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Mar
03

It’s not just the thought that counts


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This week, The Spotlight brings you news that the Bethlehem Central Teachers Association Union is in talks with school officials about the possibility of renegotiating its contract in the face of a global financial catastrophe that is threatening jobs in every market.
Good for them... Continue Reading


CATEGORY: General Society

TAGS: Bethlehem, teachers, school budget

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Mar
03

Tough time for sex offenders


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It’s time for New York to get serious about sex offenders.
The town of Colonie is on the right track with its task force charged with penning a local law restricting where sex offenders could live. The task force, a group of two Albany County legislators and three Town Board members, was created in response to Colonie becoming a “sex-offender dumping ground” for the county — there is an “over-concentration” of offenders, according to Town Supervisor Paula Mahan, in a few of the motels lining Central Avenue.
The task force helped design a local law that, if enacted, would force registered sex offenders residing in the town to move 1,500 feet from one another... Continue Reading


CATEGORY: General Society

TAGS: sex offender, spotlight, colonie

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