Category: Media Coverage
When my first son was born 21 years ago, we proudly named him Daniel. On a whim I started doing some research into our family history, hunting for Daniels. My dad had a great uncle named Dan, and in the archives of the Brooklyn Eagle I learned that D Read More
The Kingston school district’s assistant director of special education services will begin a two-week transition next week to the job of interim principal at Edward R. Crosby Elementary School. Kimberly Terwilliger will take over for departing P Read More
The University at Albany is under an unprecedented financial squeeze. Entire programs in foreign languages are being eliminated due to budget cuts, and 160 job losses are looming. Students are protesting, and lawmakers are railing against what the Read More
A dinner to celebrate the season of Christmas for town of Pomfret Zoning and Planning Board members and its employees was paid for with taxpayer dollars. On Dec. 19, town Supervisor Don Steger signed off on a purchase order and voucher in the amou Read More
The Guilderland school district will have to close an estimated $4.2 million budget gap next year. In North Colonie, officials are considering phasing out the Maplewood elementary school. The Schodack and Ichabod Crane school districts are mulling a Read More
Mayor Bloomberg’s proposals to reduce the cost of pensions for city employees are coming under fire today not only from public employee unions, city government ’s perennial adversary in matters of wages and pensions, but from a conservative analy Read More
No wonder the state has a $10 billion budget deficit. The number of retired state employees pulling down pensions of more than $100,000 surged a startling 43 percent last year, from 1,059 in 2009 to 1,513, according to the state Comptroller's Offi Read More