It’s unclear how the Scotia-Glenville school district plans to close a $2.8 million budget gap following Monday’s board of education meeting, where a majority of members said they would prefer to stay below the state-mandated property tax cap and preserve all academic programming. Read MoreAmid budget woes, Scotia-Glenville school board works on gap
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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced $1.1 million in grants for 22 community colleges across the state in order to bolster adult education programming, including those located in the Capital Region, Mohawk Valley and Hudson Valley.
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SCHENECTADY — Union College has tapped a Rhodes Scholar with years of academic leadership experience to be its 20th president.
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STILLWATER - Photos from Sunday's Swiftie Brunch at The Hideaway at Saratoga Lake Golf Club in Stillwater, Feb. 23, 2025.
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The male suspect from Washington Irving School has since been charged with a misdemeanor count of aggravated harassment, according to a news release.
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SCHENECTADY — The Schenectady City School District is mum on claims from the Schenectady Republican Party that City Councilman Damonni Farley is on a leave of absence from his position as a community outreach specialist with the school district for alleged misconduct.
Staff reductions are possible as officials from the Scotia-Glenville school district grapple with how to close a $2.8 million budget gap for the 2025-26 academic year.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS — Winston Grady-Willis is in the midst of the second stint at Skidmore College in his nearly four-decade-long career as an educator.
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AMSTERDAM — The Amsterdam Free Library is focused on taking operations to the next level while elevating other libraries in the region since becoming the central library for the Mohawk Valley Library System at the start of the year.
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Bite-sized is a regular feature highlighting local food festivals, special events, menu changes, restaurant news and more. Let’s dig in.
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The New York State United Teachers was joined by the New York State Education Department, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the National Board Council of New York to honor New York state’s Class of 2024 National Board…
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SCHENECTADY - Students at Schenectady's Van Corlaer Elementary School were briefly moved to another district school after a power outage Friday morning, district officials said.
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An influential conservative social media outlet with 4.2 million followers nationally is criticizing the Niskayuna School District’s diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI] policy.
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GE Vernova Foundation is launching a scholarship program that will provide $100,000 for vocational and technical training for current and prospective workers at its Schenectady plant.
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A special panel created last year to examine issues within the Scotia-Glenville athletics department amid calls to oust the school district’s athletics director is set to meet for the first time later this month.
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SCHENECTADY — Time is running out for Messa Rink at Achilles Center as the home of the Union College men’s and women’s hockey teams.
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White House officials are in the process of drafting an executive order to gut the U.S. Department of Education’s non-statute programs. President Donald Trump will need congressional approval in order to kill the bureau.
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SCOTIA-GLENVILLE — A more than century-old school building poised to be demolished to make room for electric buses at the Scotia-Glenville schools transportation facility may be saved thanks to state intervention.
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A former Greenwich Central School District superintendent is stepping into the role once again in the interim in Galway.