Someone once told me, “An abstention is a no vote.” Because I’m a stickler for word usage, my reaction was, “No, an…
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Last month, Richard Dinolfo, a Certified Public Accountant, completed an audit report on the city’s finances from July 2012 to June 2013. Although…
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The Walter Elwood Museum recently hosted its 31st Annual Ice Cream Social, on Wednesday, August 19th. On a beautiful summer evening, over…
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At one point, during Saturday’s “ad-hoc” finance committee meeting, David Dybas stretched out his hands as wide as he could to illustrate…
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The nine-member Montgomery County Legislature changed its rules of procedure in January to limit the size of legislative committees to three members…
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The Montgomery County Government Efficiency Plan was submitted to NY State on June 1 and contains a number of initiatives from both…
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There were a few puzzling items in Montgomery County’s efficiency plan, which was submitted to NY State on June 1 and released…
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If you’ve heard that the Common Council “cut” over $600,000 in spending from the mayor’s proposed budget, you might be getting the…
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The good: The Amsterdam Common Council has agreed (verbally at least) to go ahead and borrow just over $3 million to fund critical…
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It’s not often you get to hear elected officials overtly trying to tell the media how they should cover a certain issue, on…
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I predict you will see many “listicles” and other stories floating around the social networks this week on the subject of autism…
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The recent public release of the City of Amsterdam’s Annual Update Document (AUD) for the fiscal year 2012-2013 has brought some much…
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I’m not sure what possessed Town of Amsterdam Supervisor Tom DiMezza to issue a statement on Facebook last Friday putting down the…
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They need to make some room on the walls of the Amsterdam High School gym for some new championship banners. Amsterdam sports…
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It was a noble first start. John van Bladel, a psychology instructor at Fulton Montgomery Community College, joined a committee meeting with…
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