From the editor
Thanksgiving thoughts on feasting

Saturday, I sat in a barn at Indian Ladder Farms listening to a man talk to a turkey.

GUILDERLAND — The nine-member school board remains deeply divided over whether the elementary schools in this suburban district should be locked.

Back to school
New requirements for teaching assistants

The Open Space Institute earlier this year released a report documenting sprawl in the Capital Region and noting that the state allows five planning methods for municipalities. One of them, and it is one of the most important, is a comprehensive land-use plan.

ALTAMONT — The sun was shining on the village green Saturday afternoon as the war veterans were asked to step forward from the crowd of two hundred.

For legislative change
Task force to study teachers’ pensions

GUILDERLAND — An idea hatched by the Guilderland School Board has received state-wide backing.

The votes are in and the Democrats have a clear mandate in Guilderland. How will they spend their political capital"

GUILDERLAND — Demian Singleton, the supervisor for math and science at Farnsworth Middle School, wanted to set the record straight about the earth- science course the school offers.

GUILDERLAND — Children gathered purposefully the morning of Oct. 21, bundled against the chill air; they sat on logs arranged in a circle around a glowing fire.