Canajoharie News

Montgomery County Court Judge Felix J. Catena recently accepted guilty pleas from two men accused of felony counts of driving while intoxicated in separate cases.

Gloversville's Memorial Day parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. Monday. Starting at Sixth Avenue, the parade will move along North Main Street to Kingsboro Avenue.

A mass-casualty drill with a wrecked car, fake blood, fully equipped firefighters, area law enforcement personnel, the Jaws of Life, ambulance services, a Life Net helicopter, and the Lenz and Betz Funeral Home's hearse had a chilling effect on at least a few Canajoharie Senior High observers and participants.

From the C-S-E files - Down Memory Lane - The first overnight camporee of the Canajoharie Local Council of Girl Scouts, favored by ideal weather and excellent leadership, Saturday, June 6, 1964, at Fort Klock was a huge success - an impressive total of 112 girls and 21 adults attending.

The chairman of Montgomery County's Finance Committee wants the Board of Supervisors to reject a bid for the former West Hill School property in Canajoharie because it is far too low to cover delinquent taxes on the property.

Western Montgomery County residents threw their support behind area school districts' proposed spending plans, but they ousted many of the incumbent school board candidates; and Oppenheim-Ephratah District residents took their discontent to a whole different level rejecting not only the incumbents but also the proposed budget, which needed a ... (more)

Winners of the sixth annual Miss Springfest Youth Pageant at the St. Johnsville Junior/Senior High School last Thursday include , People's Choice winner Caren Stowell Murphy, 3, of Canajoharie; Little Mister Springfest Devon Harrington, 3, of Fort Plain; Springfest Sweetheart Evangelynn P. Britton, 4, of Amsterdam; and , Junior Miss Springfest ... (more)

On Tuesday, local businesses showed their support for the Canajoharie-Palatine Chamber of Commerce by hoisting a few bowling balls and knocking down some stubborn pins during a fundraising event held at Iroquois Lanes.

From what started as a no-contest election early last week, Fort Plain School District residents by 5 p.m. Tuesday had a four-person race for three school board seats.

Central Market Florist, operating out of the Palatine Bridge Price Chopper, provided examples of their work, letting local people know that they are a full-service florist.

For the first time since 1990, voters in the Canajoharie Central School District passed a budget on the first try.

Kevin and Christina Jewell, of Canajoharie, and William Cooke of, Averill Park, and Rose Cooke of Scottsdale, Arizona announce the engagement of their children, Erica Brittany Jewell to Benjamin Samuel Cooke.

Photo submitted - Robbins students of the month - D.H. Robbins Elementary School students of the month for April have been announced.

The project includes new curbing, sidewalks, infrastructure repair and new signs on Erie Boulevard, Church Street and Main Street in the village, according to Mayor Francis Avery.

A Fulton County official said CG Roxane is hoping to start construction of its proposed water-bottling plant in June.

The Montgomery County Charter Commission supports changing the county's form of government from a board of supervisors to a county legislature, but the group isn't sure how many members the body should have.

Nancy Ryan, the pastor of the Reformed Church of Fort Plain and coordinator of the second annual Stop Hunger Now event, said one reconstituted meal package consisting of rice, soy, dried vegetables, and a vitamin packet provides enough food to meet the needs of a six-member family, so they won't go to bed hungry.

During April's regular monthly board meeting, the Village Board of Canajoharie was approached by Canajoharie residents - town and village - requesting that lower Cunningham road, closed due to structural deficiencies during the June, 2011 meeting, be re-opened. Mayor Francis Avery informed residents that it was a report from Delaware Engineering, ... (more)

During Tuesday's Village Board of Canajoharie meeting, representatives of Delaware Engineering, P.C., provided an overview of a recently completed study undertaken to determine ways that the village Waste Water Treatment Plant could upgrade outdated systems, creating a modern, efficient facility.