VOORHEESVILLE — Community reaction this week to the state comptroller’s statements that two top administrators had taken money from the school ranged from defense of the retired superintendent to condemnation.

NEW SCOTLAND — The state comptroller claims to have uncovered corruption in the Voorheesville School District.

BERNE — Berne-Knox-Westerlo basketball player Rick Ragone stepped to the free-throw line.

In order to give his team a chance for a win, he had to make the first of his one-and-one attempts.

BERNE — Heart, hustle, and desire.

Those are the three words that each member of the girls’ basketball team at Berne-Knox-Westerlo write on their hands before each game. It is a reminder of how they want to play every game.

GUILDERLAND — A plastic egg carton. Empty spools of thread. Pieces of a Pentium processor, a broken home computer. Old bottle caps.

GUILDERLAND — School board members here expressed some doubt and skepticism Tuesday about the governor’s proposed budget, particularly in regard to educating special-needs students and in regard to rebates as rewards for restrained spending.

GUILDERLAND — The state’s Board of Regents has made a proposal that schools must offer full-day kindergarten programs.

GUILDERLAND — The Across the Street Pub at 240 Western Avenue won’t be adding a deck.

GUILDERLAND — Town appointments from Albany County’s Civil Service list, and concern over the effects of stricter county regulations, were the main focus of last Tuesday’s town board meeting.