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Bill's Broadsides

A promising weekend for entertainment
  Posted: Wed, November 18, 2009 @ 3:37PM

Maine attraction
  Posted: Thu, November 12, 2009 @ 11:51PM

Nobody's Prefect
  Posted: Mon, November 2, 2009 @ 2:03PM

"Remembering" 1978 on Facebook
  Posted: Sat, October 24, 2009 @ 12:53PM

A visitor's observations
  Posted: Sat, October 17, 2009 @ 10:43PM

Performer, venue make for worthwhile experience
  Posted: Mon, October 12, 2009 @ 11:37PM

Gloversville's new arts venue
  Posted: Thu, October 8, 2009 @ 8:14PM

The Fonda Fair of Yesteryear
  Posted: Fri, October 2, 2009 @ 1:08AM

Valley views
  Posted: Fri, September 25, 2009 @ 1:32PM

Photos from the farm
  Posted: Mon, September 21, 2009 @ 11:35A

Oddities from the photo vault!
  Posted: Thu, September 17, 2009 @ 0:54AM

Back to school
  Posted: Tue, September 8, 2009 @ 2:47PM

Mayoral candidates forum on YouTube
  Posted: Wed, September 2, 2009 @ 3:51PM

From the photo vault
  Posted: Mon, August 31, 2009 @ 5:21PM

Rambling with Charlie
  Posted: Sat, August 22, 2009 @ 1:45AM

Using the new CU
  Posted: Mon, August 17, 2009 @ 12:49PM

A big bird, and not on Sesame Street
  Posted: Tue, August 11, 2009 @ 2:40PM

The two doctors
  Posted: Fri, August 7, 2009 @ 11:12AM

A Simple Gift
  Posted: Thu, July 30, 2009 @ 3:30PM

Going in circles
  Posted: Thu, July 23, 2009 @ 7:06AM

Musical errata
  Posted: Wed, July 22, 2009 @ 11:10AM

Cajun in Canjo!
  Posted: Tue, July 21, 2009 @ 10:53AM

We need an amphibian divorce!
  Posted: Mon, July 13, 2009 @ 10:55AM

Movin' on up
  Posted: Fri, July 3, 2009 @ 9:40PM

So Long, Jansen Avenue
  Posted: Sat, June 27, 2009 @ 1:55AM

Summertime concerts
  Posted: Wed, June 24, 2009 @ 2:14PM

Why laughing matters
  Posted: Fri, June 19, 2009 @ 1:37AM

Billy Collins: a pro's approach to verse
  Posted: Tue, June 16, 2009 @ 3:44PM

Rosin up the bow
  Posted: Thu, June 4, 2009 @ 3:18PM

Just passing through ...
  Posted: Thu, May 28, 2009 @ 3:24PM

Long time no see
  Posted: Thu, May 21, 2009 @ 12:33PM

Word up
  Posted: Sat, May 16, 2009 @ 2:26AM

Glove Theatre event
  Posted: Wed, May 6, 2009 @ 7:35AM

The sartorially spartan Mr. Seeger
  Posted: Mon, May 4, 2009 @ 3:14PM

Ready to ramble
  Posted: Sat, May 2, 2009 @ 1:28PM

Oink!
  Posted: Mon, April 27, 2009 @ 2:50PM

Chock full o' caffeine
  Posted: Thu, April 23, 2009 @ 3:56PM

A few good links
  Posted: Mon, April 20, 2009 @ 11:07AM

Still waxing nostalgic
  Posted: Thu, April 9, 2009 @ 1:16PM

A terrific response
  Posted: Mon, April 6, 2009 @ 11:32AM

Remember 'Remember When?'
  Posted: Sat, March 28, 2009 @ 1:28AM

Word from my Dubai correspondent
  Posted: Mon, March 23, 2009 @ 3:25PM

St. Patrick's Day greetings
  Posted: Tue, March 17, 2009 @ 10:47AM

Attention, writers and filmmakers!
  Posted: Sun, March 15, 2009 @ 2:22PM

Remember poor Adolf?
  Posted: Thu, March 12, 2009 @ 10:10PM

Johnstown's thorny school issue
  Posted: Sun, March 1, 2009 @ 9:19PM

Some thoughts on racism
  Posted: Thu, February 26, 2009 @ 8:04AM

Public Spaces visit and forum
  Posted: Mon, February 16, 2009 @ 3:27PM

Brainfood: now a brand name
  Posted: Tue, February 10, 2009 @ 3:47PM

House concert this Sunday
  Posted: Thu, February 5, 2009 @ 1:43PM

'Uncommon Beauty'
  Posted: Tue, February 3, 2009 @ 3:54PM

A year of broadsiding
  Posted: Tue, February 3, 2009 @ 3:53PM

Ocular jocularity
  Posted: Sat, January 31, 2009 @ 2:01AM

Brain Food
  Posted: Thu, January 22, 2009 @ 2:36PM

Great show
  Posted: Mon, January 19, 2009 @ 7:04AM

This guy's got mad skills
  Posted: Fri, January 16, 2009 @ 9:25AM

The name game
  Posted: Tue, January 13, 2009 @ 3:22PM

Catch this train
  Posted: Mon, January 5, 2009 @ 3:27PM

Past and future
  Posted: Sat, January 3, 2009 @ 0:13AM

What were they thinking?
  Posted: Wed, December 17, 2008 @ 11:51AM

Fulton County's new Web site
  Posted: Mon, December 15, 2008 @ 1:15PM

Mystery Writer on Main Street
  Posted: Mon, December 8, 2008 @ 2:49PM

Guitar guru
  Posted: Tue, December 2, 2008 @ 2:14PM

Musical musings
  Posted: Thu, November 20, 2008 @ 11:53AM

You don't have to go to Northville, but you can't skate here
  Posted: Mon, November 17, 2008 @ 3:46PM

Into the breach
  Posted: Thu, November 6, 2008 @ 11:31AM

Darwin for President
  Posted: Mon, November 3, 2008 @ 1:16PM

Donkeys and Elephants and Mavericks, oh my ...
  Posted: Thu, October 30, 2008 @ 10:37PM

Pink squirrels: An update
  Posted: Wed, October 29, 2008 @ 11:34AM

Attack of the pink squirrels
  Posted: Mon, October 27, 2008 @ 3:17PM

The wait is over
  Posted: Thu, October 16, 2008 @ 1:47PM

Missing person case
  Posted: Thu, October 9, 2008 @ 2:44PM

Hayden Carruth
  Posted: Thu, October 2, 2008 @ 2:54PM

Had a rough day?
  Posted: Wed, October 1, 2008 @ 10:56AM

Historic homes
  Posted: Wed, September 24, 2008 @ 2:57PM

Celebrating Johnstown, the infomercial
  Posted: Mon, September 22, 2008 @ 11:34A

Celebrating Johnstown
  Posted: Wed, September 17, 2008 @ 0:07AM

A proud moment for my alma mater
  Posted: Sat, September 13, 2008 @ 2:10AM

The Convention of 'Hope' ... er 'Change'
  Posted: Fri, September 5, 2008 @ 5:18PM

The Leader-Herald Time Machine
  Posted: Wed, September 3, 2008 @ 3:39PM

A crackerjack speech
  Posted: Fri, August 29, 2008 @ 0:39AM

Just checking in ...
  Posted: Thu, August 21, 2008 @ 3:00PM

On a positive note ...
  Posted: Sun, August 10, 2008 @ 0:08AM

What the H-E-double hockeysticks?
  Posted: Sat, August 9, 2008 @ 6:30PM

Gotta love live music
  Posted: Thu, July 31, 2008 @ 1:30PM

Low-light photography
  Posted: Mon, July 28, 2008 @ 2:38PM

Out on the lake
  Posted: Wed, July 23, 2008 @ 6:40AM

Playing in the band
  Posted: Sat, July 19, 2008 @ 1:48AM

Remember When?
  Posted: Wed, July 9, 2008 @ 2:14PM

Getting technical (again)
  Posted: Tue, July 8, 2008 @ 11:37AM

Art on Film
  Posted: Fri, July 4, 2008 @ 10:59AM

Graduation 2008
  Posted: Thu, July 3, 2008 @ 11:06AM

A terrific weekend
  Posted: Sun, June 29, 2008 @ 6:44PM

Farmers' Market grand opening
  Posted: Sun, June 29, 2008 @ 6:36PM

Technical difficulties
  Posted: Wed, June 25, 2008 @ 11:29PM

Is there hope for humanity?
  Posted: Wed, June 25, 2008 @ 6:49AM

The business of politics
  Posted: Mon, June 23, 2008 @ 11:11AM

How do you read?
  Posted: Fri, June 20, 2008 @ 4:15PM

Pedaling Democracy
  Posted: Wed, June 18, 2008 @ 11:35AM

My (former) place in history
  Posted: Sat, June 14, 2008 @ 1:14AM

See you in the funny papers
  Posted: Thu, June 12, 2008 @ 2:33PM

Mysterious trousers
  Posted: Tue, June 10, 2008 @ 2:18PM

Music at the Market Fair
  Posted: Sat, June 7, 2008 @ 10:23PM

Trail update
  Posted: Wed, June 4, 2008 @ 10:55AM

Time to hit "The Road"
  Posted: Tue, June 3, 2008 @ 10:27AM

My great transportation experiment
  Posted: Wed, May 28, 2008 @ 10:44PM

A bad experience
  Posted: Sat, May 24, 2008 @ 12:48PM

Viva la Farmers Market
  Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 @ 10:13PM

Speaking of art ...
  Posted: Tue, May 13, 2008 @ 11:04AM

Art outing
  Posted: Sat, May 10, 2008 @ 1:48AM

What I've been reading
  Posted: Wed, May 7, 2008 @ 2:58PM

Two for the road
  Posted: Mon, May 5, 2008 @ 11:09AM

Puma panic
  Posted: Mon, April 28, 2008 @ 2:27PM

Say it ain't so
  Posted: Mon, April 28, 2008 @ 11:21AM

Covering the fire
  Posted: Thu, April 24, 2008 @ 9:39PM

Back from vacation
  Posted: Wed, April 23, 2008 @ 5:19PM

Pothole season
  Posted: Sat, April 12, 2008 @ 1:18AM

But seriously ...
  Posted: Sat, April 5, 2008 @ 1:31AM

A long-lost relative
  Posted: Tue, April 1, 2008 @ 11:17AM

Family e-union, continued ...
  Posted: Thu, March 27, 2008 @ 2:55PM

Rover gets a reprieve
  Posted: Wed, March 26, 2008 @ 9:49PM

A family 'e-union'
  Posted: Sat, March 15, 2008 @ 2:33AM

Client 9
  Posted: Tue, March 11, 2008 @ 10:45AM

Stories and songs
  Posted: Thu, March 6, 2008 @ 1:50PM

Vocalism 101
  Posted: Wed, March 5, 2008 @ 3:24PM

Mountain men
  Posted: Tue, March 4, 2008 @ 1:12PM

'Magnifica' indeed
  Posted: Sat, March 1, 2008 @ 2:48AM

Trio to announce new name
  Posted: Thu, February 28, 2008 @ 2:36PM

Victoria Bouffard
  Posted: Tue, February 26, 2008 @ 2:12PM

Grammar geek
  Posted: Mon, February 25, 2008 @ 11:24AM

Full disclosure
  Posted: Fri, February 22, 2008 @ 1:21PM

Top-secret publicity
  Posted: Fri, February 22, 2008 @ 12:20PM

Casting about in the blogosphere
  Posted: Mon, February 18, 2008 @ 4:14PM

Rats!
  Posted: Sat, February 16, 2008 @ 2:21AM

What's a broadside, anyway?
  Posted: Thu, February 14, 2008 @ 12:11PM

The age of specialization is over
  Posted: Mon, February 11, 2008 @ 3:13PM

Bill Ackerbauer

Assistant City Editor Johnstown native Bill Ackerbauer began his journalism career in 1996 as a reporter with The Leader-Herald. He has been an editor and writer for newspapers in Schenectady, Saratoga Springs and Dover, N.H., and returned to the Leader in 2007. 'Bill's Broadsides' has twice won first-place awards (2007-08 and 2008-09) in the New York State Associated Press writing contest for newspapers in the Leader-Herald's circulation category. Bill teaches English as an adjunct instructor at Fulton-Montgomery Community College, and he has taught journalism courses at the University at Albany. In his spare time, Bill plays folk music on guitar, banjo, fiddle and other traditional instruments. He lives in Johnstown with his wife, Jen, and their two sons, Liam and Carter.

Contact Info 518-725-8616 x250
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Mohawk Harvest Cooperative Market
Johnstown Public Library
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