WATERVLIET, N.Y. Gus’s Hot Dogs has joined over 100 businesses across the state as the latest entrant on the New York State Historic Business Preservation Registry. On a recent bitterly cold and windy day, Assemblyman John McDonald, D-Cohoes, braved the weather to meet up with Gus’s owner Steve Haita, congratulating him on the business’s […]
WATERVLIET, N.Y. Gus’s Hot Dogs has joined over 100 businesses across the state as the latest entrant on the New York State Historic Business Preservation Registry. On a recent bitterly cold and windy day, Assemblyman John McDonald, D-Cohoes, braved the weather to meet up with Gus’s owner Steve Haita, congratulating him on the business’s […]
WATERVLIET, N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her “Back to Basics” reading plan and the $10 million in teacher training to go along with it Wednesday morning at Watervliet Elementary School. The plan pushes for legislation to require New York State schools to return to the Science of Reading, a phonics-based school curriculum, that was […]
WATERVLIET, N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her “Back to Basics” reading plan and the $10 million in teacher training to go along with it Wednesday morning at Watervliet Elementary School. The plan pushes for legislation to require New York State schools to return to the Science of Reading, a phonics-based school curriculum, that was replaced around 20 years ago. Studies on the method that replaced it, the Lucy Calkins Balanced Reading Approach (LCBRA), have discredited it. “Study after study has emerged over the last few years, showing it’s not getting the job done. This outdated curriculum is still […]
WATERVLIET, N.Y. Assemblyman John McDonald III announced that libraries in the 108th Assembly district will receive significant funding for construction projects. Through grants for the Library Construction Aid program, the Watervliet Public Library will receive $64,071, the Troy Public Libraries will receive $174,380, and the Waterford Public Library will receive $220,025. The grants are […]