The Amsterdam Common Council approved a five-year contract with Laura Elmendorf, concessionaire at the city’s municipal golf course. A resolution approving the…
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Members of the Amsterdam Common Council voted Tuesday to support efforts to build a casino in Montgomery County. The vote was 3-0; 2nd…
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FONDA – Some Montgomery County officials are enthusiastic about the possibility of bringing a casino to the town of Florida. The idea…
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FONDA – The first thing Dan Colon said to Montgomery County legislators Tuesday was that the name of his department is obsolete.…
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FONDA – Faced with the impending dissolution of the regional solid waste authority, Montgomery County legislators have approved an intermunicipal agreement to…
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The Amsterdam Common Council voted Tuesday evening to approve a resolution authorizing Deputy Mayor and 4th Ward Alderwoman Diane Hatzenbuhler or the…
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While members of the common council expressed support for the idea of funding the land bank program, the resolution to fund the…
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Mayor Ann Thane delivered her annual State of the City address at last Tuesday’s common council meeting. Thane opened her address by…
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The Land Reutilization Corporation of the Capital Region (otherwise known as the “land bank”) is an organization whose goal is to reverse…
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Amsterdam 3rd Ward Alderman Ronald J. Barone Sr. wants to be the general manager of the city’s golf course. And he says…
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Volunteers have removed 15 tons of debris from an abandoned house on Julia Street in Amsterdam as part of an effort to…
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The Amsterdam Common Council met in executive session before Wednesday’s scheduled committee meetings in violation of the state Open Meetings Law. Reporters…
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FONDA – Montgomery County legislators voted Tuesday to create two new positions in the office of the Clerk of the Board. Legislators…
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I have known Tom Threlkeld, owner of radio station WOPG, Words of Peace and Goodness across the Mohawk Valley, since 2011, as…
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Amsterdam Controller Matthew Agresta says the city is “not in dire straits” financially. In his report at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting, Agresta said…
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