The Leader-Herald

JOHNSTOWN - The Greater Johnstown School District Museum had 300 additional public visitors this summer, the Board of Education heard last week. Board member Evamarie Mraz, co-chairwoman of the museum's board, gave a presentation on the museum, which is in its seventh year, at the board's meeting. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - The Fulton County District Attorney's Office has received a federal grant to help buy video recording equipment for three area police agencies, and a county committee recently approved maintenance and service agreements for the equipment. District Attorney Louise K. Full Story »

GLOVERSVILLE - City residents will have an opportunity to comment on the city's proposed 2010 budget at a Common Council work session Tuesday. A public hearing on the budget, which is incomplete and contains an approximately $1.4 million gap between revenues and expenditures, will be held at City Hall. City officials have several more budget review sessions scheduled. Full Story »

GLOVERSVILLE - Local artist and Poland native Don Chase said coming to Gloversville to pursue his life's passion was an opportunity he just couldn't pass up. Chase, 56, came to Gloversville in 2008 and has since opened a studio on North Main Street. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - The Fulton County Board of Supervisors will get its first formal look at the tentative 2010 county budget, currently carrying an 8 percent property tax rate hike, during its monthly meeting at 1 p.m. Monday at the County Office Building. Full Story »

GLOVERSVILLE - On Tuesday, city Planning Board members approved the findings statement for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter. The findings statement is essentially a summary of the conclusions of the FEIS, which is a six-inch-thick binder of information, graphs, maps and other materials. Full Story »

PERTH - Town Attorney Carmel Greco has provided the town with a draft of a document that would regulate wood boiler use in the municipality. The town has not formally adopted any new regulations on the matter. But the document provides several potential guidelines for wood boiler use. Full Story »

GLOVERSVILLE - A Veterans Day parade made its way down Main Street on Saturday, complete with marching bands, former U.S. military soldiers and children saluting their elders. People lining the streets clapped as members of Gloversville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2077 fired three volleys along the parade route. Some were dressed in red, white and blue garb. Full Story »

GLOVERSVILLE - Ten local business leaders, apparent Mayor-elect Dayton King and Fulton County Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry President Wally Hart will meet with Gov. David Paterson on Monday to discuss Paterson's plan to reduce the state deficit and its effect on small business owners. Hart said Friday he chose a number of chamber members to attend the meeting. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - Fulton County election officials said Friday they have begun counting ballots in five Fulton County towns where voting machines faltered Tuesday. County Board of Elections official Theresa Dugan said most ballots have been counted in Northampton, where there are contested supervisor and town council race. Full Story »

GLOVERSVILLE - City officials added about $3,000 to projected revenues for the 2010 budget at a budget session Thursday. Finance Commissioner Bruce Van Genderen met with Common Council members to review all the projected revenues for the city's 2010 budget. Revenues are expected to amount to about $13.7 million, about $1.4 million less than projected expense. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - City Treasurer Michael Gifford on Monday predicted the city will meet its $3.1 million budgeted in sales tax for this year - a small positive in what could be a dismal fiscal situation for the city heading into 2010. "It's at least a piece of decent news for next year's budget," Gifford told the Common Council at City Hall. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - The Greater Johnstown School District this weekend is breaking its longstanding policy not to allow sports teams to practice on Sundays, with limited circumstances for the Johnstown High School varsity soccer team. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - The owner of a blighted home at 27 S. Chase St. has until Tuesday to clean up the residence or face legal action, city Fire Chief Bruce Heberer said Thursday. Heberer, the city's code enforcement officer, said the city has been working since August to clean up the situation. Neighbors have been complaining about the house. "There's code violations," he state. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - Fulton County Board of Elections officials said this morning election results in Bleecker, Broadalbin, Northampton and Perth will not be available until next week. On Tuesday, ballot-scanning machines in those four towns and in Oppenheim malfunctioned. A court order prevented officials from accessing the machines immediately, but it was lifted Wednesday. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - The Greater Johnstown School District's Facilities Committee has selected three finalists among 11 proposals received for architectural and engineering services for the district's future bus garage. Action by the committee followed a regular meeting of the district Board of Education at Johnstown High School. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - Two Fulton County Court defendants will be participating in Drug Court after sentencing in separate cases Thursday before Judge Richard C. Giardino. Justin T. Gray, 28, of Keyser Lake Road, Dolgeville, was sentenced by Giardino to a three-year conditional discharge to participate in Drug Court. He also was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - A masked robber made off with about $1,000 in cash after displaying a gun Thursday night at a convenience store on North Perry Street. City police said at about 6 p.m., a white man wearing blue jeans, a brown sweatshirt and a green vest displayed what looked like a semi-automatic pistol and demanded the cashier hand over money. Full Story »

GLOVERSVILLE - Dayton King, the unofficial winner of the mayoral race here, said Wednesday he hopes to quickly immerse himself in city government and begin examining ways to save the city money, including consolidation. King, a Republican who ran on the independent line Tuesday, leads Republican challenger Jo-Ann Clear, Democrat Judy Marcoux and Conservative Dirk Myers. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - Tuesday's local general elections resulted in a smaller turnout in Fulton County compared to the last local election year in 2007, but a larger turnout in Gloversville, where there was a mayor's race. There were 31,175 voters registered countywide Tuesday, and unofficial results from the county Board of Elections showed that 7,703 voted, for a 25 percent voter turnout. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - A court order that prevented votes from being counted in five Fulton County towns has been lifted, but election officials said it may be some time before they know who won elections in Northampton and Broadalbin. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - An 18-year-old local youth was killed late Wednesday night when the car he was riding in crashed into a tree. The driver of the car, who survived, said he was trying to avoid a deer. Fulton County sheriff's deputies said Joseph W. Page III, of 210 Willie Road, was killed in the crash, which occurred at 10:16 p.m. Full Story »

GLOVERSVILLE - Soon, Gloversville Enlarged School District students will have more than a phone call and a school official to deal with if they are labeled serial skippers. They'll also have a uniformed police officer knocking on their door. The district has a federal grant of about $17,000 to pay for a truancy officer. Full Story »

GLOVERSVILLE - After losing by a handful of votes in the Republican primary, political newcomer Dayton King made a comeback victory Tuesday and appears to have won the four-way race for mayor of the city. Full Story »

JOHNSTOWN - Incumbent Republican Mayor Sarah J. Slingerland rolled to a landslide victory over her independent opponent Tuesday, becoming the first two-term Johnstown mayor elected in two decades. According to unofficial Fulton County Board of Elections results, Slingerland beat political newcomer Stuart D. Myzal by a vote of 1,359 to 288 in the city. Full Story »