Kids can learn the ABCs of musical instruments at Todd’s Petting Zoo

ALTAMONT — Todd Crowley has an instrument for each letter of the alphabet in what he calls a musical petting zoo.

Newton loses coaching job

GUILDERLAND — Guilderland Elementary School earned over 100,000 points in Colonie Center’s School Bucks program, which resulted in a $1,000 prize.

An old joke says that a pedestrian on Fifty-seventh Street in Manhattan stopped Jascha Heifetz, the famous violinist, and asked, “Could you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?”

“Yes,” replied Heifetz. “Practice!”

Ta Da! At Stuyvesant Plaza

Principals don’t want to teach to the test, co-teaching is emphasized

GUILDERLAND — All seven Guilderland schools continue in “good standing,” according to the latest school report card, presented on June 6 to the school board.

Lutsic named new GHS principal

GUILDERLAND — Guilderland’s new high school principal was a dropout. Thomas Lutsic says the experience drove him to be an educator, and he can relate to the disenfranchised.

Dems and GOP endorse candidates for town election

GUILDERLAND — The village of Altamont has decided to eliminate its building inspector position and enter into a shared-services agreement with the town of Guilderland.

Kids from many cultures sign and sing on stage as one

GUILDERLAND — The audience kept on clapping last Thursday night as the second-graders took their bows from the Guilderland Elementary School stage.