$89M budget and $780K bus prop pass, Levy leads candidates

GUILDERLAND — After the second year in a row facing drastic cuts, Guilderland voters again passed the school budget by a comfortable margin: 55.5 percent.

GUILDERLAND — After months of negotiations, the town and the police benevolent association have agreed on a union contract — with no raises for 2011.

GUILDERLAND — Police arrested Andrew R. Alsante, 20, for vandalizing Christ the King Church on Easter Sunday and, over the course of their interview, found that he was responsible for four other areas marked by graffiti in town.

ALBANY COUNTY — Hilltowners stormed the flatlands on Tuesday to tell the county re-districting committee not to split them up.

GUILDERLAND CENTER — Scores of residents gathered last night to express their opposition to the prospect of closing Guilderland Center’s post office, an option being considered by the U. S. Postal Service.

“No hemorrhaging”

Halligan warns of cyberbullying

GUILDERLAND — John Halligan has devoted his life to preventing other families from going through what his has.

His son, Ryan, killed himself on Oct. 7, 2003 when he was 13.

Kohl has a new role — restaurateur

DELMAR — A Westerlo resident has opened a restaurant in Delmar to fill a void she found there.

The current budget crises highlights what is wrong with the public education system, said , and he’s making his first run for the school board because “something needs to be done.”

doesn’t like the direction of the current school board, so he’s running for one of three seats in the May 17 election.  Kawczak would listen to taxpayers, he says of what he would bring to the board.