Fulton County YMCA to offer indoor soccer

JOHNSTOWN -- The Fulton County YMCA has announced that they are offering two indoor soccer programs for youth ages 5-10 years old to prepare them for the upcoming outdoor soccer season. The programs will begin the week of Feb. 28. Indoor Soccer f ...

Catskill eliminates F-F

Staff report CATSKILL -- Shameer Peterson scored 20 points and Cameron Overbaugh contributed with 16 points to lead Catskill to a 65-52 come-from-behind victory over Fonda-Fultonville in a Section II Class B boys basketball game on Tuesday night ...

Lady Braves fall in Class B play

By MICHAEL KELLY Recorder Sports Staff SCHUYLERVILLE -- After 36 minutes of hard-fought, back-and-forth action, it all came crashing down for the Fonda-Fultonville Lady Braves in the first 30 seconds of the team's second overtime session with the Sch ...

Area teams in sectional action tonight

By MICHAEL KELLY Recorder Sports Staff With the final first-round games in the Section II boys and girls basketball set for this evening, here's a series of predictions for the rest of the respective tournaments. Plucky Panthers The big ...

Lorraine (Lorry) Grace Overbaugh

February 13, 201 Lorraine (Lorry) Grace Overbaugh, 57, of Elk Street, Amsterdam, NY passed away surrounded by family and friends Monday February 13, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital. She held a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, worked for Chil ...

Joeella (Briskie) Marek

February 19, 2012 Joeella (Briskie) Marek, 83, peacefully passed to eternal life on Sunday, February 19, 2012. She was born to Stanley and Agatha Briskie of Fort Johnson, attended local schools and raised her family locally. She married Clem ...

Jamie Lynn Hoyt Gannon

February 19, 2012 Jamie Lynn Hoyt Gannon, age 27, of Gloversville, passed away on Sunday February 19, 2012, at Albany Medical Center after being stricken at home. She was born February 13, 1985 in Gloversville. She was employed as a Certified ...

Carl J. Nasse Jr.

February 19, 2012 Carl J. Nasse Jr., 89, of Palatine Nursing Home and formally of Mapletown Road, Canajoharie went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 19, 2012 with his loving family at his side. The only son of Carl and Katherine Jone ...

Letters to the Editor

An eyesore at our gateway To the editor: I was pleased to read in this past weekend's newspaper that someone, albeit a federal agency, HUD, has finally addressed the appalling conditions that exist within the Highland/Holland apartment complex. I ...

Letter to the Editor

Out of money; out of time To the editor: Attached is a copy of an open letter I have sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Dear Gov. Cuomo: I am writing to you today to request your assistance. This year, my district and other small rural school distric ...

Letter to the Editor

The train has run off the tracks To the editor: As we tick toward Election Day 2012, there seems to be a fairy tale type mantra being told by our media. When someone becomes an elected official, the things they say in front of the cameras, q ...

Letters to the Editor

Taxpayers can't afford more To the editor: I recently read the article in which the Broadalbin-Perth School Superintendent was whining about not having enough money in the budget this year and how he cannot possibly come under the cap as proposed ...

Comcast to start new minority-owned cable channels

NEW YORK (AP) -- Comcast will launch four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV systems in the next two years, including channels spearheaded by music mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and NBA great Magic Johnson. Two of the network ...

Entertainment news in brief

Bieber's 2nd book set for Sept. release NEW YORK (AP) -- He's only 17, but pop sensation Justin Bieber is back with his second book. HarperCollins announced Tuesday that it will publish "Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started." T ...

YouTube enlists big-name help to redefine channels

CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) -- YouTube is enlisting Hollywood's help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes. The online video giant is aiming to create 25 hours of programming per day with t ...

Whitney Houston laid to rest at private NJ burial

WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) -- Whitney Houston was laid to rest Sunday at a brief private ceremony in New Jersey, the end of a weekend that saw the pop star's family and friends gather at a star-studded funeral to mourn her loss while ce ...