GCSD not panicked over state-aid cut proposal

GUILDERLAND — The governor’s proposal last week for mid-year school-aid cuts, which sent shock waves across the state, left leaders of this prosperous suburban district cautious but not panicked.

Dimuras sue New Scotland Planning Board again

BERNE — Attendants of last week’s forum received a summary of a recent community survey, sent to 3,467 households, which found that:

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — With the state’s financial crisis as a backdrop, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo school board surveyed its residents on the quality of the district’s schooling, and held a community forum on maintaining excellence in tough times.

VOORHEESVILLE — Local students are “torturing” two high school students here using hate blogs and harassment, according to relatives of the targets.

By Jordan J. Michael

NORTHPORT –– A handful of local cross-country runners qualified for the state meet at Sunken Meadow State Park in Long Island, held on Saturday with a 3.1-mile course.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Richard Wheeler, Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s acting high school principal, is leaving on Friday.

By Jordan J. Michael

CAMILLUS –– A magical season by the Guilderland boys’ soccer team came to an end on Friday night at West Genesee High School.

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — After voting on a preliminary budget for 2009 on Nov. 3, and then printing three different versions for the public, the town board will meet tonight for another budget hearing.

How do we stop hate? We may not be able to change what is in someone’s heart, but we can require civil behavior. When no one objects to bullying, it emboldens the transgressor. And passivity adds to the victims’ suffering.