Farnsworth engineers design winning city — again

GUILDERLAND — Cibola, the legendary city of gold that eluded Spanish explorers in the New World, has been discovered at last — built by a dozen creative middle school students.

GUILDERLAND — The town’s long-time, now retired, police chief has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and the judge has ordered him to get counseling for a gambling addiction.

GCSD residents share their priorities at community forum

GUILDERLAND — Twenty-eight residents answered the school district’s call for guidance on what the community values.

ALTAMONT — High school seniors sat solemnly in front of coffins, each topped with a single rose, as they listened to Mark Gautheir.

Appointments made for new year

GUILDERLAND — A new year did not end old controversies on the Guilderland town board.

Michael Paolino, who left after less than a year as the Guilderland High School principal, now has an interim job as principal of Troy’s middle school.

ALTAMONT — The village is one step closer to improving its century-old underbelly.

A snow day Wednesday for the Troy schools put off a school board vote on naming Michael Paolino as interim principal of the city’s middle school.

Library restoration on track, new zoning replaces 37-year-old regs,
village businesses come and go, pit bull shot, deputy clerk hired

ALTAMONT — The village progressed in a more or less orderly fashion in 2008.