GCSD plans $86M budget, adding full-day K

GUILDERLAND — With federal funds to replace the aid to schools that New York’s governor had planned to cut, Guilderland is now proposing an $85.6 million budget that would raise taxes 1.5 percent.

The surgeon’s hands are gloved, his eyes glued to the screen above the inert form on the table. He guides his instruments through the abdomen and points out, on the screen, the ovaries, which he is removing.

Altamont preschool makes changes to draw more kids of busy parents

GUILDERLAND — When Luxi Peng was 2 years old, she moved here with her family from China.

“I was absolutely horrible at English during kindergarten,” she said. So she worked at it.

School board weighs in on $85M spending plan

GUILDERLAND — After weeks of listening to citizens review an $85 million budget proposal for next year, school board members gave their views Tuesday night.

“Our students want to know we care”

Wranken applies for permit to run home business

GUILDERLAND — Neighbors object to a large garage behind Gary and Sue Warnken’s house at 107 Van Patten Lane and suspect that it is being used for business — something the Warnkens deny.

GUILDERLAND — A farmer and a teacher, Donald Ruthford Otterness linked generations of local kids to farm life.

Bids come in 10% under budget

GUILDERLAND — In the midst of fiscal crisis and budget cutbacks, a bright note was sounded Tuesday as the school board approved bids for a $27 million project that voters passed in November of 2007.

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