While most Fulton County voters will be focusing this year on electing a new president, for the second consecutive year town of Caroga residents will elect a new town supervisor.

The Rivercrest Development Corp. will gain ownership of a new property soon.

The city and its Department of Public Works employees may soon have a new five-year contract, Mayor Tim Hughes said Thursday.

Six years after about $25,000 in town court funds was found to be unaccounted for, a mid-level state court on Thursday cleared former bookkeeper Michelle Parks of two convictions for felony falsifying of records involving about $740.

Lorraine Williams didn’t get her nickname, “The Hosta Lady,” by growing roses.

Teens and even some younger kids who like the outdoors can’t say they have nothing to do this summer.

Teens and even some younger kids who like the outdoors can't say they have nothing to do this summer. A series of adventure trips for Schoharie County children ages 12 to 17 will offer hiking, rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking and rafting, fishing and horseback riding.



To view a slideshow from the Schoharie County Youth Bureau's canoe adventure trip to the Franklinton Vlaie Wildlife Management Area, click here.

An Amsterdam man is behind bars after police raided his Minaville Street home Wednesday night.

Village officials have drafted a proposed curfew law that, if approved, would make it illegal for anyone under 18 to be on public property between 11 p.m. and dawn, with some exceptions.

Mick Thompson is traveling from Oregon to Maine on a horse. Why? He says God told him to.

Health care representatives and clergy gathered for a ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the opening of St. Mary’s Hospital Family Health Center in Canajoharie, a project planned for several years but stalled by the flooding that devastated Mohawk Valley Communities in 2006.

For generations, this town of mostly wide-open farms and scattered rural residences has handled the business of government from a couple of desks tucked in a corner of the town highway barn.

Town Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman Bruce Loveys said Tuesday the board will review arguments on whether to extend a permit for Reunion Power’s wind testing tower before issuing a written decision.

After a lengthy debate, the Common Council agreed Tuesday to take no action for now on an ordinance that would rescind a previous measure giving the mayor and Common Council greater authority over the Golf Course Commission.

Besides a more efficient Classroom Building this fall at Fulton-Montgomery Community College, students will also have new furniture in those classrooms by the spring thanks to a $250,000 state grant arranged by Sen. Hugh Farley, R-Niskayuna.