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By Alyssa Jung/Marcy Velte newsenterprise@denpubs.com ALBANY — President Barack Obama says job creation is key to a full economic revival. On a Tuesday, May 8 visit to Albany, the president said the Capital District is doing everything right to make economic success happen sooner rather than later. “The reason I came here today is because this school and community represents the future of our economy,” said Obama. Standing under bright lights in NanoFab X, a $365 million computer chip manufacturing lab still under construction at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Obama praised the high tech work being done there and deemed it a valuable part of the nation’s future progress and a model for the rest of the country. “Right now, some of the most advanced manufacturing work in America is being done right here in our state of New York. Cutting edge businesses from all over the
A paddler negotiates the rapids on the Hudson River Saturday, May 5 during the 55th Annual White Water Derby slalom races between gates 17 and 18 at North River. The Derby continued on Sunday, May 6 with a Down River Race from North Creek to Riparius. Photo by Andy Flynn
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By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — School district officials throughout the region are asking voters to approve their proposed 2012-13 budgets on Tuesday, May 15. Here are the proposed budget and tax levy numbers for the five school districts in the News Enterprise readership area, plus the times and places for voting.
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Proposed budget: $5,040,939 Current budget: $4,986,001 Budget increase: $54,938, or 1.1 percent Proposed tax levy: $3,210,401 Current tax levy: $3,118,040 Tax levy increase: $92,361, or 2.96 percent CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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NORTH CREEK — In a ritual as old as modern public education, candidates for office stood before their peers a final time to win votes. Were these aspirants for Johnsburg Central School student council, there would have been altruistic pledges, nervous giggles, support-
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Though stiff at the podium, DeGroat tacked with charm: “There’s nothing special about me.” She said that like everyone in the district, she cared deeply about the school and the community. DeGroat focused on the intimate size of Johnsburg Central and of many of its classes, a trait that increasingly harsh economics might reverse. CONTINUED ON PAGE 13
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for two open three-year board of education seats. Each recited their qualifications, pledged fealty to student achievement and made plain their oneness with struggling taxpayers. There was no applause. Speaking this week were Rachel DeGroat, Tony Moro and incumbent Mark Richards. Candidate Amy Sabattis was out of town and could not attend.
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ive shouts by cliques and pockets of carefully cultivated boredom. Had this been a Johnsburg school board election or budget meeting of two years ago, the building's cafetorium would have been crowded and politically charged. But the combined board-candidate and budget meeting Monday, May 7, was neither. A small audience, still as tap water, listened to three of the four candidates vying
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Proposed budget: $9,697,932 Current budget: $9,856,704 Budget decrease: $158,772, or 1.61 percent Proposed tax levy: $5,281,143 Current tax levy: $5,249,280 Tax levy increase: $31,863, or .61 percent State tax levy cap: $5,281,143 Percent: .61 Estimated tax rate: $8.43 per $1,000 assessed Propositions: School Bus Purchase of
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