Fort Plain News

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

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy may be a relatively new treatment for depression, but it already has proven its worth to some.

Rising gasoline prices and aggressive retail development have meant higher sales tax revenue for Montgomery County and nearly all its towns and villages.

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.

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.

Members of the Grimm party, foreground, and other patrons present for the opening of The Table at Fort Plain restaurant at 70 Canal St.

Mayor Dayton King is close to naming the Police Department's captain of detectives, Donald VanDeusen, as the city's next police chief.

In an era of ever-dwindling resources, Fort Plain school officials over the last five years have eliminated a number of instructional and non-instructional positions, resulting in an overall reduction in salaries in order to offset increased benefit costs.

Two officials from the Montgomery County Jail are facing an eighth lawsuit over what prisoners say is a policy to segregate sex offenders and others accused of sex-related crimes in protective custody.

Fort Plain-area volunteers Leyandra Anglin, Deanna Marsh, Philip Scalia, Tammy and Jeff Jones, Micki and Fred Lieber, and Tom Anglin, section superintendent of the state Canal Corporation, pause for a photo during the seventh annual Erie Canal Clean Sweep along the Otsquago Club Road riverfront area on Saturday.

The Brain Injury Association of New York State, its Greater Amsterdam Support Group and St.

The Fort Plain Central School District has adopted an $18.6 million 2012-13 budget that would raise the tax levy 1 percent.

During Tuesday's Village Board of Fort Plain meeting, Trustee Michael Calbet explained that he's received complaints regarding letters recently sent to residents by Code Enforcement Officer Barry Vickers.

On Earth Day on Sunday and throughout the weekend, some local organizations are planning cleanup events and other activities in support of the environment.