High school seniors said goodbye to their alma maters this past week, to embark on a journey wide-eyed and, in many cases, with timid first steps. The anxiety over the last of those final exams only...
School districts and boards must disclose terms of discharge or separation for the good of all students, not just ours We now teach our children “when you see something, say something.” We also...
We in the newspaper industry are no strangers to the fact that today’s public consumes information differently these days. How people choose to find news, or to communicate with their peers, has...
We live in divisive times when the ties that bind all of as Americans seem to have unraveled. Just when we have an apparent stronghold on what we believe define the principals in which the Founding...
#Editorial #OurVoice #MichaelHallisey #SpotlightNews This is where we’re obligated to wish everyone a joyous and prosperous new year, but the truth is, there are too many of us who place too much...
#Editorial #OurVoice #MichaelHallisey The majority of us learned how to drive in high school, which means a lot of our habits were established while we were teenagers. Stop if you remember you and...
#Editorial #OurVoice #SpotlightNews The 2018 Albany County budget is $678.6 million. The Town of Colonie is proposing a $96.6 million budget for 2019. The South Colonie School District’s 2018-19...
#Editorial #OurVoice #MichaelHallisey #SpotlightNews It takes a village to raise a child. We’ve said that before within the context of public education. Home and property owners have a hand in the...
#Editorial #OurVoice #SpotlightNews The stress endured by our emergency responders is wide in scope. It ranges from the apparent urgency a volunteer firefighter shows in responding to a call, to the...
#Editorial #OurVoice #SpotlightNews “All the news that’s fit to print.” You recognize the slogan. It’s the New York Times’ concise mission statement. It’s a promise its editorial staff...
