Each year, the city council and county legislature take weeks to pour over the multi-million dollar budgets they are responsible for approving.…
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News and Perspective for the Amsterdam, NY Community
A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for a new facility that will house Montgomery County’s department of public works and offices for…
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New York State has established ambitious clean energy targets and meeting these goals requires the construction of new sources of power like…
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With the cancellation of this school year’s elementary band program by the Greater Amsterdam School District, a private partnership between area teachers…
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I count myself as one of the majority of residents who is proud of our City of Amsterdam Police Department and believes…
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If you thought you had a constitutional right to speak at public meetings held by your local government, unfortunately you’d be wrong.…
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I sent a version of this letter to Mayor [Michael] Cinquanti and the other members of the Common Council last week and…
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Responses from fourth and fifth graders and their parents to surveys sent out by the Greater Amsterdam School District music department indicate…
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While big-box movie theaters are struggling these days, there is no dearth of movie making in the Mohawk Valley, NY area and…
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The New York State Comptroller’s office recently released a review of the City of Amsterdam’s 2020-2021 budget. The report detailed many areas…
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During a presentation at the September 16 meeting of the Greater Amsterdam School District board meeting, Business Officer Colleen DiCaprio said a…
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“Like, why is everyone making sourdough now?” asks the AT&T spokeswoman in a commercial that started airing recently. The customer on video…
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With the possibility of additional cuts being discussed by school officials, it’s becoming harder to ignore the fact that the Greater Amsterdam…
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Property taxes that were collected on behalf of Montgomery County by the City of Amsterdam over the course of many years but…
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By now, the money should be in the proverbial till. As of the end of June, the City of Amsterdam was set…
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