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SARATOGA SPRINGS
Totenberg urges Albany Law grads to think of bigger picture
Friday, May 17, 2013
At Albany Law School’s 162nd commencement Friday morning, National Public Radio correspondent Nina Totenberg urged the graduates to consider more than just money when choosing career paths.
COBLESKILL
Teens show outdoor skills in competition
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Axes and logs were flying Thursday as more than 500 high school students converged on the SUNY Cobleskill campus for the NYS BOCES Conservation Competition.
JOHNSTOWN
Johnstown students learn of texting’s dangers
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Arrive Alive team leader Patrick Sheehy and tech assistant James Pratt set up a small Hyundai on wheel sensors, wiring the gas and brake pedals to a laptop as they have in countless locations across the country. Students wore virtual reality goggles and attempted to drive a digital course.
SCHENECTADY
Schenectady school board candidates share views
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
By the end of Wednesday’s meet-the-candidates event for Schenectady school board, listeners were simply waiting to see how one candidate would manage to squeeze “early education” into his answer.
GALWAY
Galway consolidating bus runs to save money, classroom time
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
This fall, Galway Central School District students will all ride the same buses together — kindergartners up front, seniors in the back.
GREENFIELD
Skidmore plans 8-acre solar array
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Skidmore College would like to install 18 acres of solar panels on its property on Denton Road, creating a solar array that could be the largest in the area.
CLIFTON PARK
Shenendehowa school board member Wiggins to resign
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Shenendehowa Central School District Board of Education member Mary Wiggins said Monday she intends to resign from the board, district officials said.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Study shows teen substance use in Saratoga Springs
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
There is a stark increase in drinking and marijuana use from eighth grade to ninth grade in the Saratoga Springs City School District, a study by the Prevention Council finds.
DUANESBURG
Canceled class irks Duanesburg students
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Carissa Baum, who plans to major in nursing at the SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, is among six students imploring the district’s Board of Education to give them the grades they earned in an organic chemistry class that was abruptly cancelled last winter, rather than simply assigning them a passing mark.
ALBANY
Approval for SCCC expansion into Albany on hold
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Schenectady County Community College’s plan to expand into the city of Albany hit a bump this week, as the Albany County Legislature put approval of the general contractor for the project on hold.
GLENVILLE
Girl’s love for autistic brother leads to dance
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Meredith Cuddihy has opted to skip the prom so she can escort her 16-year-old brother, Chris, to his spring dance, hosted by Wildwood Programs in Schenectady.
TROY
RPI gets $1.8M for upgrades to supercomputer
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute got $1.8 million Tuesday for upgrades to its supercomputing center that are expected to save the university more than $1 million in annual electricity costs.
WATERFORD
Waterford library budget up for vote
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Residents of the Waterford-Halfmoon Union Free School District will vote June 5 on the Waterford Public Library budget.
FORT PLAIN & CANAJOHARIE
2 school districts face different fortunes with budgets
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Fort Plain students will likely spend more time in art class over the coming year if voters approve the district’s proposed budget, but the Canajoharie Central School District, Fort Plain’s neighbor to the east, wasn’t quite as fortunate during its recent budget process.
SARATOGA
Essay on McDonald wins Profile in Courage contest
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
An Indiana high school student has won the national Profiles in Courage contest with her essay on former state Sen. Roy McDonald and his vcte for gay-marriage that cost him re-election to the New York state Legislature.
