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Amsterdam town Supervisor Thomas DiMezza, right, presents Amsterdam Family YMCA CEO Nancy Carr with a check for $850 to help fund the non-profit's programming. The town donated all the funds from cashing in rubbish and scrap metal collected during its annual spring clean up.

Town's donation surprises YMCA

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Updated: 3:08 AM

By HEATHER NELLIS Recorder News Staff TOWN OF AMSTERDAM -- Amsterdam Family YMCA CEO Nancy Carr and board President John Hassfurter got a pleasant surprise at Wednesday's town board meeting. They were presented with a check for $850, generosity which reduced Carr to tears. "I knew they were presenting us with some money, but I never expected it to be that much," she said. The town donated all the funds from cashing in rubbish and scrap metal collected duri ...

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Annual accountability report for GASD students reviewed

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Updated: 3:08 AM

By REBECCA WEBSTER Recorder News Staff Wednesday's Greater Amsterdam School District Board of Education meeting gave officials a chance to get up to speed on the district's accountability report card. Michele Downing, the district's director of Data and Personnel, told the board that a lot of the information has already been shown, but some would also be new for the board. "Back in May of 2012, the state approved an Elementary and Secondary Education Act W ...

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Board tackles several issues

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Updated: 3:08 AM

By REBECCA WEBSTER Recorder News Staff Prior to a presentation on the district's accountability report card, Greater Amsterdam School District Board of Education members blew through a number of topics in their Wednesday meeting. District Superintendent Thomas Perillo brought up to the board that he has been in meetings with the Amsterdam Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security, as the GASD was chosen for a Homeland Security survey to ta ...

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Day three of search for missing men yields no results

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Updated: 3:08 AM

By CARLA KOLBE For the Recorder BROADALBIN -- Wednesday's search for a father and son missing since Saturday yielded no results, but authorities are expected to be at it again today. Mark Richards, 51, and Brent Richards, 24, haven't been seen since they launched their boat just of Lakeview Road near the state boat launch. Although they were last seen Saturday morning, they weren't reported missing until Sunday, said Fulton County Undersheriff Kevin Leniha ...

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Guy Park Manor rehabilitation expected to be complete by 2016

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Updated: 3:08 AM

By REBECCA WEBSTER Recorder News Staff Restorations of Guy Park Manor in Amsterdam are in the works, with a completion date tentatively set for late 2016. Shane Mahar, deputy director of media relations and communications for the New York State Canal Corporation and Thruway Authority, said Wednesday that the building had been stabilized and protected from the elements since tropical storms Irene and Lee. "We are making preparations to fully repair and reha ...

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Amsterdam man pleads guilty to Jan. 12 robbery

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Updated: 3:08 AM

Staff report FONDA -- A 19-year-old Amsterdam resident pleaded guilty Wednesday at Montgomery County Court to robbing someone in the Joe's Market parking lot earlier this year. Raymond E. Conniff III, who's address was listed as the Valley View Motel, will be sentenced July 10 to between one and three years in state prison. Officials in the office of District Attorney James E. "Jed" Conboy said he took property off someone in the Market Street parking lot ...

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