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Bethlehem

The Bethlehem Central School District’s $116.6 million budget for the 2025-26 school year passed by a 76-percent margin. It will raise taxes 1.1 percent.

The Bethlehem Public Library’s $5.2 million budget was passed by voters, who will see their library taxes go up 2.61 percent. Meanwhile, trustee Laura DiBetta was re-elected for a five-year term and newcomer Jill Adams won a seat as well. 

On Friday, May 16, the fourth-seeded Eagles hosted the fifth-seeded Ballston Spa in quarterfinals in the Section 2, Class B flag football sectionals. The Eagles had an easy time with the Scotties as they dug in for a 32-to-6 victory.

Last Thursday, May 15, the Bethlehem Unified basketball squad traveled to Niskayuna to take on the Silver Warriors Unified. The Eagles didn’t shoot well in the first half but found their shot in the second half but fell, 33 to 25.

A 5-megawatt solar facility at 354 South Albany Road in Selkirk has been largely constructed after getting town approval three years ago, but the developers ran up on their deadline for the special-use permit and needed approvals for some unanticipated changes to the project. 

BETHLEHEM — Sections of the Quality Inn in Glenmont were evacuated on Tuesday, May 13, police say, because of threatening calls while police negotiated for several hours with the man staying at the inn who was making the calls.

BETHLEHEM — To help the Bethlehem Public Library navigate the outcome of the overwhelming defeat of its $37 million proposed capital project last winter, four candidates are vying for two seats of the library’s board of trustees. 

The seats come with a five-year term on the seven-member board. 

On Monday, May 12, the Bethlehem boys’ tennis squad, the top-seed, hosted Albany, the eighth-seed, in the quarterfinals of the Section 2, Class AA sectionals. The Eagles swept away the Falcons, 9-0, to advance to Tuesday’s semifinals against Niskayuna.

About 150 protesters gathered in clusters on Saturday at Elm Avenue Park in Bethlehem to protest an Albany County Republican Committee fundraising event featuring Congresswoman Elise Stefanik who has hinted at running for governor.

A Delmar woman was charged with manslaughter on May 9 after, State Police say, she was driving drunk, causing a fatal wrong-way crash.

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