Fulton County News

Fulton County election officials said Friday they have begun counting ballots in five Fulton County towns where voting machines faltered Tuesday.

Election results for the towns of Bleecker, Broadalbin, Northampton and Perth will not be available until early next week, Fulton County Board of Elections officials said Thursday.

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.

A crash claimed the life of one person and injured another in the Town of Johnstown, Fulton County, Wednesday night.

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.

A malfunction in the voting machines has caused some issues in Fulton County. An election official there told Teresa Priolo some marked ballots wouldn't scan yesterday.

Most incumbent mayors and town supervisors in the Capital Region fought off challenges from opponents in Tuesday's elections.

Two deaths last week in Albany and Warren counties have been reported as the first deaths attributed to swine flu in the Capital Region.

Fulton County Sheriffs arrested three young adults for allegedly throwing pumpkins from a vehicle at oncoming traffic on Oct.

Fees for public use of the Fulton County landfill are proposed to increase next year by $2 per ton in six major categories, including for the key municipal direct-haul and commercial rates.

The Fulton County Democratic Committee met Thursday at Gloversville City Hall and endorsed the following candidates in Tuesday's general election: William L. Owens, for representative in Congress, 23rd District.

Four men accused of raping a woman outside a Gloversville bar in the early morning hours of May 16 were acquitted Friday, capping an emotional two-week trial in Fulton County Court.

A Fulton County Court jury deliberated about three hours Thursday without reaching a verdict in the case of four men charged with gang raping a Gloversville woman May 16.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Johnstown Mayor Sarah Slingerland cites many accomplishments over the past four years.

Some people don't like change, but everyone who votes in Fulton County will have to get used to it on Nov.

The Fulton County Youth Bureau may have more student members interested in joining its advisory board.

Fulton County government's tentative 2010 budget - due to be given to the Board of Supervisors Nov.

Assistant District Attorney Chad Brown told jurors the tale of a brutal sexual assault by four men outside a Gloversville tavern May 16, while the four defense attorneys pointed to a lack of physical evidence linking their clients to the crime as enough reasonable doubt to acquit the accused men.

A local physician practicing at Nathan Littauer Hospital's Perth Primary Care facility is being sued based on allegations he sexually assaulted a young female patient.

A source of local entertainment for area residents - the Johnstown Movie Plex - has closed.