Editors note: While this editorial is a day late, we still felt it was important to run it. New holidays and special observances are a dime a dozen. Sometimes, it seems we have too many. But one gaining popularity is well worth noting — and celebration by each and every American. It is ...
Ladies and gentlemen of Hamilton County, I am asking for your consideration to vote for me on primary day on the Republican Party line. I have the necessary qualifications, education and experience to excel in this endeavor. I completed my undergraduate studies at George Washington University ...
Dear voters, The primary is June 25. I am in a contested race for the Republican, Conservative and Independence lines. In our community, where the majority of voters are Republican, voting in the primary is critical and may decide the final election. When you vote, please consider how ...
I first encountered Marsha King Purdue when she was a cheerleader for our Central School. Then, as a lifeguard for the town beach. Even then, she was distinguished by the dedication to good work that has marked her legal career. I can testify that I have never known Marsha to act unfairly ...
I would like to thank the following Gloversville Women’s Alumni Club members for placing flags on our veterans graves in the old Prospect Hill Cemetery: Sue DeLilli, Pat Mancini, Sue Maryanopolis, Kathy Henze, Barb Cline, Chris Putnam, Judy Antonucci, Sue Zambri, Genny Tracy, Karriann ...
On June 12, I attended the meet the candidates night at the Wells Community Hall and I asked a very personal question directed to the three candidates running for Hamilton County DA. My question was, as the mother of a victim of a child involved in a DWI accident which claimed her life, how ...
There have been some concerns raised about a letter to the editor published on Saturday from Dan Engel arguing there were many inaccuracies in his letter and it should have not been allowed to run. There have been nearly as many positive responses to the letter; and it is an opinion. First ...
Our children are watching. On June 18, they deserve to watch our community show up and vote YES in support of their education. And at this point, in support of them, too. This spring, our kids watched as adults debated (to put it generously) the Greater Johnstown school district’s 2019-2020 ...
No federal program protecting natural areas and assisting local and state recreation projects has had the reach and the importance of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Thousands of individual initiatives— some possibly affecting you and your family directly — have been assisted by the ...
Relay for Life 2019 is in the books and it could not have been possible without the effort of so many. I have a lot of people to extend my appreciation to on behalf of Relay and the American Cancer Society, beginning with the Gloversville Enlarged School District for allowing us to use the ...
Newsday on robocalls June 8 The calls come during dinner. During the workday. Even in the middle of the night. They veer from annoying and laughable to frightening and dangerous. Sometimes, they’re offering debt reduction, solar panels or a free trip. Sometimes, they’re in Mandarin. ...
If indeed Iran is behind recent attacks on several tanker ships carrying petroleum products, action by the world community — not just the United States — may be necessary. But as of Thursday, only circumstantial evidence of Iranian complicity had been provided. On that day two more oil ...
I feel compelled to write about the Johnstown School District and the upcoming vote on the school budget. First, I want to take a look at the history of capital projects. Moving the district headquarters from Knox left a perfectly good building unused. The district spent millions on a new ...
Dear Hamilton County primary voters, As the June primary election quickly approaches, I am compelled to write urging all Hamilton County voters to seriously consider electing a candidate to fill the vacancy left by the Honorable Judge Feldstein when he retired. The office of the county judge ...
Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States are gathered in Baltimore this week, with a discussion of sex abuse scandals on the agenda. They should be asking questions — assuming they do not already know the answers — about a related skeleton that came out of the church’s ...
The Hamilton County Democratic Committee is pleased to announce the endorsement of Republican Marsha King Purdue for Hamilton County Court Judge. This year the Hamilton County Democrat Party has no candidate running for county judge. Even so, all Hamilton County Democrats have a great interest ...
I am the retired Chief Clerk of Hamilton County and I fully support the election of Tatiana Coffinger for Hamilton County Judge. I’ve known Tatiana for 17 years. Tatiana has been a law clerk to two of the finest and honorable judges that I have known, Judge Gorden Hemmett, deceased, ...
My name is Brian E. VanNostrand Sr. and I am writing today to endorse Donald W. VanDeusen III for sheriff of Fulton County. I retired as captain of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department in 2016, after 35 plus years of service and I am currently a patrolman for the village of Northville. Don ...
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise June 3 Have legislators in Albany just erected a massive roadblock to treating the opioid scourge by eliminating bail for low-level drug offenses? It is entirely possible. Consider this situation — which isn’t really hypothetical because we have heard ...
People with low incomes sometimes succumb to substance abuse simply because they feel hopeless, it has been said and written. It turns out that if they do become addicts, it may be tougher for them to get the help they need. Lower-income people often cannot afford the same level of health ...