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Prospective voters can request absentee ballots for the May 18 school elections, including by citing concerns around the risks of COVID-19, while in-person voting will also be an option.
Voters must submit absentee ballot requests directly with their district clerks by May 11 at 4 p.m. to receive an absentee ballot in the mail, or they can pick one up directly from the district clerk through May 17. The absentee ballots must be returned by May 18, the day polls will also be open for in-person voting on school budgets and school board elections.
High school musical nominees announced
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Sister Act, Glens Falls High School at the 2019 High School Theatre Musical Awards at Proctors. This year s awards show will focus on individual actors and actresses and will be pre-recorded.Gary McPherson
Proctors announced the nominees for the 2021 High School Musical Theatre Awards at Proctors at a live event on Wednesday.
Due to schools being unable to perform live musicals, 14 schools participated in the event s fifth year, plus an additional 19 individual students (not associated with a participating school) submitted a virtual audition for adjudicators in Best Actor and Best Actress categories.
“This year more than ever, in a year of cancelled high school performances and empty auditoriums, said Philip Morris, CEO of Proctors Collaborative, we are taking a minute to recognize those students who would have excelled in their school’s productions.”
GUILDERLAND, NY -Â Friday night will be jam-packed with Section 2, semi-final football action. Perhaps the most interesting game on the slate is the faceoff between Shenendehowa and Guilderland, a rematch of 2019 s AA title game. We re ready for any team. Guilderland is a good team and they ve been playing good this year, said Shen quarterback Brody Vincenzi. We just have to get off to a good start, like we did against Schenectady, and keep it going the whole game. We have to play 48 minutes of football.
Last week, second seeded Shenendehowa blew out Schenectady in the quarterfinals, 42-8. Guilderland, the top seed, was given a bye after their game with Saratoga was cancelled.
ALBANY, N.Y. â Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy and Albany County Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Elizabeth Whalen both addressed the need to expand encouragement efforts to vaccinate people, so that the Capital Region can reach herd immunity and return to a sense of normalcy.
The two noted how vaccinations are starting to plateau and why more outreach is necessary in pushing people in the right direction. To that end, McCoy announced a video challenge on Instagram, imploring people to share their stories on why they became vaccinated against COVID-19 and how vital it is to resuming regular life.
âDespite making more than 1,200 first doses of the Pfizer vaccine available for our Times Union Center POD [Thursday], unfortunately, we were only able to get 319 residents to fill the appointments, including 56 walk-ins. Itâs clear weâre hitting a wall, which is why weâre shifting our resources to more community based pop-up clinics, and weâre also