Johnstown News

The Carville family expected winning the Fulton County Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry family business award to be a somber event.

U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson declared himself a kindred spirit with Republicans in Fulton County at the 52nd Annual Lincoln Day Dinner in Johnstown on Saturday night.

To a good mix. The organizers of the Johnstown Farmers Market have been looking for a new location for vendors to bring in goods weekly.

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.

The Greater Johnstown School District is projecting a $1.5 million deficit for the 2012-13 school year after reviewing proposed preliminary budget figures.

Mrs. Beverly J. Rygelski, age 77, of Perth, N.Y., died peacefully early Friday morning, February 10, 2012, at Ellis Hospital, Schenectady.

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.

Love City Fellowship, a Christian church that's been meeting downtown at the Glove Performing Arts Center, has reached a purchase agreement for the former St.

First Warning Forecast Closings/Delays Snow Emergencies Interactive Radar Sign Up for Text Alerts Sign Up for Email Alerts The Skiing Weatherman Twenty-eight-year-old Terry L. Smith of Johnstown is accused of stealing a laptop computer.

The Greater Johnstown School District winterguards and the Johnstown Music Support Group held a breakfast at the Johnstown Moose on Sunday.

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.

Mayfield's Tom McClellan finished fifth in the boys race with a time of 30:38 at the Scotia-Glenville Invitational at Garnet Hill Lodge.

A Fulton County Board of Supervisors committee last week voted 4-2 to extend a lease payment due date for another six months to a private business that wants to build a new hangar at the county airport but is tied up in litigation with the town of Johnstown.

The Fulton County Board of Supervisors has to decrease the town of Johnstown's weighted vote by four because the town's census was reduced by 431 people - the number of inmates at a state correctional facility in the town.

The Board of Education selected its choice for the next superintendent three weeks ago, but the board still hasn't made him a formal offer.

Fifth Ward Councilman Jay Zarrelli has been appointed to serve as the third member on the council's Finance Committee, which convened in 2011 and meets regularly to review city finances.

Dorothy Ruth Travis, 74, a resident of South Shore Road, East Caroga Lake, N.Y., died Saturday, January 28, 2012, at the Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville.

Gus Hilts had a high game of 247 on his way to a 653 series to lead Johnstown to a 3-1 win over South Glens Falls in a Foothills Council boys bowling match at Perry Lanes on Monday.

To a possible future historian. Parents and teachers often struggle to get young people interested in history.

Three more cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been confirmed in area schools, including one in each of Broadalbin-Perth's two buildings and one at Glebe Street Elementary School in Johnstown.