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AMSTERDAM
State: Town of Amsterdam financial records poorly kept
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The town of Amsterdam has some problems with its bookkeeping, according to the Office of the State Comptroller.
ST. JOHNSVILLE
Oppenheim-Ephratah/St. Johnsville school board election Tuesday
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Oppenheim-Ephratah/St. Johnsville Board of Education election will be held from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at D.H. Robbins Elementary School in St. Johnsville.
AURIESVILLE
Surprise barricade cuts Buddhist temple access
Monday, April 8, 2013
Members of a Chinese Buddhist organization arrived back in the U.S. this weekend and found trees and a barricade blocking part of Shrine Road that leads to the Jesuit Retreat House they purchased seven years ago.
AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam charter changes go to voters June 4
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Amsterdam voters will go the polls June 4 to consider changing the city’s charter.
AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam house eyed for Land Bank program
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Amsterdam officials are eyeing a Julia Street house as a contender for the new Land Bank program started last year with Schenectady City and County.
FLORIDA
New Beech-Nut baby food to target Hispanic families
Friday, April 5, 2013
Latino parents will be able to serve their babies traditional flavors this summer under a new partnership between Beech-Nut and Goya Foods.
AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam voters approve purchase of 2 school buses
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Voters approved a proposition to purchase two new school buses for the Greater Amsterdam School District, according to unofficial results announced Tuesday night.
JOHNSTOWN
Johnstown plant to start bottling water soon
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Production may begin at the end of this month at the new CG Roxane water bottling plant in Johnstown, putting more than 30 people to work and adding another element to Fulton County’s growing food processing cluster.
AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam bus proposition up for vote today
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Voters will go to the polls from noon to 9 p.m. today to decide on a proposition to purchase two new school buses for Greater Amsterdam School District.
FORT JOHNSON
2 Amsterdam teens found with marijuana: police
Monday, April 1, 2013
Two Amsterdam teens have been accused of marijuana possession after state police checked out a suspicious vehicle complaint Sunday, state police said.
AMSTERDAM
UPDATE: 3 women charged in Amsterdam stabbings
Monday, April 1, 2013
Three city women have been charged in Sunday afternoon stabbing incidents that sent a man and a woman to Albany Medical Center.
AMSTERDAM
2 stabbed at children’s game in Amsterdam
Sunday, March 31, 2013
An escalating argument over a children’s basketball game ended Sunday evening in the stabbings of two adults.
SCHENECTADY
Court program gives mentally ill an alternative to time behind bars
Saturday, March 30, 2013
The Schenectady City Court Alternative Treatment Court, along with its companion in felony-level Schenectady County Court, are among 28 mental health-focused court programs statewide.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Montgomery County employee union loses storm pay bid
Thursday, March 28, 2013
After Tropical Storm Irene flooded Montgomery County's public works and annex buildings, more than 200 other county workers were told to stay home for as many as six workdays and told they wouldn’t be paid for the lost time.
FONDA
Two arrested in Amsterdam drug raids admit to charges
Thursday, March 28, 2013
An Amsterdam drug dealer arrested last month in the city’s most recent drug raids faces six years in prison for selling illegal narcotics.
