Sharon Springs News

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

Step Back in Time features community news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.

Bobby Varin hit the big 4-0 Saturday night at Fonda Speedway. The 38-year-old modified driver out of Sharon Springs slipped past Ryan Odasz with four laps remaining in the 30-lap modified feature to claim his fifth feature win of the season and 40th of his career at the Track of Champions.

Editor's note: You met Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell in our May 21 food section, where we introduced them as the authors of a new column called "Garden Party," which is scheduled to debut June 21.

Step Back in Time features community news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.

The American Hotel in Sharon Springs was once frequented by the Vanderbilts, the Roosevelts and the Rockefellers.

Several Section II baseball and softball games were postponed Thursday due to rain.

Josh Nethaway struck out 10 Duanesburg batters in a 3-1 Fonda-Fultonville win Wednesday, keeping the Eagles off the board until the final inning.

A fire damaged a home in Cherry Valley on Saturday night. Fire officials said the blaze at the two-story farmhouse of Matt and Jodi Utter on county Route 34A started in an upstairs bathroom and spread to an adjoining bedroom and the attic.

Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, the men behind Beekman 1802, tend to 52 raised beds of heirloom crops and are committed to gardening organically.

Follow the progress of the Beekman garden at http://www.beekman1802.com. For more gardening information, visit http://www.timesunion.com/homes. PHOTO GALLERY Beekman 1802 offers products from throughout Sharon Springs, including linens, soaps made with milk from the farm's herd of goats, and other household goods.

Step Back in Time features community news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.

Jeremy Furey pitched his second no-hitter of the season as Saratoga Central Catholic defeated St.

D.J. Hoagboon homered, doubled and drove in a run, leading Mayfield to a 6-5 win over Middleburgh Saturday.

The Otsego County Highway Department has been ordered to stop dumping dirt near wetlands believed to be federally protected on county Route 34 in Cherry Valley.

Mark Hanifin had two hits, including a double, leading Fort Plain over Canajoharie, 11-2, Monday.

An underage drinking sting in parts of the Capital Region netted six arrests for selling alcohol to a minor.

Firefighters from Carlisle, Cobleskill and Sharon Springs douse a brush fire that burned about two acres off Crommie Road in the Town of Carlisle Thursday afternoon.

If Fulvio Ferraris found himself traveling west from Albany NY in the 1950s he would probably have stayed over night at an establishment like this one.

At least one area school district is seeking wage concessions from its staff to balance the budget, according to an administrator.