Fonda News

Supervisor Greg Rajkowski said the board chose from eight well-qualified applicants for the position vacated by Judge William Peeler, who stepped down in January to seek office as mayor of Fonda.

Edwin J. Pastor shot David Ortiz in the face when a gun discharged as Pastor struck Ortiz on the cheek with it during the robbery on North Main Street in Gloversville last August, according to testimony Wednesday at the trial of one of three suspects in the case.

Mrs. Mary F. Robinson, 84, of Barber Street, Fonda, N.Y., died peacefully on Monday, February 6, 2012, at the River Ridge Living Center following a brief illness.

State police say a man who led troopers on a high-speed chase for almost 40 miles on the state Thruway died when his car struck a tree.

Tech Sgt. Carlos Bonilla-Diaz, who maintains LC-130 ski planes with the 109th Airlift Wing, said he often sees the flightless birds and flippered sea mammals when he's working at Pegasus Field - a skiway carved into permanent ice shelf in McMurdo Sound.

The Montgomery County Industrial Development Agency will hold its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Old County Courthouse, 9 Park St., Fonda.

The mother of a man who filed a $1 million suit against the city Police Department last month has filed her own suit, claiming officers violated her rights and used excessive force when she and her son tried to get information from a parking ticket she says was issued to him two years ago.

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

National Kateri Shrine and Indian Museum in Fonda, N.Y. Tekakwitha, who will be canonized later this year, was a Native American baptized in 1676 in the Mohawk Valley.

Eating locally doesn't necessarily mean eating close to home: That's what one New York couple learned from years of roaming the globe.

A 21-year-old Fultonville resident who pleaded guilty in July to driving while intoxicated and vehicular assault was placed on probation for five years and fined $5,000 in Montgomery County Court.

Five Fonda-Fultonville High School students are facing disorderly conduct charges after a December incident in which eggs were thrown at another student's house.

A statue of Kateri Tekakwitha in St. Peter's Chapel at the National Kateri Shrine in Fonda, New York.

Swing music experienced a bit of a renaissance over the last couple years, a craze that spawned a group of new young sings groups - energetic and somewhat fun, but marginally talented and extremely unauthentic.

Officials are confident the village's waterfront development project will move forward despite a snag between the project's architect and his former employer.

Michelle Sanford, the daughter of Michael and Amy Sanford of Fonda, was united in marriage to Jeffrey Kline, the son of Phillip and Sherry Kline of Amsterdam, at 2 p.m. Oct.

Mrs. Estella D. Bassett, age 74, of Gloversville, died Saturday morning, Jan. 14, 2012, at River Ridge Living Center, Amsterdam, following a brief illness.