http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/ Spotlight News is news that affects the reader: local events, local taxes, local politics, local schools, local business, friends and neighbors. en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 07:02:09 -0700 Your local news For the first time in seven years, Guilderland High School went to the finals in the mock trial system Wednesday, April 23, placing second in the http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tT1210686819t48299d6350920 http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tT1210686819t48299d6350920 Tue, 13 May 2008 06:51:41 -0700 Your local news That birdseed hanging outside your home may attract more than a cardinal or robin, and that goes for your trash cans, too, as hungry black bears have http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tB1210686372t48299ba4ef431 http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tB1210686372t48299ba4ef431 Tue, 13 May 2008 06:46:09 -0700 Your local news Oregon poet David Barker has never been to Saratoga Springs, but one of his poems has. He isn't a Pulitzer winner, or an academic or a student. http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tA1210686212t48299b046b6d0 http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tA1210686212t48299b046b6d0 Tue, 13 May 2008 06:38:13 -0700 Top Story Though the planned expansion of the David R. Meager Community Center in Malta will be energy efficient and eco-friendly, the Town of Malta will not http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tZ1210685783t48299957b24bc http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tZ1210685783t48299957b24bc Tue, 13 May 2008 05:28:43 -0700 Your local news The Schenectady County Legislature will consider a transfer of property and the construction of an access road that would allow work to begin later http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tV1210681597t482988fdde2c0 http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tV1210681597t482988fdde2c0 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:25:44 -0700 Your local news Time has run out for a former Scotia antiques shop owner who has been out of business but still occupies his Mohawk Avenue location. Owner Robert http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tM1210681358t4829880e41fbd http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tM1210681358t4829880e41fbd Tue, 13 May 2008 05:19:34 -0700 Your local news More than $1,680 was raised for the Autism Society of America during a fundraiser Thursday, May 1, at Clifton Park Center's Aubin Gallery. The http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tR1210680952t482986786b6cd http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tR1210680952t482986786b6cd Wed, 07 May 2008 01:00:41 -0700 Your local news It's a dirty job - but somebody's got to do it. Some of the town's sewer pump stations have been in active service since they were built in http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tO1210190318t482209ee9c414 http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tO1210190318t482209ee9c414 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:58:36 -0700 Your local news On her way to work in the morning, Mary Zumbo drops her mother, Janice Zumbo, off at the Bright Horizons day care program for seniors. Then, she gets http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tF1210190177t4822096109c50 http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tF1210190177t4822096109c50 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:56:15 -0700 Your local news After some debate, the Guilderland Board of Education voted at the Tuesday, April 29, meeting to begin a limited public forum policy for the http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tI1210190069t482208f5641a0 http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tI1210190069t482208f5641a0 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:54:26 -0700 Your local news There will be a barbecue, rock music, a parade and fireworks. It's not the Fourth of July yet, but Niska-Day is near. The 27th annual http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tD1210189984t482208a027122 http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tD1210189984t482208a027122 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:53:00 -0700 Your local news Luis Lupi, of Rotterdam, didn't attend his senior prom at Draper High School because he was serving his country in the Army during World War http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tG1210189878t48220836a6056 http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tG1210189878t48220836a6056 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:51:16 -0700 Your local news Glenville Supervisor Frank Quinn said at the Wednesday, April 21, Board of Trustees meeting that he attributes the higher-than-anticipated fund http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tT1210189756t482207bc33462 http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tT1210189756t482207bc33462 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:49:13 -0700 Your local news Nearly every seat in the meeting room of the Malta Town Hall was occupied on the evening of Monday, May 5, as the town's residents turned out for an http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tX1210189606t4822072650924 http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tX1210189606t4822072650924 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:46:43 -0700 Your local news A unified vision for the development of downtown Malta remains elusive after a Wednesday, April 30, public workshop on the issue. Though two projects http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tI1210189483t482206abde2c2 http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tI1210189483t482206abde2c2 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:44:41 -0700 Your local news Residents and visitors to Jonesville may hear the ringing of the old Grace Episcopal Church bell once again when the Jonesville Cemetery Association http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tQ1210189343t4822061fb23ac http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tQ1210189343t4822061fb23ac Wed, 07 May 2008 12:42:21 -0700 Your local news Four residents of the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake School District will vie for three open seats on the district's Board of Education. During a http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tA1210189165t4822056d1388e http://spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tA1210189165t4822056d1388e Wed, 07 May 2008 06:21:20 -0700 Top Story What do you do with $300 worth of used cans and bottles? If you're a kindergartener at The Albany Academies, you use them to buy a tree. As part http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tA1210166293t4821ac15975f7 http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/article.php?article_id=tA1210166293t4821ac15975f7 Tue, 06 May 2008 06:48:52 -0700 Top Story Aaron Dean, 4, likes to play with beads and do puzzles. 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