VOORHEESVILLE — The 2007 teachers’ contract has been extended for a year with some changes to parental-leave guidelines, the salary schedule, and longevity payments.

Bill broached for new size cap

NEW SCOTLAND — Two years after the first bill that would have capped the size of shopping centers, and a year after the last size-cap bill was defeated, a new proposal is on the table.

Hello, Dolly! still going strong

VOORHEESVILLE — The cheerful veneer of Hello, Dolly! keeps the mood light through the musical’s sober undertones on the high school stage.

NEW SCOTLAND — Among the hulking plow trucks crowded into the highway garage, the town board met to discuss the options for expanding its space.

VOORHEESVILLE — The latest school-district budget figures include a $350,000 decrease from the current year’s spending plan, but still carry a 2.89-percent tax-levy increase.

State audit finds no abuse but potential for misuse

VOORHEESVILLE — An audit by the state comptroller’s office found that there is some potential for the “loss or misuse” of school district funds, but no evidence of abuse.

Trustees Hotaling and Cardona re-elected

VOORHEESVILLE — For most of their lives, the students at Clayton A. Bouton High School have lived in a country at war, but few have seen its consequences.