Town’s $31 million budget in place by default

GUILDERLAND — The supervisor’s preliminary $31 million budget, which allows no pay raises, will become the final budget for 2011, by default.

ALTAMONT — The village board may be able to fill the vacant public safety commissioner position by the end of the year, if one of several applicants for the job fits the bill.

GUILDERLAND — Jenn Crux is taking life one week at a time.

$31M budget allows no pay raises

GUILDERLAND — The town board voted 3-to-2 last week not to adopt the supervisor’s $31 million preliminary budget for 2011.

GUILDERLAND — The town has workers in four unions; each union has a contract set to expire at the close of 2010. Each current contract outlines a stepped system, where workers are paid more for every year they work.

GCSD gears up for budget challenges

GUILDERLAND — “Good organizations, when faced with challenges, pull together, take stock of their mission,” Superintendent Marie Wiles told the school board at its meeting on Nov. 3.

Golden centers his first novel on the changing role of women

School districts this year don’t have to provide
extra help for students who fall below new cut-off scores

GUILDERLAND — The Pine Bush Commission’s 11-member board voted unanimously on Oct. 7 to adopt the 2010 management plan, which details its desire to increase the preserve’s land by over 2,000 acres.

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland School District has 12 bargaining units, listed here from the largest to the smallest: