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, 09 Feb 2010 11:57:37 -0500 K-12 Education Kelly Ryan, a science teacher at Shaker High School, wants her students to practice forging checks. She had them do this as part of the school's http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265734657 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265734657 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:21:20 -0500 General Society On Saturday, Feb. 6, young Guilderland musicians performed at the high school's annual pops concert, which featured 400 performers from the http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265667680 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265667680 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:18:53 -0500 General Society The Albany County Stop-DWI program held its second DWI-sweep of the year from 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5 to 5 a.m. Monday Feb. 8. A total of 1,048 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265667533 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265667533 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:39:23 -0500 Charity & Activism Democratic Rotterdam Town Supervisor Frank Del Gallo will be locked up on trumped up charges of activism during the Muscular Dystrophy Association's http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265661563 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265661563 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:20:27 -0500 General Society Few organizations whose budget is dependent on state spending are happy with Gov. David Paterson's 2010 budget proposal, and that includes those http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265660427 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265660427 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:26:49 -0500 Government The Schenectady County Legislature will field resolutions to reform health care for those affected by autism and support of state legislation to http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265657209 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265657209 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:19:54 -0500 General Society Area collector sports a license plate from every state Greg Bradt, 30, has a license plate from every state and every Canadian province, http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265635194 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265635194 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:07:43 -0500 General Society A Ballston Spa woman accused of stabbing her husband in November pleaded not guilty in Saratoga County Court Friday, Feb. 5, to charges that she http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265404063 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265404063 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:23:35 -0500 General Society Emergency responders were at the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Route 32 at LaGrange Lane in Feura Bush at about 6:15 a.m. The people were http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265397815 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265397815 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:05:55 -0500 General Education Next year's budget unlikely to offer relief Few would question the tenacity and dedication of Bethlehem Central's student athletes, but if http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265396755 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265396755 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:51:14 -0500 General Education Officials at the Bethlehem Central School District said at a Wednesday, Feb. 3, meeting at the Board of Education that this year's foray into full http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265316674 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265316674 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:25:02 -0500 General Business Putting a roof over it was the ticket, said Eugene Weiss, long-timer owner of the Latham Circle Mall. In 1973 Weiss purchased the shopping center http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265307902 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265307902 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:56:45 -0500 General Society Edna Nieves' Shetland Sheepdog Rupert has been missing since 11:30 Monday night, and was last seen near Kenwood and Union Avenue in the Slingerlands http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265234205 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265234205 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:33:29 -0500 Charity & Activism On Monday, Jan. 25 Pure Elements Organic Salon sponsored a fundraiser for a local family displaced by a Jan. 5 fire that caused severe damage to both http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265225609 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1265225609