Bill Toscano
The Post-Star
Glens Falls, NY, United States
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Looking back at local history: Feb. 10
Take a look back at local history. Here are the top stories for Feb. 10 from one, five and 10 years ago. → Read More
Looking back at local history: Oct. 23
Take a look back at local history. Here are the top stories for Oct. 23 from one, five and 10 years ago. → Read More
Looking back at local history: Oct. 9
Take a look back at local history. Here are the top stories for Oct. 9 from one, five and 10 years ago. → Read More
Granville school district receives Advanced Placement honor
GRANVILLE — Granville Central School District was the only district in the region and one of only 26 in the state to earn a spot on the College Board’s eighth → Read More
South Glens Falls schools expect impact from tax settlement
SOUTH GLENS FALLS — School officials have reluctantly accepted a tax settlement with SCA Americas and are now focusing on how to deal with the shortfall the settlement will cause. → Read More
BLOG: Gov. Cuomo focuses on child hunger
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans for Wednesday’s State of the State speech, he has been releasing information on specific proposals, and Thursday, he turned his attention to hunger and school → Read More
Region heads into a deep freeze
When your family runs a hardware store in upstate New York, you learn the ebb and flow of the weather. → Read More
BLOG: Deadline for South High Marathon Dance is Jan. 1
Applications for individuals and organizations that wish to benefit from the South High Marathon dance are due Jan. 1. → Read More
UPDATED: Police search for woman after robbery in Minerva
MINERVA — Multiple police agencies in Essex County were searching for a woman who State Police said robbed a family owned store and struck one of the owners with a → Read More
Still no cause determined in Bolton fire
BOLTON — Fire officials still do not have a cause for a Friday night fire that destroyed a house at 521 New Vermont Road a local family had been remodeling → Read More
Extreme cold on tap for week and into New Year
Weather forecasters say there won’t be any additional snow until Saturday at the earliest, but there will be more than enough cold to go around this week. → Read More
Adirondack Chamber begins search for new leader
GLENS FALLS — The Board of Directors of the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce has launched the search for the Chamber’s next president and chief executive officer. → Read More
Fort Edward: Bad news on future school budgets
FORT EDWARD — A consultant who works with school districts all over the state painted a grim picture for the Fort Edward Board of Education last week. → Read More
Memories of military Christmases past
Emil Lindstrand of Queensbury and Henry Gurney of Whitehall remember spending Christmas Day 1944 “just trying to stay alive.” → Read More
SUNY Adirondack moves ahead on lockdown system
QUEENSBURY — Campus officers at SUNY Adirondack will be wearing body cameras and carrying Tasers when students return next semester, according to the latest reports from school officials. → Read More
Donors help make season bright
The week before Christmas was a week of giving. → Read More
Culinary program to expand restaurant experience downtown
QUEENSBURY — In 2003, when Matt Bolton was a student in the culinary arts program at what was then Adirondack Community College, he had six classmates and went to classes → Read More
Bolton school officials pull back to consider next steps
BOLTON — School officials are examining their options after back-to-back referendum defeats for a school expansion. → Read More
BLOG: Rounding up school news
Here’s another look at school news from around the region: → Read More
Cambridge teacher develops floating classroom
CAMBRIDGE — Southern Washington County is landlocked farmland, but that has not kept Cambridge Central School teacher Steve Butz from adding a floating classroom to the school inventory of teaching → Read More