School board candidates must be 18 or older, able to read and write, and have lived in the district for at least one year but not be employed by the district. Forty-three signatures of qualified district voters must be submitted to the board clerk by April 22.
On Friday morning, Feb. 23, Guilderland’s Billy Pokeda competed against New York’s best in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's wrestling championships in the 285-pound weight class.
The comments at Monday’s meeting were often supportive of library staff. Some expressed warm memories of the café and its owners while others questioned their allegations of racism. Several people of color spoke, saying they had not experienced racism at the library. The most common call was one for answers on whether racism and harassment had occurred — or not.
The 20-student Farnsworth team created He Hika, a city located on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand, which uses hydropower, biomass, geothermal, and hydrogen as energy sources. Able to spend only $100, the students built their model of recycled materials.
Beckmann also received reprieve from having to install a costly sprinkler system when, as part of its approval, the town’s zoning board of appeals granted him a variance from that portion of the law, instead allowing him to install a localized alarm system.
