GUILDERLAND — The school superintendent has proposed a $79 million district budget for next year — an increase of about $3 million or 4.51 percent over this year.

GUILDERLAND — The school board president, Gene Danese, announced last Tuesday that he will not seek re-election to the board. His announcement came on the heels of a similar declaration from the board’s vice president, Linda Bakst.

School board mullsWould land purchase be wise or wasteful"

GUILDERLAND — The school board will decide March 14 whether the public will vote in May on purchasing a strip of land in front of Guilderland Elementary School.

In a 2002 review of Lansing’s Christmas book of poems, Stitching Stars, I wrote:

From the editor
Lansing Christman, journalist and poet, was a man of true words

Skiing and shooting
Roosa, a biathlete, wins three silver medals

LAKE PLACID — Nicole Stagg is a team player.

LAKE PLACID — For Barbara Kelly and Maggie Atkins, skating is like breathing — essential yet natural. They’ll do it to the end.

Time and place are human constructs. They can intersect in powerful, defining ways.

"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity."

— Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Oratore