‘A real tragedy’
Rape survivor speaks out



RENSSELAERVILLE — At the emotional heart of residents’ fears over a juvenile detention center in this rural Hilltown is a rape and kidknapping that occurred there just over two years ago.

VOORHEESVILLE — The Voorheesville girls’ basketball has learned its seeding for the upcoming Section II Class B tournament.

The Lady Blackbirds are seeded 12th and will travel to Hudson on Tuesday to take on the fifth-seeded Blue Hawks.

VOORHEESVILLE — The Voorheesville boys’ basketball team proved Friday night that not only can it hang with the big boys, it also might be one of the them.

GUILDERLAND — For two Guilderland wrestlers the years of dedication and hard work have finally paid off.

GUILDERLAND — It was a game that had a lot on the line for the Guilderland hockey team. So why not put it in the hands of the Birthday Boy.

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland boys’ basketball team got a chance to take part in the Suburban Council Tournament of Champions and, as has been customary this season, the team gave two different performances.

BERNE — The regular basketball season is over, and the Berne-Knox-Westerlo girls are ready for the playoffs to begin.

BERNE — In an up-and-down season, the BKW boys’ basketball team has finished strong as it prepares for the next round of competition.

Rumor is a pipe
Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures,
And of so easy and so plain a stop
That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,
The still-discordant wavering multitude,
Can play upon it.

GUILDERLAND — Citing cost concerns, school board members were lukewarm about a proposal from a committee of high-school English and social-studies faculty to create a writing center and to phase in a modified course load.