Montgomery County News

An Amsterdam woman was sentenced to four months of weekends in jail for stealing credit cards during a Jan.

A three-month investigation into drug activity at an Elizabeth Street home resulted in an arrest Wednesday morning.

Montgomery County police have arrested three people on drug charges after a two-month drug investigation, the county sheriff's office announced today.

Blair G. Ewing, a former member of the Montgomery County school board and County Council, died Monday of cancer.

Christoph Piening, a Democrat, has announced he is running for town supervisor. Piening said his intention is to bring an "understanding of how economic development can be used to counteract the ever-increasing tax burden Montgomery County taxpayers face." He said he would like to institute a comprehensive plan to achieve realistic goals with ...

Several local municipalities will use optical-scan voting machines instead of older, lever-operated machines during 2009 primary and general elections under a statewide pilot program designed to test the new models.

The Village of Canajoharie lost another round Thursday in its court fight to keep Beech-Nut Corp.

Three young men from Rochester are facing felony gun charges following a traffic stop on the New York state Thruway.

NEW YORK - While Jon and Kate Gosselin begin to sort out the pieces of their broken marriage, "Jon & Kate Plus 8" is merely taking a break.

In this April 27, 2009 file photo, actors Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker attend the premiere of "Wonderful World" during the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, in New York.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department has arrested a 19-year-old Canajoharie man accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl and videotaping it.

The Fort Hunter Fire Department will sponsor Canal Days July 10, 11 and 12 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. There will be several different themes each day.

First Ward Supervisor Vito Greco, a Republican, announced Wednesday he will seek re-election to a third term on the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors.

The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors took a step closer to hiring an outside consultant to help draft a new service agreement with the Montgomery-Otsego-Schoharie Solid Waste Management Authority.

After three weeks of standoff, broken only by each new shooting, Washington-area police and the serial sniper they are hunting have abruptly moved into an elaborate, high-stakes negotiation.

"I can answer his calls and he can answer my calls," said Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey.

"After much soul searching, I have concluded that it will be impossible for me to continue pursuing my college degree and to also serve the city for another two years," Brumley said in an e-mail Monday night.

The Amsterdam Elks Lodge 101 will observe its annual Flag Day services at 2 p.m. Sunday inside the lodge hall on Fourth Avenue.

FAIRFAX, Va. - Lawsuits filed by the families of two students slain in the mass killings as Virginia Tech have been transferred to the jurisdiction where the school is located.

James Whitehead, 16, of 32 Glen Ave., was arrested around 8:45 p.m. after police said he was spotted on Brookside Avenue by a resident with a three other teenagers making graffiti on the front and side of a box truck parked near Lyon Street.