TROY – On Sunday, April 14, more than 80 athletes and coaches from around the Capital Region will compete in the Capital District Local Basketball Competition.

The event, sponsored by the RPI Student Athlete Advisory Committee, will allow local athletes and coaches to showcase their skills and compete for awards.

All events are free and open to the public.

Athlete and volunteer registration begins at 12 p.m. with an opening ceremony at 12:45 p.m.

NISKAYUNA – The Niskayuna Board of Education has adopted a new 2013-14 budget. Following is more information:

At its meeting on Tuesday, April 9, the Board of Education adopted a $76.3 million budget for 2013-14 that contains a spending increase of just 1.31 percent.

The spending plan will require the support of 60 percent of voters to pass because the 5.76 percent tax levy increase it calls for is greater than the district’s calculated limit under the state’s tax levy cap law.

A tax levy increase at that level is required even in a budget that increases spending just 1.3 percent because school leaders again had to contend with rising costs and the loss of non-tax revenue for next year. Reserve funds continue to be limited, and state aid is set to decrease for a fourth consecutive year to a level that is lower than the amount the district received in 2009-10.

SCHENECTADY - Mayor Gary R. McCarthy will proclaim April 9 as Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service. Following is more information:

This event will highlight the value and impact of national service to the nation’s cities. 

The event aims to helps to prompt volunteerism and support for nonprofit and national service groups.  Representatives from the Corporation for National and Community Service will be in attendance as well as some volunteers from Northeast Parent and Child Society, AmeriCorps and several foster grandparent volunteers.

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