They illustrate the story of a little blue boy in an African village. "His skin was blue," said Elizabeth Zunon, the artist who painted the pictures. The paintings were inspired by a story she knew as a child.