GUILDERLAND — The nine-member school board remains deeply divided over whether the elementary schools in this suburban district should be locked.

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GUILDERLAND — Upset by election-sign theft, David Reid, a Guilderland lawyer who ran and lost two years ago for Albany County Legislature, has asked the town board to consider legislation.

GUILDERLAND — With no public comment Tuesday night, the Guilderland Town Board approved an $18 million budget for next year. This includes $3.7 million in highway expenses.

The Open Space Institute earlier this year released a report documenting sprawl in the Capital Region and noting that the state allows five planning methods for municipalities. One of them, and it is one of the most important, is a comprehensive land-use plan.

WESTERLO — The Westerlo Town Board has approved a $2.1 million preliminary budget for 2006. That’s an increase of about $170,000 over this year’s budget.

WESTERLO—It’s an off-year in Westerlo. In the only Hilltown without a race for supervisor this year, it was an uneventful election.

KNOX—As Tuesday’s election approached, no one in Knox seemed able to predict who would win the race for superintendent of highways.