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Hussmann closing; 90 to lose jobs
The Leader-Herald/Bill Trojan
Ingersoll Rand announced Wednesday it is closing its Hussmann Corp. operation in the town of Johnstown, pictured above, next year.
December 4, 2008
JOHNSTOWN — Refrigerator parts manufacturer Hussmann Corp., which employs about 90 full-time employees at its town plant, will close in mid-2009 and transfer production to Mexico, company officials announced Wednesday.
The facility, located off Route 30A and the FJ&G Rail Trail just outside Gloversville, has been producing refrigerator parts for more than 50 years. About 75 of the plant’s employees are hourly employees in manufacturing, and the rest are salaried administrative positions, said Ingersoll Rand spokesman Paul Dickard. All of the employees are full-time.
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Fulton County OKs ’09 budget
December 4, 2008
JOHNSTOWN — The average Fulton County tax rate will remain the same next year.
The Board of Supervisors voted 18-0 Wednesday at the County Office Building to adopt a 2009 budget carrying an average zero tax-rate increase for next year.
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Sheriff: Inactive meth lab located
December 4, 2008
PALATINE — A town man is in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility this morning after an inactive methamphetamine lab was found on his property, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
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Jury acquits suspect in rape trial
December 4, 2008
JOHNSTOWN — A Northampton man who was accused of raping a child was acquitted by a Fulton County Court jury Wednesday after a three-day trial.
The jury found James V.
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Guitar guru
Tue, December 2, 2008 @ 2:14PM
Sunday's front page featured a photo of my old guitar teacher, Glenn Weiser. Glenn lives in the Albany area and doesn't get out this way often, so it was cool to see he performed at Johnson Hall (sorry to have missed it). Glenn is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and has written numerous books and magazine articles on fingerstyle guitar and harmonica. His specialty is arranging Celtic tunes for fingerstyle guitar. You can read all about his musical publications and his other adventures (such as writing for Metroland) at http://www.celticguitarmusic,com. He and I met at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs about 10 years ago, when I was living on Phila Street and working at The Saratogian. I took lessons with Glenn off and on for a few years, and he showed me a lot about both flatpicking and fingerpicking.
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Fri, September 5, 2008 @ 3:34PM
On February 12th the new Leader-Herald website debuted. One of the new features was the ability for readers to comment on stories and other areas of the on-line paper. As of today, we have 2,329 individuals who are registered to participate in this feature. As of today we have received a total of 23,021 comments. That is tremendous. We are very pleased to see that, for the most part, readers have taken on the ownership of what is happening in the area and beyond to express their opinions and solutions through this avenue. We have only had a very small percentage of abusers on the site and unfortunately have taken away their privileges. Of course, it is not full proof, or may I say fool proof, and some have managed to return under another name. There are some areas of the on-line paper that we do not allow comments on. Obituaries being one. As of today, I have also made the decision to exclude comments on the letters to the editors. The reason is simple.
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December 4 - Happy Birthday Bernard King
Thu, December 4, 2008 @ 2:18PM
The Big Apple Sports Birthday celebrant for December 4 is the former Knick and New York Net forward, Bernard King, born in Brooklyn, in 1956. I distinctly remember my reaction upon hearing the news that the Knicks had acquired Bernard King from the Warriors in exchange for Micheal Ray Richardson. It looked to me as if the teams had just traded head-cases. At the time, Richardson had a problem with cocaine while the abused substance of choice for King was alcohol. Boy was I wrong, but only about King. When he got to the Knicks I had a lot more opportunities to see him play. Offensively, he was a young Michael Jordan before the young Michael Jordan. When he was in the zone, as he often was during those first few years with the Knicks, he made many games at Madison Square Garden magical to watch. He became the league’s most explosive scorer and it didn’t matter who was guarding him.
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