Former Slingerlands neurologist Phillip Riback out of prison
Phillip Riback in Albany County Court in December 2009. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union) Editor’s note: I’m posting this entry to the Bethlehem blog for two reasons. Riback lived in town, and many...
View ArticleLost and found: Jacket from the 1940s
Photo from Bethlehem Central School District Website Originally posted on the Local Arts blog. This is a little off topic from the usual stuff posted on this arts and entertainment blog, but I can’t...
View ArticleTom Little awarded a posthumous Medal of Freedom
President Barack Obama comforts Libby Little, the wife of Dr. Tom Little, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP photo) By Associated Press Tom Little, the Bethlehem...
View ArticleUpdate: New BOE member sworn in
The Bethlehem Central School District Board of Education filled a vacancy by swearing in Joanne Cunningham at last night’s meeting to fill the seat vacated by Laura Ladd Bierman. There originally were...
View ArticleTax increase, rainy day fund balance Bethlehem school budget
By Cathleen Crowley Special education, teacher salaries and their retirement fund are driving a $2.2 million increase in the 2014-2015 Bethlehem school budget. The school district has proposed a $92.6...
View ArticleRandom drug searches coming to the high school
Education reporter Bethany Bump wrote this story for the Times Union today. I wonder if any parent has an issue with the school administration conducting random drug searches in the high school....
View ArticleBethlehem High principal put on leave
Bethlehem High School Principal Scott Landry, fourth from left. (Times Union file photo) Breaking news out of the high school: Principal Scott Landry is on leave. Earlier today, he spoke with our...
View ArticleSupport Unified Sports in Bethlehem: Home game on Tuesday
Last year, Jennifer Gish wrote a column about Unified Sports, “Unified sports programs give all a chance.” An excerpt: At a time when youth athletics has spiraled into something more closely resembling...
View ArticleBuy art, support kids around the world
Want to support education for poor kids? Go to the International Art Auction, held Thursday, May 26th, 6:30 p.m. at the Bethlehem Middle School, and bid on some of the lots of artwork, rare coins,...
View ArticlePhotos: Bethlehem Central Retiree Reception
Republished with permission of the Bethlehem Central web site: The Bethlehem Central School District honored 31 longtime employees who have retired or will retire before the end of the 2015-16 school...
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