Eight vie for three board seats

BETHLEHEM — Eight candidates are vying for three seats on Bethlehem’s seven-member school board in a race not unusually crowded for the largely suburban district.

is making his first run for the school board because “the district needs to do better,” he says.

is running for her second term on the school board because, she said, “I think I can make a difference.”

, who spends a lot of time with kids and their parents in her practice as a pediatrician, could bring their voice to the school board, she said. 

is running to keep his seat on the school board because he’d like to build programs when the economy turns around.  He started his first term on the board three years ago, just as the recession was beginning.

NEW SCOTLAND — Town board members are negotiating the details of the latest incarnation of a bill that would limit the size of retail development.

Kendall honored for being “always and forever” helpful

NEW SCOTLAND — Conversation often turns to a gravely croon with George Kendall, who played for decades at area bars.  Now, at 76, he sings at old folks’ homes.

Deputy Mayor Hotaling mourned

VOORHEESVILLE — Always a leavening presence, William Hotaling was part of the village’s bedrock.  He died on Monday, May 2, 2011 at St. Peter’s Hospital surrounded by his family.  He was 69.