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Council OKs application for $2M grant for Glove
Hoping New York state will once again double down on its support for the city's $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative projects, the Common Council Tuesday night voted 6-0 to apply for a $2 million Restore New York grant to help fund the approximately $4 million Glove Theatre restoration pro → Read More
Barnett pleads not guilty to new charges in Johnstown funeral home case (with video)
JOHNSTOWN -- Brian M. Barnett, the former funeral home director already facing multiple criminal charges stemming from a Johnstown Police Department investigation of his business, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to new charges from the same case — including first-degree scheme to defraud, a class E felon → Read More
Canajoharie 'Elves Day Out' set for Dec. 3
Montgomery County and the Canajoharie-Palatine Bridge Chamber of Commerce are set to present Elves Day Out on Saturday, Dec. 3., a Christmas holiday-themed event featuring a daylong slate of events, showcasing the village of Canajoharie's picturesque downtown area."When you walk through Canajoharie → Read More
Doubts about Dominion voting machines linger among some
FULTON COUNTY - Casting doubt is easy. Affirming confidence in the accuracy and security of electronic voting machines is the opposite. Tasked with that difficult job are county board of election officials, like Fulton County's Republican election commissioner, Lee Hollenbeck, who continues to de → Read More
IG report on Schoharie crash released
ALBANY — A New York state Inspector General report released Friday concluded state officials could have and should have used existing state laws and regulations to help prevent the Schoharie limousine crash that killed 20 people in 2018, but "found no evidence of misconduct or malfeasance on the par → Read More
Castelli emphasizes moderate views in Fulton County – The
BROADALBIN — Matt Castelli, the Democratic and Moderate Party candidate for New York's 21st Congressional District, put his commitment to bipartisanship and defending abortion rights in states like New York from a proposed federal ban front-and-center during his speech at the Fulton County Democrati → Read More
Local official confirms he was an Oath Keeper – The
Broadalbin Town Board member Dave Bardascini is one of five elected local officials in New York state that the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism has identified as a current or former member of an anti-government extremist group called the Oath Keepers. On Friday, Bardascini, a retired Am → Read More
Fulton County stuck with big mental health bill – The
JOHNSTOWN — Since December, Fulton County taxpayers have been billed a combined $282,338 for a court-ordered mental health restoration treatment for a Gloversville man deemed too mentally incapacitated to stand trial on manslaughter charges alleging he was responsible for the death of a 5-month-old → Read More
50th edition of 'GottaGetGon' gathers folk fans – The
BALLSTON SPA — In the Appalachian folk music tradition, any thing and any idea can be used to create a "Crankie Box." On Saturday Sarah Gowan, a member of the folk music group Coracree helped teach a folk music workshop titled "Cups and Crankies and Cup Crankies!", one of numerous musical perform → Read More
Local GOP candidates talk agriculture issues with Montgomery County farmers – The
CANAJOHARIE - U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Saratoga, and Republican candidate for the 19th Congressional District Marcus Molinaro both said Monday that they would favor reform and expansion of the federal agricultural visa program to help farmers obtain better access to legal immigrant workers, while → Read More
Stefanik, Molinaro question FBI transparency after search of Trump's home – The
CANAJOHARIE - Neither U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Saratoga, nor Republican candidate for the 19th Congressional District Marcus Molinaro would comment Monday on whether they think former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime if it is determined he took federally-protected nuclear doc → Read More
Gloversville's Railfest 16 draws big summer crowd – The
GLOVERSVILLE -- Picture-perfect weather combined with community enthusiasm for gathering together again in public after more than two years of the coronavirus pandemic helped spur an estimated record turnout for the 16th annual Gloversville Railfest at Trail Station Park on Saturday.City Clerk Jenni → Read More
GOP gubernatorial nominee Zeldin discusses alleged attack during local stops – The
Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin on Saturday said he believes the man accused of brandishing a "claw" like keychain with sharp points towards his neck after a speech in Monroe County on Thursday could have received a more severe local criminal charge than second-degree attemp → Read More
Toying Around Block Party draws pop culture fans to Johnstown – The
The life-size friendly neighborhood Spider-Man statue standing on West Main Street side outside of collectible toy store Toying Around has come to be one of the symbols of the city of Johnstown's downtown small business hub, but on Saturday the statue was only one of at least five different costumed → Read More
Antique farm engine show draws enthusiasts – The
FORT HUNTER - The distinctive poof, then snort, then poof, then snort again sounds of antique 'hit-and-miss' gasoline farm engines permeated the 45th Annual Antique Gas Engine & Tractor Show at the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site on Saturday.Don Bernaski, president of the Tri-county Old t → Read More
Capital District Reclaim Pride event held in shadow of Supreme Court ruling – The
ALBANY -- In keeping with the group's "Pride, not Profit, Police or Politicians" slogan, the members of the Reclaim Pride Coalition met in Townsend Park Saturday to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month without any corporate sponsors to pay for the festival, without any pandering public officials to give spee → Read More
FMCC asks for court approval to sell dorms, again – The
The Fulmont College Association -- the nonprofit student housing arm of Fulton-Montgomery Community College -- on Thursday petitioned Fulton County Supreme Court for permission to sell its three dormitory halls for $1.8 million to Amsterdam-based Tryon Enterprises LLC, owned by David P. Huckans. → Read More
'Parents Rights' school board candidates lose big – The
So-called "parental rights" or "parental choice in our schools" candidates for school boards in New York state on Tuesday appear to have done poorly, with one such list of candidates achieving only 11 victories compared to 45 losses statewide.By comparison, the New York State United Teachers union o → Read More
Johnstown Odyssey of the Mind teams ready for world competition – The
JOHNSTOWN -- The Greater Johnstown School District is set to send its New York State champion fifth- and 11th-grade Odyssey of the Mind teams to the World Finals competition, set to run from May 25-28 at Iowa State University. On Friday, Johnstown's two teams received a pep talk and state proclam → Read More
Gloversville Enlarged School District struggling with chronic absenteeism – The
The New York state Dept. of Education defines a "chronically absent" student as one with 10 or more absences, and by that measure the Gloversville Enlarged School District has a bigger problem with absenteeism than every other school in Fulton County combined. "Our chronic absenteeism is staggeri → Read More