Board split on raises for worker

GUILDERLAND — The school board, in a split vote, chose the middle of three options for bus purchases next year.

When voters go to the polls on May 17, they will decide on the bus proposition separately from the 2011-12 budget.

GUILDERLAND — The Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $2.5 million to cap and cover an old Army landfill.

GUILDERLAND — The search is on to replace two top Guilderland administrators who will retire in June.

Assistant supers forego raises

GUILDERLAND — For the second year in a row, Guilderland’s three assistant superintendents have agreed to forego raises.

Slack and Genzano ready to run, Barber steps down, Simpson undecided

GUILDERLAND — Two of the school board members whose seats will be up for election in May — Judy Slack and Emilio Genzano — are planning to run.

A Golden opportunity for Comeback Love

GUILDERLAND — Staff Pick’s Press achieved success “right out of the gate,” according to its owner, Susan Novotny.

Students plead for programs

ALTAMONT — A woman was arrested at Altamont Elementary School yesterday because, police say, she was driving with a blood alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit.

GUILDERLAND — A Guilderland man accused of cyber-stalking a young woman with whom he went to Guilderland High School has been sentenced to three years of probation and was issued a five-year restraining order.