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FORT PLAIN & CANAJOHARIE
2 school districts face different fortunes with budgets
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Fort Plain students will likely spend more time in art class over the coming year if voters approve the district’s proposed budget, but the Canajoharie Central School District, Fort Plain’s neighbor to the east, wasn’t quite as fortunate during its recent budget process.
PALATINE BRIDGE
Historic Palatine Bridge church to open for tour
Monday, May 13, 2013
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church was built by farmers on a plot of land just north of Palatine Bridge back when those farmers were still British subjects.
OPPENHEIM, EPHRATAH & ST. JOHNSVILLE
Familiar face to lead Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville school district
Friday, May 10, 2013
Laura Campione Lawrence was chosen Wednesday as superintendent of schools for the newly merged Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Central School District.
AMSTERDAM
Prime Time: Amsterdam woman has taught art for 74 years
Friday, May 10, 2013
Grace Gilbert can't recall all the paintings she's done over the decades since she developed a love for art as a child. And as of last fall, the accomplished artist can officially say her works are “sold out.”
AMSTERDAM
Prime Time: Woodworking project brings back memories
Friday, May 10, 2013
Beverly Lenox, 76, of Amsterdam is using her woodworking skills to refurbish a dollhouse she built years ago.
FLORIDA
$1,000 reward offered in Alpin Haus fire
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Alpin Haus is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever set a fire at its Montgomery County store last week.
AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam school budget proposal maintains status quo
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Greater Amsterdam School District’s proposed $63 million 2013-14 budget is pretty straightforward: No programs are being cut, no one is getting laid off and the tax levy isn’t increasing.
FONDA & FULTONVILLE
Budget aims to return Fonda-Fultonville district to firm footing
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Fonda-Fultonville’s proposed 2013-14 school budget marks the end of a year of near-constant cuts and financial distress.
AMSTERDAM
Cops: Woman threatened to shoot Walmart co-workers
Monday, May 6, 2013
A Schenectady woman faces menacing and harassment charges after allegedly threatening to shoot two fellow Walmart employees.
AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam constable’s 1883 death gets recognition
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Overdue recognition is being bestowed on an Amsterdam crimefighter whose death in the line of duty 130 years ago fell from local memory.
FLORIDA
Montgomery County man accused of lewd behavior at work site
Friday, May 3, 2013
A Montgomery County man is facing public lewdness charges after police say he masturbated while ogling members of a county public works crew washing down a bridge Thursday afternoon.
ROOT
Root town worker sues to return to job
Friday, May 3, 2013
The town of Root’s former deputy highway superintendent is suing the town to get his old job back.
HAGAMAN
Hagaman tire chipmaker’s future continues to be up in the air
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The continued operation of BCD Tire Chip Manufacturing in Hagaman rests on the answer to one rarely asked question: Is a shredded tire still a tire?
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Riverfront communities seeking collaboration
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Representatives from Montgomery County’s isolated communities gathered Wednesday in a sweltering Old Fonda Court House conference room to discuss joint solutions to their separate problems.
FLORIDA
Fire destroys three campers parked at Alpin Haus
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Three campers were destroyed Wednesday at Alpin Haus, burned to the chassis in an early morning fire.
