Grafton News

The 81st annual Phillips Reunion of the descendents of Rodney and Phoebe Monro Phillips from Grafton .

What we are, that only can we see. All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do.

“The general consensus of the parents is that our kids are receiving a better education in the smaller schools”

School officials approved a plan this week to close the Grafton and the Stephentown elementary schools within two years, though they have yet to decide where the students will go. via Times Union

“There are specific rules for computer software depending on whether it has been developed internally, purchased as part of the hardware, or has a specified life (as) per a license agreement”

Dear FSB: I keep hearing about depreciation. As an IT consultant and single-member LLC, I buy a fair amount of computer hardware and some software, which can lose its value very quickly. via CNN Money

Two young girls are safe and sound after a scary situation in Grafton. The Rensselaer County Sheriff's office says the two girls disappeared near Clause Road just after eight o'clock tonight. via WTEN

“I am confident the Saratoga-Capital Region and the State Parks system as a whole will profit from her experience, leadership and vision.”

Alane Chinian will leave Saratoga PLAN next month to become director of the state's parks and historic sites in the extended Capital Region, state officials will announce today. via Times Union

A Grafton, N.Y., man was sentenced in Bennington District Court on Friday for failing to notify the state sex offender registry that he was in Vermont. via The Bennington Banner

“I think we have been somewhat insulated as far as what else is going on in the country.”

Local real estate brokers disagree about the state of the housing market in Rensselaer County. via Daily Freeman

“We're going to the Grand Canyon this week. I hope it's done before then”

The absentee ballots have been tallied and political showdowns continue. In the case of Schodack town supervisor, both candidates arrived Tuesday to review the incredible amount of write-in votes cast for the ... via The Record

Write-in candidate Ray Lemka held on to a 10-vote lead in the Schodack supervisor's race Tuesday after the Rensselaer County Board of Elections counted absentee votes in the tight election. via Times Union

“We're very optimistic that Greg is going to be declared the victor at the end of it. However, we do anticipate having to go to court at the end of the day and that it will be another couple of weeks until it is completed. "It's a process”

An impending court battle over who will be the next Rensselaer County district attorney loomed Tuesday as the first of more than 2,000 paper ballots were opened. via The Record

“What they forgot to do, at the end of the night, was to deduct that number.”

The tight race for Rensselaer County district attorney further narrowed Wednesday as Republican Gregory Cholakis' lead over Democrat Richard McNally dwindled amid several possible election night vote-counting ... via The Record

“I've never seen anything like it.”

Drums sounded. Monks chanted. And prayers of peace and unity echoed through the eastern Rensselaer County hills as men, women and children of all faiths celebrated the Grafton Peace Pagoda's 14th anniversary at ... via The Record

“When I was younger, I was looking around and questioning why there was so much suffering in the world”

The Grafton Peace Pagoda's 14th anniversary ceremony on Saturday will feature Dennis Banks, the internationally-known founder of the American Indian movement and a member of the Anishinabe Nation. via The Record