http://spotlightnews.com/blogs Each week Spotlight Newspapers takes a stand on local issues. You may agree or disagree. This is a forum where you can have your say. en-us 60 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:26:00 -0700 Spotlight's View We at The Spotlight are big fans of shared services. Whether it’s in the realm of school districts, municipal services like infrastructure maintenance or emergency services, we http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1249565160 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1249565160 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:24:24 -0700 Spotlight's View We at The Spotlight would like to congratulate the members of the Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band for making it to the Piping Live! Glasgow International piping Festival and The World http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1249565064 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1249565064 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:23:11 -0700 Spotlight's View The Capital District is coming out of its economic slump — or it will in upcoming months — or it won’t — or the slump that occurred/is occurring in the Capital District http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1249564991 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1249564991 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:21:23 -0700 Spotlight's View The Town of Bethlehem wants your input tonight on farmland preservation, and you should give it to them. At 6:30 p.m. at Bethlehem Town Hall, Senior Planner Rob Leslie will http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1249564883 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1249564883 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:31:38 -0700 Spotlight's View Faced with declining revenues, the Saratoga Springs City Council is looking to place a $2 surcharge on Live Nation events held at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. In other http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1248449498 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1248449498 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:30:01 -0700 Spotlight's View The public rarely notices when the right thing is done in half-measures. Last week, the Colonie Town Board did right by its citizens by adopting a more stringent noise http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1248449401 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1248449401 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:28:50 -0700 Spotlight's View Last week, The Spotlight brought you news of some flap over the makeup of the Town of Guilderland’s zoning review committee. (A story, by the way, in which the last line was http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1248449330 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1248449330 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:21:18 -0700 Spotlight's View Assemblyman Jim Tedisco has proposed a law that would allow voters to petition for a recall of their elected officials. The law would require 50,000 signatures for the recall of http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1247692878 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1247692878 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:19:20 -0700 Spotlight's View Town of Colonie officials have proposed a licensing and points system to help control the town’s growing number of sex offenders and to address the so-called sex-offender “hot http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1247692760 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1247692760 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:16:54 -0700 Spotlight's View Bethlehem 2.0 When the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the procedure was not Web-cast. It was not uploaded to YouTube, and news of http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1247692614 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1247692614 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:06:43 -0700 Spotlight's View Imagine you sit down to watch your favorite baseball team play in the World Series. The star pitcher on your squad takes the field, scuffs up the mound a little bit, sizes up the http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1246475203 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1246475203 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:46:41 -0700 Spotlight's View They’re cheaper and probably of the same quality as the stuff you can get here in the States. It’s too bad they’re illegal. We’re talking, of course, about Canadian drugs, http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1245962801 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1245962801 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:08:50 -0800 Spotlight's View 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 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1236114530 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1236114530 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:06:57 -0800 Spotlight's View 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 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1236114417 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1236114417 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:39:28 -0700 Spotlight's View Visitors to the Spotlight Newspapers Web site may have noticed that some changes have taken place recently. In an effort to produce an online community that promotes interaction http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1223048368 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1223048368 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:38:21 -0700 Spotlight's View Graffiti law won’t make any mark In September, hot on the heels of legislating what kinds of fats its citizens could ingest, Albany County officials decided to regulate the sale http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1223048301 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1223048301 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:35:05 -0700 Spotlight's View It’s slow; time-consuming; strenuous for some, exhausting for others; frustratingly inefficient, if you’re inclined to think about it in those terms; and was outdated as a form http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1223048105 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1223048105 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:39:02 -0700 Spotlight's View Albany County is regulating baked goods. Starting next year, all fried foods served in restaurants and other food service establishments in Albany County must be cooked in oils http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1218746342 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1218746342 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:50:51 -0700 Spotlight's View Regardless of your motivation, it’s time to start living a little “greener.” Whether it’s because of the environment, because of your wallet, or both, the time has come to http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1218221451 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1218221451 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:04:25 -0700 Spotlight's View We ask a lot from our elected officials, more so than from ourselves, really. We ask that they be flawless in their character; that they be sound in their judgment; and that http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1217001865 http://spotlightnews.com/blogs/editorial/view_blog.php?blog_id=1217001865