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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Amsterdam Mayor Ann Thane offered a compromise Tuesday in the ongoing controversy over the Municipal Golf Course. Thane knew before Tuesday’s meeting…
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FONDA – Montgomery County legislators will consider four possible changes to their rules of procedure. District 1 Legislator Martin Kelly proposed the…
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Ask any older Amsterdamian about urban renewal, and you are apt to hear a disparaging opinion, which would be echoed by current…
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FONDA – Committees and contracts were two of the topics Montgomery County legislators discussed Tuesday in a “committee of the whole” meeting.…
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FONDA – Thomas Quackenbush will head Montgomery County’s legislative body for a third time. As Minden town supervisor, Quackenbush served two one-year…
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FONDA – Matthew Ossenfort was sworn in Wednesday as Montgomery County executive, completing the county’s transition to a new form of government.…
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More photos of the County Executive swearing in ceremony. Photos by Wendy Kissinger…
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FONDA – Montgomery County’s health insurance trust is still around, a year after it was supposed to be dissolved, but now a…
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