5/14/08
Student ideas brought to life at science fair
By LUKESMUCKER Recorder News Staff NORTHVILLE — Over 200 kids submitted 90 entries for Northville Central School's...
Shared service talks resume
By BILL SHEEHAN Recorder News Staff Just a week after Amsterdam's Common Council rejected a proposal to turn the city's...
Proposal would allow Beech-Nut site work
By LINDA KELLETT Recorder News Staff FLORIDA — While they're sticklers for the regulations, members of the Florida...
Residents comment on proposed budget
By BILL SHEEHAN Recorder News Staff Amsterdam's Budget Committee saw a mere handful of city residents show up for a...
Cell towers discussed by town board
By LUKE SMUCKER Recorder News Staff BROADALBIN — Though Broadalbin wants Cingular to collocate with Verizon on the...
In brief
YMCA open house slated HAGAMAN — With hopes of reconnecting to the community, the Amsterdam YMCA is holding a...
Police report
Fort Plain Police Department * FORT PLAIN — A Canajoharie woman is facing drunken-driving charges following an...
Comment period continues on proposed rule change to eliminate open burning
In an effort to reduce the impacts of pollutants such as dioxins, particulate matter and carbon monoxide and to limit...
5/13/08
Option agreement signed
By BILL SHEEHAN Recorder News Staff With the stroke of a pen and the payment of $10, Long Island developer Uri Kaufman...
Hospital employees celebrated at annual dinner
By BILL SHEEHAN Recorder News Staff SCOTIA — More than 200 people, representing more than 2,400 years of experience...
A dedicated bunch
By LINDA KELLETT Recorder News Staff TOWN OF MOHAWK — In recognition of the work and dedication of area...
Street talk
By LINDA KELLETT Recorder News Staff Q: With super unleaded topping out at over $4 a gallon across Montgomery County...
A long-distance 'aloha'
Luke Smucker Recorder Staff Thirty-two eighth-grade students at Wilbur H. Lynch Literacy Academy on Monday, finally met...
Police report
Fort Plain Police Department * FORT PLAIN — A village man is facing a drug-related charge after he allegedly was...
5/12/08
Market opens for the season
By LINDA KELLETT Recorder News Staff CANAJOHARIE — While it's early in the season for much of the fare commonly...
Brownell sentenced in larceny
FONDA — A Fulton County man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to the theft of firearms from a town of Mohawk...
Dairy Bar keeps it in the family
Editor's note: This is a continuation of a series on seasonal eateries in the area.
Fire report
Amsterdam Fire Department Sunday, May 4 8:59 a.m. — EMS, 20 Garfield Place 10:36 a.m. — EMS, 110 Roosevelt...
In brief
Planning board seeks input The town of Florida Planning Board is seeking input from interested residents to serve on a...
5/11/08
Effort to clean up Amsterdam makes more progress
By BILL SHEEHAN Recorder News Staff The two seasonal hires brought in by Amsterdam's Recreation Department to tackle the...
Networking breakfast offered insight on area school districts' budget woes
By LUKE SMUCKER Recorder News Staff FONDA— Business members of the community and superintendents in Montgomery...
Developer gets nod; murder suspects back in court, fire displaces several
Amsterdam * Two city men charged in the shooting death of a McCleary Avenue resident May 1 in Amsterdam's East End...
5/10/08
Fire departments in need of volunteers
By LUKE SMUCKER Recorder News Staff All of the volunteer fire departments in Fulton County will be holding a recruitment...
Public hearing set for city's spending plan
By BILL SHEEHAN Recorder News Staff Amsterdam residents will have a chance, at a public hearing scheduled for this week,...
Beech-Nut: We need to move forward
By LINDA KELLETT Recorder News Staff LATHAM — Time is of the essence for Hero/Beech-Nut officials seeking Florida...
Family selling off murder victim's possessions to help raise funds for his five-year-old son
By LINDA KELLETT Recorder News Staff In order to establish a college fund for the son of an Amsterdam man shot to death...
Setting it straight
Setting it straight A quote in a story about the record turn-out at the OFA awards dinner was incorrectly attributed to...
Hydrant flushing to begin
The third week of a four-week water main flushing program by the Department of Public Works will be held Sunday, and...
5/9/08
Final public hearing held on DOT project
By BILL SHEEHAN Recorder News Staff MAYFIELD — A $5 million project to transform Route 30 through Vail Mills into a...
Record turnout seen at OFA awards dinner
By LUKE SMUCKER Recorder News Staff Members of the community gathered Thursday evening at the Glen Sanders Mansion in...
Beech-Nut measures approved by MCIDA
By LINDA KELLETT Recorder News Staff FONDA — In addition to addressing revolving loan funds for area businesses,...
Civil service consolidation voted down
By BILL SHEEHAN Recorder News Staff A proposed local law that would have shifted the city's civil service affairs to the...
Industrial Development Agency recommends loans to companies
By LINDA KELLETT Recorder News Staff FONDA — Two city of Amsterdam companies could realize funding totaling up to...
In brief
Town board to meet The regular town board meeting of the town of Glen is scheduled for Monday, and will begin at 6 p.m....
Police report
Amsterdam Police Department * A city man is facing multiple charges, including drunk driving, following a traffic stop...
'Adopt-a-grandparent' program works to build new friendships
By LUKE SMUCKER Recorder News Staff Students from William H. Barkley Elementary school visited The Wilkinson Center in...
5/8/08
Restaurant owners seek new location
By LINDA KELLETT Recorder News Staff FONDA — Owners of Fonda's Peking Chinese restaurant are looking for a new...
Family grateful for community support
By BILL SHEEHAN Recorder News Staff Jose Payano's family had already planned to gather in Amsterdam this week for...
Conditional OK given to site plan
By BILL SHEEHAN Recorder News Staff TOWN OF AMSTERDAM — After resolving a question on how an existing house on the...
Autism bill introduced in state Senate
By LINDA KELLETT Recorder News Staff A bill, initiated by a local mother calling for the establishment of a voluntary...
Budget vote approaches
By LUKE SMUCKER Recorder News Staff Polls will be open May 20 from noon to 9 p.m. for the 2008-2009 annual budget vote...
Police report
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office * FULTONVILLE — A Fonda teen is facing charges after being spotted on the CSX...
School evacuated due to bomb threat
Students from Amsterdam High School were evacuated and taken to a safe area on the school's campus Wednesday afternoon,...
In brief
Water/sewer bills mailed BROADALBIN — The May 2008, water/sewer bills were mailed Thursday, May 1, and are...