No amount of flag waving or lectures about voting being an important democratic right will actually make people more likely to cast a ballot. The best method is simply making it more convenient, our columnist writes. Read MoreWaite: Mail-in voting improves turnout. The results are already in.
Each week The Daily Gazette family of newspapers talented photographers travel throughout our coverage area capturing photos that appear in our print and on-line editions. Read MoreAround Town: Photos from Saratoga, Schenectady, Montgomery and Fulton counties
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The Greater Johnstown School District is mourning the loss of Bob Frenyea, who taught in the district for nearly 34 years. He died on Thursday at the age of 59 as a result of ongoing health issues. Read MoreJohnstown teacher Bob Frenyea remembered for devotion to students
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Two screens played a video telling the story of Amy Stock, compiled news footage showed the damage from the crash that killed her. Beneath them, her mangled blue car, preserved in its condition from that night in hopes of raising awareness of the dangers of drunk driving. Read MoreAmy Stock Memorial Trailer visits Fulton County schools to address drunk driving ahead of prom
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For graduating seniors, the spring looks like a flurry of fun and celebration. The dates can be daunting to keep track of so here’s a guide to one of the big ones next time you find yourself thinking, “Wait, when is prom again?” Read MoreWhen is prom? Capital Region guide for the big dance
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Local school district officials on Wednesday erected a 4.5-foot barrier between Prospect Hill Cemetery and an athletic field in response to reports of misplaced equipment. Read MoreNorthville cemetery now protected from soccer balls
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The latest Section 2 baseball results: Read MoreSection 2 baseball 2024 results: Big fifth inning lifts Shenendehowa past Queensbury
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The latest results from Section 2 softball: Read MoreSection 2 softball: 2024 results: Glens Falls beats Fonda-Fultonville
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The latest Section 2 girls' lacrosse results: Read MoreSection 2 girls' lacrosse 2024 results: Queensbury completes undefeated regular season
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New England Patriots rookies - head coach Jerod Mayo and quarterback Drake Maye - spent a good deal of time together the past two days at the team's rookie camp, with Mayo taking a level appro… Read MorePats coach Jerod Mayo says QB Drake Maye will 'put the work in'
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Alabama shored up two positions of need Saturday, as two transfer players announced commitments to the Crimson Tide. Safety King Mack, a former top-100 safety prospect who began his career at … Read MoreTransfers King Mack, Geno VanDeMark commit to Alabama
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The New England Patriots named Eliot Wolf their executive vice president of player personnel on Saturday. Wolf, 42, has 20 seasons of NFL experience, including the last four as director of sco… Read MorePatriots name Eliot Wolf executive VP of player personnel
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Bill Belichick isn't coaching an NFL franchise this season, but he'll still be on television screens often during the 2024 NFL season. Peyton Manning, who with his brother, Eli, hosts the "Man… Read MoreBill Belichick gets weekly spot on ESPN's 'ManningCast'
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The historic tavern has been closed for more than five years. Read MoreBrookside Tavern renovation in Ephratah reaches 'final stages'
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From sauces to cheeses, there’s a lot of tasty horseradish products the various owners of Whalen’s Horseradish Products in Galway have concocted over the years. Read MoreBiz Beat: Galway's Whalens Horseradish Products nears 100 years (w/ photos, video)
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CAROGA LAKE — The Caroga Arts Collective announced Friday a grant award totaling $850,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts. The grant will support the construction of a year-round artists’ lodge at Myhill as part of the Sherman’s Legacy Campaign. Read MoreCaroga Arts Collective receives $850K grant for year-round artists' lodge
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JOHNSTOWN - While he could be staying up late playing video games or scrolling through social media, a Gloversville teen has recently spent his evenings trying to help a Johnstown community center raise money, reaching out to news outlets to drum up support. Read MoreGloversville teen aims to help Johnstown's One Church Street raise funds
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When Jeff Coon was called inside to his maintenance bay at Brown Transportation to assist with an issue, he didn’t think much of it. That’s what he does. Read MoreBrown Transportation maintenance manager honored for decades of service
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FORT PLAIN - A look around Erie Station Bar & Grill in Fort Plain. Read MoreImages: Erie Station Bar & Grill in Fort Plain (13 photos)
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Wayne Weaver lived in Palatine Bridge, nearly 20 miles away from his long-tenured role at the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department. Read MoreLate dispatcher to be honored in Fulton County communications center
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With the demolition of Ellis Medicine’s Nott Street parking garage set to commence in July, the hospital will hold a community forum on Tuesday night to detail its plan to replace the garage a… Read MoreEllis Medicine hosting forum on Nott Street parking garage project Tuesday
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Almost 1,500 participants ran and walked the 5k course at Saratoga Spa State Park Sunday, honoring moms along the course and in their hearts as part of the 12th annual Mother Lovin' 5k. Read MoreMother Lovin' 5k sees record turnout to honor moms (results)
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Two weeks after CBS’ surprise cancellation of NCIS: Hawai‘i, cast members from the procedural gathered on a beach to say goodbye to the place they called home for the past three TV seasons. “W… Read More‘NCIS: Hawai‘i’ Cast Reunites for Beachside Sendoff of Canceled Show: ‘Ohana Forever’
No amount of flag waving or lectures about voting being an important democratic right will actually make people more likely to cast a ballot. The best method is simply making it more convenien… Read MoreWaite: Mail-in voting improves turnout. The results are already in.
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GLEN — What’s now known as Glen Conservancy Hall has been bringing people together for nearly 200 years. Preservation minded locals are returning the favor by keeping the building together. Read MoreHistoric Glen Conservancy Hall sparking fellowship in arts, preservation
Each week The Daily Gazette family of newspapers talented photographers travel throughout our coverage area capturing photos that appear in our print and on-line editions. Read MoreAround Town: Photos from Saratoga, Schenectady, Montgomery and Fulton counties
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BROADALBAN - The Amy Stock Memorial Trailer in Broadalbin. Read MoreImages: Amy Stock Memorial Trailer in Fulton County (10 photos)
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Broadalbin-Perth Elementary School has been honored for the second year in a row for its efforts to engage students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, accord… Read MoreImages: Broadalbin-Perth Elementary honored (5 photos)
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GLOVERSVILLE - From a presentation Sunday by Dancing Turtle Rescue president Debbie Philip at The Glove Theater. Read MoreImages: Gloversville Dancing Turtle Rescue presentation (3)
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GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE - Some looks at Great Sacandaga Lake in recent years. Read MoreImages: Great Sacandaga Lake in recent years (16 photos)
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TOWN OF MOHAWK - Some looks at Thursday's cyber range announcement at SUNY Fulton Montgomery. Read MoreImages: SUNY Fulton Montgomery cyber range (8 photos)
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FONDA - Outgoing Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort is given a sendoff Tuesday on his last day. Read MoreImages: Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort's sendoff
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HIGH SCHOOLS - Broadalbin-Perth baseball took on Amsterdam and came away with the 16-5 win. Read MoreImages: Broadalbin-Perth baseball vs. Amsterdam (13 photos) - Leader-Herald
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TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN - Some looks around the Empire QuiltFest at SUNY Fulton Montgomery Saturday, April 27, 2024. Read MoreIMAGES: Empire QuiltFest Saturday at SUNY FMCC (18 photos) - Leader-Herald
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GLOVERSVILLE - Wohlfarth's Pond in Gloversville was lined with adults and children taking part in the annual fishing derby presented by the Gloversville Recreation Commission Saturday, April 2… Read MoreImages: Gloversville fishing derby Saturday (11 photos)
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BROADALBIN-PERTH - Looks at the second day of the annual Broadalbin Craft Fair and Home Show at Broadalbin-Perth High School to benefit the Broadalbin Youth Commission Sunday. Read MoreImages: Broadalbin Craft Fair and Home Show (7 photos)
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JOHNSTOWN - Some looks at the first-ever Oddities Show at the Johnstown Area Community Center, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Read MoreImages: Johnstown Oddities show Sunday (10 photos)
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CANAJOHARIE - Some looks at the state of the demolition at the former Beech-Nut factory site in Canajoharie. Read MoreImages: Beech-Nut demolition nearing completion (10 photos)
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CAROGA LAKE — The Caroga Arts Collective announced Friday a grant award totaling $850,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts. The grant will support the construction of a year-round artists’ lodge at Myhill as part of the Sherman’s Legacy Campaign. Read MoreCaroga Arts Collective receives $850K grant for year-round artists' lodge
Between festivals, concerts, Broadway shows and community events, there’s always something to do in the Capital Region. We'll feature some of these events here each Thursday through Sunday and highlight a best bet of the day. Read MoreThings to do: Friday, April 19
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CAROGA LAKE — Caroga Arts Collective has announced the lineup for the Caroga Lake Music Festival’s 2024 summer season. Read MoreCaroga Lake Music Festival 2024 programming announced
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ALBANY - The great solar eclipse of 2024 is set for April and most of New York State will get a show. Read MoreWhere to see the solar eclipse in Capital Region? Elsewhere?
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The Sturgess family has a vision for a lot on South Main Street. Read MoreLocal family aims to launch Gloversville BBQ joint
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Loopie’s Irish Pub, located at 410 Mohawk Drive in Tribes Hill, is hosting their 17th annual soup and chili cook-off on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Read MoreLoopie’s Irish Pub soup and chili cook-off
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Online grocery shopping, first introduced to the U.S. in the late 1980s, was slow to build a following among consumers who readily turned to the internet to order books, electronics, clothing and shoes. Until, that is, COVID-19 struck. Read MoreDown to Business: Online grocery shopping on rise since COVID
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Josh Smith said he wasn’t always a beer guy, but his tastes have changed. Read MoreGetting to Know ... Brewmaster Josh Smith Great Sacandaga Brewing Co.
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No amount of flag waving or lectures about voting being an important democratic right will actually make people more likely to cast a ballot. The best method is simply making it more convenien… Read MoreWaite: Mail-in voting improves turnout. The results are already in.
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DOWN TO BUSINESS - Take a guess on the most-littered single-use plastic item in the world. Read MoreTobacco giant faces shareholders' vote on risks of cigarette litter: Down to Business
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DOWN TO BUSINESS - Doris Mold thought she’d see a “nudge upward” in the number of women counted as farmers in the government’s latest agricultural census. Read MoreNumber of female farmers holds steady in latest data after big bump in 2017
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Berkshire Hathaway is famous for its annual shareholders’ meeting, which draws 30,000 or so to Omaha, Nebraska, for a long weekend in May that, in addition to company business and a question-a… Read MoreAdviser: Hybrid annual shareholders' meeting worth consideration: Down to Business
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A town of Johnstown third-grader will be an honored hero at an upstate Crohn's & Colitis Foundation fundraiser. Read MoreWaite: Fulton County 8yo finds connection in a life-altering disease
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SUNY Oneonta history professor emeritus William Simons is a braver man than I. Read MoreOneonta man researching life of Kirk Douglas: Focus on History
Mary Louise Scott Skaneateles - Mary Louise Scott, age 77, passed away at home surrounded by her family on May 7, 2024 following a courageous three- year battle with ovarian cancer. Read MoreScott, Mary Louise
John "Jack" Walrath Gloversville - John "Jack" Walrath, 88 passed away on May 8,2024 at Nathan Litauer Hospital Nursing Home. Friends may call Monday May 13,2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. a… Read MoreWalrath, John
YVONNE GUTOWSKI Ma, Mom, Mommy The other day we were remembering how we always turned to you and thinking how we still do today. We kept you busy. As kids exploring the neighborhood and gettin… Read MoreGutowski, Yvonne
Josephine E. Sargalis Amsterdam - Mrs. Josephine E. "Jo" (Kulpa) Sargalis, 97, a life-long resident of Amsterdam, New York passed away peacefully at Mountain Valley Hospice, surrounded by her … Read MoreSargalis, Josephine