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TWIT HTjriiTV/friTvnr ^^^^mml^m^ ; [., :. ,1- JH|..J;I,..\ m No. 43 - THURSDAY, MAY 18,2006 ****** lysyrrs-'F ****** DO NOT CLIP ANYTHING from newspapers. This is defacing library property, and anyone found doing this will be held responsible for the cost of the items defaced. 121 years Albany County's independent newspaper Dancing Days At Voorheesville m K IL^*-. • By Holly Grosch VOORHEESVILLE — The community sent a message with its vote on Tuesday night: they support its public-education pro- gram, but not the school board — well, at least not its president. Incumbent board President Joseph Pofit lost his re-election bid to newcomer Gary Hubert in a whopping 383 to 604 vote; while the budget and the .two propositions passed. The $20 million budget passed easily with 641 yes votes and 518 no votes. It represented a 4 percent increase over this year's ||: budget; and a 3.29 percent in- At Guilderland crease in the tax levy. The $190,000 proposition to fix the leaking roof at the high school passed with 761 votes to 374. And the bus proposition passed 671 to 460. A silence fell over the corridor Tuesday night as results of the school-board race were an- nounced. The hallway was occu- pied primarily by school officials and poll workers. Board mem- ber Kevin Kroencke turned around and offered a handshake to Hubert, who stood a little re- moved in the back row, while most formed a semi-circle (Continued on Page 20) Voters pass budget, elect Jfisele, Weisz, & Dubowsky By Melissa Hale-Spencer GUILDERLAND — Just over 3,400 Guilderland School District •voters turned out Tuesday to pass a $79 million budget and an $828,200 bus purchase. \ In a five-way race for three school-board seats, voters re- turned the only incumbent who was running, Richard Weisz, to the board. And, they elected two candidates who had been de- feated last year and campaigned together this year — Denise Eisele and Hy Dubowsky. \Any time the budget passes, we're very pleased,\ Superinten- dent Gregory Aidala told The Enterprise moments after the results were announced Tuesday night. \A lot of people contributed,\ he went on. \We made some changes, curtailing health insur- ance to the extent possible, and making changes in personnel.\ The superintendent concluded, \As always, the budget was a challenge. We're relieved and we thank the community for its sup- port.\ The budget passed in all five polling places, located at each of (Continued on Page 18) At BKW Budget passes on first try, Harlow is back on board The Enterprise — Melissa Hale-Spencer Getting a kick out of dancing: Guilderland Elementary students, their families, and their teachers enjoy performing this Danish dance Friday evening, one of many dances they learned from around the world. Towards the center, with high-stepping white sneakers, is physical education teacher Deb Wein, who helped organize the event. g ee more inside Development dilemma Is Guilderland as 'good as Dehnar?' By Jarrett Carroll GUILDERLAND — Dozens of residents came out to town hall on Tuesday night to voice their opinions on three controversial re-zones. The town board held the public hearings on what it is calling \spot zoning\ in two places. The re-zones could change 2026 and 2028 Western Ave., where a new restaurant was approved, from Local Business to Business Non-Retail Profes- sional (BN-RP). The areas within the Normanskill Flood Plain, near Church Road, could be re-zoned from RO-40, a resi- dential zone with a minimum size of 40,0000 square feet, to RA-3, a zone which is meant to promote low-impact development patterns to conserve natural resources. These re-zones would limit fu- ture commercial development at the Western Avenue locations and increase the minimum lot size from one to three acres for development in the flood plain. Supervisor Kenneth Runion told The Enterprise earlier that a (Continued on Page 23) By Matt Cook BERNE — For the first time in three years, the Berne-Knox- Westerlo School District budget passed on the first vote. At the election Tuesday, the $18.5 million budget proposal for the 2006-07 school year received almost 56 percent of the vote, 590 to 468. The budget repre- sents a 5.9 percent increase over this year's budget. In the four-way race for the school board, former member John Harlow reclaimed the one seat available. Harlow got 266 votes, while his closest opponent, college-bound BKW senior Judd Krasher, earned 241. Robert Rue and Leo Vane received 224 and 218 votes, respectively. Though the budget hasn't been voted down entirely, in the pre- vious two years, it failed on the first vote and passed narrowly on a re-vote in June. If a school budget fails two elections, the district is forced into a contin- gency budget capped by the state. BKW Superintendent Steven Schrade attributed this year's budget Victory to the low tax levy increase, 2.4 percent. A larger- than-normal amount of state aid helped keep costs down, school officials have Said. Also, Schrade noted, there are no controversial issues in the- district that could cause angry residents to vote against the budget. Last year, after the school board closed the elemen- tary school in Westerlo, signs in the Hilltowns appeared at elec- tion time, urging voters to \re- member the Westerlo school.\ (Continued on Page 19) Inside this week's edition starting on page.... Opinion | Page 21 News |Pag»»l Community Calendar Nei4| Classifieds [Pajelsl Sports Ne3o I •; I I'I |v...
