Amsterdam News

A spokesman with the state Department of Taxation and Finance said Fulton and Montgomery counties will be able to continue collecting an additional 1 percent in sales tax until the legislation allowing it expires at the end of November.

Two men were arrested in Amsterdam this morning in a drug raid conducted by town police and US Marshals, the Amsterdam Police Department announced.

A search for Kellisue Ackernecht, a 35-year-old missing mom who disappeared in September 2008, got underway in Johnstown, NY, yesterday, but lack of community support hindered the effort.

State and local investigators probing cocaine sales raided a city home this morning and arrested a convicted felon.

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

A new scientific system developed by a St. Michael's Hospital physician, designed to rapidly evaluate the world's air traffic patterns, accurately predicted how the H1N1 virus would spread around the world, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine .

Police said Michael McKenzie, 36, of 12 Arthur Ave., was charged with felony driving while intoxicated after he was found found a oeextremely intoxicateda outside 210 Guy Park Ave., where his black 1999 Lexus sedan had smashed into the homea s front porch.

In 1609, Henry Hudson was praying hard for an easy sea route to the opulent, spice-laden Orient.

New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Eduardo Ortiz visited the Centro Civico offices in the city Wednesday morning to present the organization a flag that he flew in its honor Jan.

Attendance was sparse at Thursday's meeting for the Montgomery County Comprehensive Plan, but county planners said some good ideas were brought up.

YouTube videos and witness statements lead Amsterdam police to a woman they say encouraged and enabled two different fights.

A doctor affiliated with St. Mary's Hospital was identified as one of the three people killed in Sunday's plane crash in the Mohawk River.

Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Planning and Economic Development Department, said Northeast Home Industries closed after a year and a half in business.

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.

"I don't think I should have my job on the line. I don't think I should be fighting for my job," said custodian James Bradt.

Two American engineers who were instrumental in developing e-mail and mobile phones on Wednesday won one of Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias awards for revolutionizing the way people communicate.

The three people who died Sunday afternoon when their small plane crashed and sank in the Mohawk River drowned, State Police said today.

A Life Net helicopter flies from the scene of a small plane crash in the Mohawk River in Scotia, N.Y. while emergency workers in boats continue to search below.

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

Two people were arrested Thursday for selling drugs from a private residence in the city, police said.