Photos: Barber's Farm stand opens
Located behind Passonno Paints, off Western Ave, in Guilderland, Barber's Farm stand opened for the season on June 26. Open M-F 12-5:30.
View ArticlePhotos: 5 Rivers new visitor center
5 Rivers, located in Bethlehem and New Scotland, unveiled a brand new visitor center.
View ArticleGuilderland graduates advised to tell the truth, seize the moment
Concern for material success was not a dominant theme of the speeches at Guilderland’s commencement ceremony on June 24, 2017. Instead, speakers advised graduates to speak the truth, learn to listen,...
View ArticlePhotos: Guilderland graduates, 2017
Guilderland students graduated in a ceremony held June 24 in the SEFCU Arena.
View ArticleFarming may provide option to cover student debt
As high schoolers graduate and head off to college, they may soon begin racking up college debt. But farming may provide an opportunity to alleviate student debt in New York State.
View ArticleBKW could one day offer college courses in high school
Districts like at Cobleskill-Richmondville are currently letting students take college courses from the State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill in the high...
View ArticleBKW student hooks fishing scholarship
KNOX — Brad Ableman, who is 17, has been fishing since he was “old enough to cast a rod and reel,” and has wanted to be like the professional anglers he has followed over the years. Now, he’s getting...
View ArticleBKW commencement advises selflessness, and a little more soap
At the Berne-Knox-Westerlo graduation, speakers looked two ways: back at the graduates’ past experiences at BKW, and also to their future paths in life.
View ArticleHanley leaves tarantula behind, takes love of outdoors with him
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Salutatorian Liam Hanley has grown up doing activities outdoors in the Hilltowns. He now gets to pursue his love of the outdoors and his skills in math and science studying at the...
View ArticleFerraino seeks path to help others
Berne-Knox-Westerlo valedictorian Michelle Ferraino was once unsure about the new school she was starting at when she was 10. Now, she speaks of a place with resilient and compassionate students and...
View ArticleMusic propels 95 Voorheesville graduates into the future
The valedictorian spoke on the importance of hard work; the salutatorian on the need to stay true to self; and the keynote speaker, science teacher Kenneth Young, gave the 95 graduates a self-care list...
View ArticleCanfora, ‘a people person,’ plans a career in medicine
Madison Rose Canfora credits her family for her success. Voorheesville’s salutatorian plans to study medicine at Duke University, which she chose for its balance between social and academic life.
View ArticleGoldfarb relishes ‘the team dynamic’
“How do you express your feelings for a place that’s done so much for you?” asks Voorheesville’s valedictorian, Abigail Keating Goldfarb. She has loved school since the start and will carry her passion...
View ArticleGraduation, like education, should be inclusive
Not only should schools celebrate students with disabilities at graduation ceremonies, they should include and support these students from the start of their education.
View ArticleBadillo-Vasquez charged under Leandra’s Law
GUILDERLAND — A New Hampshire woman, Brenda Badillo-Vasquez, was charged on June 30 under Leandra’s Law.
View ArticleLeader of credit-card scheme at Crossgates sentenced
GUILDERLAND — Jamal Linton, whom police call the ringleader in a counterfeit credit-card scheme at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland, was sentenced on July 5 to one-and-a-third to four years in state...
View ArticleGrace Church holds Huge Summer Book Sale
A Huge Summer Book Sale — with between 35,000 to 40,000 titles to choose from, both fiction and non-fiction — will be held this month at Grace United Methodist Church at 16 Hillcrest Drive in...
View ArticleFlutist O’Mara, scholarship winner, to perform with town band
GUILDERLAND — Flutist Kathleen O’Mara will perform Claude Bolling’s “Sentimentale” accompanied by the Guilderland Town Band, July 13, at 7:30 at the Guilderland Performing Arts Center in Tawasentha...
View ArticleProposed solid-waste regs open for public comment
Public comments will be accepted through July 21 on proposed revisions by the Department of Environmental Conservation to the state’s Solid Waste Management Regulations, commonly known as Part 360.The...
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