VOORHEESVILLE — Elemental Landscapes, Inc., a Voorheesville business owned by Jerry Parmenter, won an award for Garden Structures and Pavements, costing between $10,000 and $25,000, from the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association.

Taxes up 1.2 percent
School board uses $375K of huge budget surplus to ease burden

Still learning
Aidala talks about issues after suit

Letsons paid $5K
GCSD settles harassment suit

New tech super
Living a vibrant life of change



GUILDERLAND — The first-ever tech supervisor for the Guilderland schools is a model for what she preaches.

Proud to be in the first class of Tech Valley High
Logan O’Neil says, "It’s more of a privilege than a pressure"

GUILDERLAND — Logan Mercedes O’Neil shatters the stereotype that girls aren’t good at science or don’t like math.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage."

— Anais Nin

ALTAMONT — David Funk, who judges goat shows all across the country, will have goats from his Westerlo herd compete at the Altamont Fair.

We have made an annual pilgrimage to the Butterfly Station at Farnsworth Middle School for nine summers now and every year we learn something new. This year, we learned about the value of perseverance and broad purpose.