Three candidates are seeking two Board of Education seats at the May 21 vote. The seats each carry three-year terms and are unpaid. Each candidate collected at least 40 signatures by the today’s deadline to get on the ballot. Colleen R. Benedetto, of 513 Charles Street, is seeking a fifth term. She works as an …
Nutritionist Jodi Fitz, creator of the Price Chopper Kids Cooking Club, came to Glendaal to show the students how to make healthy, nutritious Sun’s Up Smoothies. She shared tips about healthy eating and taught the students how to make Sun’s Up Smoothies. They learned about natural sugars, balanced nutrition and then had to try and …
Last Saturday, nearly 50 students in the GIVE service learning program at the high school rolled up their sleeves and created meal packages that will feed 14,000 people in need across the world. The effort, through Rise Against Hunger, was the fourth time S-G students have joined the effort. “It’s not only fun with my …
Kindergarten students at Sacandaga had a feathered visitor on Friday as the Northeast Avian Rescue brought a “baby” to school. The students, in Vicky Milkins’, Melissa Peterson’s and Kim Lavery’s classes, had a visit from “Baby,” a parrot brought by Jill Lewis from NEAR. With Lewis was Betsy Messenger, the volunteer coordinator and humane educator …
The Board of Education on Monday accepted a proposal from Field Turf of Calhoun, Georgia, to install the new synthetic, multi-turf field that was part of the capital project approved by the community last May. The amount was $2,274,819. It is expected that the project will break ground in mid-May and be complete by late …
Approved state budget increases education funding by $1 billion, enacts permanent property tax levy limit New York lawmakers have approved a state budget for 2019-20 that increases education funding by just over $1 billion and makes permanent the state’s property tax levy limit law, or tax cap. The newly approved $175 billion state budget calls …
COMMENT: My sixth grader wants to try out for tennis next year. Where can we get information about this? Also, are there informational meetings about sports that 6th graders can attend? RESPONSE: Geoffrey Olson, the varsity tennis coach, does provide opportunities for 7th graders to play modified tennis, so this child would be eligible next …
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