Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Today’s technology allows modern artists to create and publish on a larger and cheaper scale than at any time in human history, and it also causes major financial problems for them, according to speakers at a college forum Saturday.
Shortly before the Greater Johnstown School Board of Education removed popular band director Daniel Jones from his extracurricular jobs, documents show the board initiated an accounting probe of the music department and its support group.
Election results for several close races in Montgomery and Schoharie counties won’t be certain until a final tally is announced Nov. 17, according to the two counties’ Boards of Election.
Replacement of more than two dozen defective fire hydrants — a project given urgent priority after big fires in April and May — is in danger of being pushed into next year as the city and its DPW union disagree over who should do the work.
A court-ordered impoundment of malfunctioning voting machines in four Fulton County towns was lifted Wednesday, but officials at the county Board of Elections said they were still waiting for the formal notification that will allow them to sort out town races in Northampton and Broadalbin.
Independent candidate Dayton King won a four-way contest Tuesday for mayor of Gloversville, according to unofficial results, beating the closest runner-up, Republican Jo-Ann Clear, by 147 votes.
