Amsterdam News

The jury in the trial of robbery and shooting suspect Louis "Black" Robinson began deliberations Friday after hearing closing arguments from both sides.

Megan E. Brockhum, the daughter of James and Pamela Brockhum and Pamela and Joseph Crocetta, all of Gloversville, was united in marriage to Joshua A. Boles, the son of Carl and Jacquelyn Boles of Gloversville, at 4 p.m. Sept.

A 38-year-old Schenectady man arrested in August following a high-speed chase was sentenced this week to prison in Montgomery County Court.

The two men who admitted their roles in a shooting and robbery at a Gloversville convenience store said the attack was a robbery gone awry - an incident set up by the man they were testifying against.

Joan Ann McDuffie of Fort Johnson, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, February 6, 2012, at her home.

Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association President Mike Molino announced today that he will step down after 16 years of service as the CEO of the organization.

Nearly every municipality in Montgomery County received more sales tax revenue in the fourth quarter of 2011 than in the same period of 2010.

Two men involved in an August shooting in Gloversville have pleaded guilty to felony counts and may testify in this week's trial of a third co-defendant who is facing 25 years in prison if convicted.

Debi Crandall, left, shelter manager, and Lisa Mundell, an animal care technician at the shelter, sit with Kendra, a pit bull rescued from Schenectady, at the Montgomery County SPCA on Tuesday, Jan.

The passage of a law allowing Otsego County to withdraw from the Montgomery-Otsego-Schoharie Solid Waste Management Authority won't have an immediate effect on Montgomery County's garbage-disposal plans.

Diane Marie Fraumeni Fiacco, 55, of Market Street, Amsterdam, N.Y., passed to the Lord in heaven Tuesday morning at her home with her loving husband and sister by her side.

The versatile and stunning sextet, yMusic, performs new works by Richard Reed Parry and Son Lux utilizing the organic processes of the human body.

Harold Lampkin, 21, of Amsterdam was charged with reckless endangerment and menacing on Tuesday, Jan.

Montgomery County's Government Change Committee will meet next week, armed with information compiled from surveys sent to supervisors and department heads.

Over the last year, Embassy Millwork has moved into the space in the Edson Street Industrial Park that was once occupied by Universal Custom Millworks and filled a void left by Universal's shutdown in November 2010.

Mrs. Stella M. Mazur, 87, of Crane Street, Amsterdam, New York, passed away peacefully Thursday, January 26, 2012, at St.

The 2012 Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner, celebrated at Riverstone Manor Friday night, honored business, agricultural and professional luminaries from the area as the chamber looked forward to the future with the possible merger of the chamber with the Fulton County Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Slush, ice and rain made for tricky driving Thursday and this morning, but the precipitation is expected to diminish today.

The New York Senate's Republican majority proposed a legislative redistricting plan Thursday that contorted what are supposed to be compact election districts into some odd shapes to connect dwindling Republican pockets in the blue state.

The County Public Health Department says they were notified on Monday that a student was removed from Lynch Literacy Academy in Amsterdam for treatment.