Residents to vote
on proposed budget May 20

On Tuesday, May 20, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. residents of the North Colonie and Maplewood school districts will go to the polls to decide on an $88,439,000 proposed budget. If approved, it would result in an estimated residential tax rate increase of 3.76 percent—the smallest proposed increase in a decade. Voters will also elect three candidates to the Board of Education. For more information, visit the budget section.

Voters approve $7 million capital project referendum

Voters in the North Colonie and Maplewood-Colonie Common School Districts overwhelmingly approved a $7 million capital project referendum on Monday, March 3.
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Student Energy Patrol
helps turn off the lights

Complete with a clipboard, badge and reminder stickers, members of the Forts Ferry Energy Patrol have been on official duty since October monitoring empty classrooms throughout the school for energy waste.

Third graders Lia McNulty, Prachi Mishra and Blake Clickner, along with fifth graders Lisa Kentris, Lauren Wolford and Nicole Luibrand have really taken to their roles. » MORE

Voters overwhelmingly approve annexation referendum

On Oct. 11, voters in North Colonie and Maplewood overwhelmingly approved an official, binding referendum that will cause the annexation of the Maplewood-Colonie Common School District by the North Colonie Central School District. The vote count in North Colonie was 1232 yes votes to 248 no votes, and 214 yes votes to 29 no votes in Maplewood.
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