School and Library elections

VCSD: Gilker thumps incumbent board prez, $25M budget passes with ease

In Voorheesville, incumbents fell and budgets were easily approved on Tuesday, May 21.

Landslide: Guilderland voters pass all school and library votes

GUILDERLAND — All five of the items on Guilderland’s ballots sailed through on Tuesday, most with a 2-to-1 approval ratio. The school and library budgets, the school and library capital projects, and the bus proposition all passed.

Anonymous ‘vote no’ flyer for GCSD capital project echoes the one from last year

An anonymous flyer was distributed in the days before the October 2018 vote on a proposed school capital project, and the project was defeated by 58 votes. Now a very similar flyer is urging voters to defeat the school and library propositions on Tuesday, May 21.

False rumor of bus-driver jobs at stake fuels BKW election furor

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo superintendent says that he has every right to post campaign signs in front of his home, supporting the current school board president, Matthew Tedeschi, and his running mate, Rebecca Miller, for the district’s board of education.

VCSD teachers’ union makes, perhaps, its first school board endorsement

The Voorheesville Teachers’ Association, looking for a better way to communicate with the school board, has backed a candidate that it feels will help it in that pursuit.

VPL board: Heckler challenges Moore

On May 21, two Voorheesville residents will vie for one seat on the library’s board of trustees, as incumbent Lance Moore is challenged by Belinda Heckler.

Uncontested: Two incumbents, one newcomer run for three seats on Guilderland school board

The newcomer running for the board for the first time is a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.

Three candidates vie for one seat on the Voorheesville School Board

In Voorheesville, tax increases and a three-way race for one school-board seat are on the ballot come May 21.

Library proposes $4M budget for next year, levy under state-set limit

The current wait for a hold on an e-book is 39-and-a-half days, compared to a week for a print book.

Referendum for $7M: Library update would increase children and adult space

The goal of the renovation, Director Timothy Wiles said, is to give the library enough space to meet current demand. He anticipates that the improvements would serve for another quarter-century.

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