http://www.spotlightnews.com/ 2010-03-09T06:43:40-05:00 Spotlight Newspapers Capital District News Spotlight Newspapers RSSMAKER By RYAN MUNKS http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268167420/ 2010-03-09T15:43:40-05:00 2010-03-09T15:43:40-05:00 Fire official says building from ground up is cheaper than updating facility On Thursday, Feb. 25, the Westmere Fire District held apublic By RYAN MUNKS http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268167161/ 2010-03-09T15:39:21-05:00 2010-03-09T15:39:21-05:00 Referendum will be brought before voters On Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Westmere Fire District received Zoning Board approval to build a new Spotlight Newsroom http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268165121/ 2010-03-09T15:05:21-05:00 2010-03-09T15:05:21-05:00 A University at Albany police officer was injured in a car accident at approximately 6:07 p.m. on Monday, March 8. According to police, Officer RYAN MUNKS http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268151642/ 2010-03-09T11:20:42-05:00 2010-03-09T11:20:42-05:00 It's every high school student's dream: to get back at their teachers for all the homework, tests, and lectures endured throughout the years, and By DAN SABBATINO http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267981078/ 2010-03-07T11:57:58-05:00 2010-03-07T11:57:58-05:00 Event helps raise $33,000 to assist seniors with home heating costs A charity event for Colonie seniors didn't stop the snow, but it will By SEAN AHERN http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267980649/ 2010-03-07T11:50:49-05:00 2010-03-07T11:50:49-05:00 Survey shows most expect employment to stay stable In the Capital District, 89.7 percent of the businesses see a bright future ahead for the RYAN MUNKS http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267830162/ 2010-03-05T18:02:42-05:00 2010-03-05T18:02:42-05:00 Town finds new way to deal with water waste At its Tuesday, March 2 meeting, the Guilderland Town Board authorized a $7,900 payment to the By DAN SABBATINO http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267826966/ 2010-03-05T17:09:26-05:00 2010-03-05T17:09:26-05:00 Saddlewood Elementary School teacher Kathy Tockmakis did not spend her February break relaxing on a beach. She was in Haiti with her husband, Spotlight Staff http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267803695/ 2010-03-05T10:41:35-05:00 2010-03-05T10:41:35-05:00 The Times Union Center will increase security levels back to post 9-11 levels beginning with the MAAC Tournament, March 5 through 8. According to Spotlight Newspapers http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267734214/ 2010-03-04T15:23:34-05:00 2010-03-04T15:23:34-05:00 The Shenendehowa boys basketball team gets its rematch with Christian Brothers Academy. This time, though, it will be for the Section II Class AA By KATHERINE McCARTHY http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267731826/ 2010-03-04T14:43:46-05:00 2010-03-04T14:43:46-05:00 Retired Spotlight editor Susan Graves dies at 66 The obituary was short. Two paragraphs noted that Susan Graves had died, and not a lot more. Spotlight Newsroom http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267647942/ 2010-03-03T15:25:42-05:00 2010-03-03T15:25:42-05:00 On Saturday, Feb. 27, the Westmere Fire Department, Guilderland Police Department, and the Western Turnpike Rescue Squad responded to a car fire at RYAN MUNKS http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267647589/ 2010-03-03T15:19:49-05:00 2010-03-03T15:19:49-05:00 The wave of outcry over the potential closing of Thacher Park has continued on to its third week, and is showing no signs of slowing down. After RYAN MUNKS http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267481421/ 2010-03-01T17:10:21-05:00 2010-03-01T17:10:21-05:00 The heavy snow during the night of Thursday, Feb. 25, caused the collapse of the roofs of two barns, one in the Town of Knox on Bozenkill Road, and Alyssa Jung http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267361543/ 2010-02-28T07:52:23-05:00 2010-02-28T07:52:23-05:00 Grace Gilbert is an artist. She has seen the pyramids of Egypt on a runaway camel, ate oatmeal for what she believed to be her last meal when a WWII Spotlight Newspapers http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267212524/ 2010-02-26T14:28:44-05:00 2010-02-26T14:28:44-05:00 Several area athletes earned medals at last weekend's Empire State Winter Games in Lake Placid. They are as follows: Biathlon Darwin Roosa RYAN MUNKS http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267120569/ 2010-02-25T12:56:09-05:00 2010-02-25T12:56:09-05:00 John Boyd Thacher State Park is slated to close as a result of reductions in the 2010-2011 executive budget. The announcement came Friday, Feb. 19, Spotlight Newspapers http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267046201/ 2010-02-24T16:16:41-05:00 2010-02-24T16:16:41-05:00 The family-friendly Hannaford Kidz Expo is returning this year on Saturday, March 6, with all the usual favorites, and this year, organizers are Spotlight Newspapers http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267045651/ 2010-02-24T16:07:31-05:00 2010-02-24T16:07:31-05:00 The Shaker boys indoor track and field team won the Section II Division I championship for the second consecutive year. The Blue Bison finished RYAN MUNKS http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1267045491/ 2010-02-24T16:04:51-05:00 2010-02-24T16:04:51-05:00 New Scotland's Planning Board submitted its finalized comments on 'Local Law B', also known as the size-cap law, to the Town Board on Monday, Feb.