Johnstown News

The city has made more than $63,000 in revenue from selling scrap from recent demolition projects, City Engineer Charles Kortz said Monday.

The impending arrival of a roundabout at the intersection of Route 29 and Route 30 has some people worried and upset, but others say the change is for the better.

A single-engine plane crashed at the Fulton County Airport Saturday afternoon. Hilton L. Tallman, of Middle Grove, was flying the 1947 Cessna plane that ended up on its top near the side of the runway.

The Fulton County Department of Social Services requested creation of a financial investigator position in the Child Support Unit to better track and crack down on support cases.

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Hometown Foundation will host a Sunflower Garden Tour as part of Johnstown's 250th anniversary celebration July 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rain date is July 27.

A Fulton County Court judge recently set aside a 2007 Gloversville City Court trial verdict convicting a woman of a misdemeanor count in a drug case in which police said her apartment was being used for drug ...

How would you like to go to work, park your car, put in eight hours and get ready to go home, only to find that your car had been towed away at the employer's request? Well, that's exactly what happened to me ...

The Greater Johnstown School District will award honorary diplomas today to three veterans during commencement ceremonies at Knox Field at 10 a.m. Receiving honorary diplomas will be brothers Louis Charles Leo, ...

Police Capt. Edgar Beaudin will take over as the new chief of police Sunday. At the Common Council meeting Tuesday, Beaudin unanimously was chosen to succeed Police Chief John Harzinski after his retirement, ...

' Some area business leaders Monday got their first glimpse inside the Fulton County YMCA's new Harrison Street facility, which officials said they expect to be open by August.

A 28-year-old Somerset man facing rape charges died Thursday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a three-hour standoff with police.

' The Fulton County Board of Supervisors last week approved engineering for the county firefighters' Burn Building's liner project after an opposing Gloversville supervisor was criticized.

A 19-year-old woman is accused of stealing jewelry from her grandmother and then striking a state trooper with her car Saturday in an attempt to avoid arrest.

' To beyond animal abuse. This newspaper reported Thursday the seizure of some two dozen animals living in a condition described by SPCA Director Sharon Hayes as the worst she had seen in 20 years.

The city has won the Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation District's Annual Water Taste Off competition for the second year in a row.

' Fulton County government's auction of 39 tax-foreclosed properties Wednesday at the Holiday Inn brought in about $200,000 - ' roughly $50,000 more than the amount owed in taxes on the properties.

' The Greater Johnstown School District Board of Education wants to hire an outside consultant to look at dwindling enrollment figures in the district, which could eventually lead to closing a school.

With gas at more than $4 per gallon locally and accompanying transportaion costs affecting many goods and services, already economically stressed service agencies are trying to meet the needs of those who ...

' After the pomp of Friday's Memorial Day parade, area residents paused to remember troops who have given their lives and the veterans who live on to tell of their service.

The Johnstown High School Student Council and Parent-Teacher-Student Association will sponsor a Brooks Barbecue Friday in the Rite-Aid Parking Lot on Route 30A, Johnstown.