In an effort to dispel some of the misinformation that has been in the media over the past months concerning the Johnstown Charter Review Commission and the dissolvent of the Johnstown Water Board, the board members wish to present the following information to the water users and taxpayers of ...

Recent news of the Fonda Connector Study and the announcement of the meeting this Wednesday at Fulton-Montgomery Community College have been on radio station WENT 1340-AM. These announcements have stated repeatedly that the study's goal is to have heavy truck traffic bypass the village of ...

M. Scott Peck, a famous psychiatrist and bestselling author, gave the best description of parenting I have ever heard. He said that parenting was "a lifetime of heartbreaking service." Even when things go well, parents are never sure if they did enough, said enough, and spent enough time ...

For months, "opting out" has been the torch and pitchfork tirade echoing around schools in my region. In their quest to show Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature their displeasure about standardized testing and teacher evaluations, lots of parents and the teachers' union have ...

For months, "opting out" has been the torch and pitchfork tirade echoing around schools in my region. In their quest to show Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature their displeasure about standardized testing and teacher evaluations, lots of parents and the teachers' union have ...

I think we can all agree that the words "veteran" and "homeless" should never be used in the same sentence. Unfortunately, nearly 600 veterans in the Capital District experience homelessness on any given night.Being homeless or at risk for homelessness is one of the most difficult things a ...

Long before he, as President George W. Bush's first secretary of state, gave the world a detailed description of Saddam Hussein's weapons program, which did not exist, and made a persuasive case for the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Colin Powell was a young Army officer who had served two combat ...

Americans should light 800 candles for the birthday of the document that began paving the meandering path to limited government. Magna Carta laid down the law about "fish weirs" on English rivers, "assizes of darrein presentment," people being "distrained to make bridges," and other "liberties ...

BY MICHAEL BARONEAnother election, another surprise. Actually, two elections, in two countries recently, with surprisingly pleasant surprises. And in two very large countries: Turkey (population 82 million) and Mexico (119 million), both very important to the United States.In the runup to the ...

The first time I met Marcia Grace, she adopted me as her project.She was 5 at the time.Marcia Grace was the niece of my future husband - I didn't know that yet - and the youngest granddaughter of his mother, an intimidating woman of Southern grace and iron will. I was meeting her for the first ...

Last week, Republicans and Democrats in Congress joined President Barack Obama in congratulating themselves for taming the National Security Agency's voracious appetite for spying. By permitting one section of the Patriot Act to expire and by replacing it with the USA Freedom Act, the federal ...

By BEN SHAPIROThis week, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showed a significant drop in the number of Americans identifying as conservative, and a significant rise in the number of Americans identifying as liberal. As the Journal described, "For the first time since 2010, conservatives are no ...

Earlier this year, President Obama introduced a plan "to make community college as free and universal as high school."This proposal, which generated both support and opposition, is important for two reasons.One, it provides a partial answer to a pressing national problem: the price of higher ...

Seldom mentioned by any in authority is the real source of value, dollars and products. There is only one source, and it has been that way since the beginning - Mother Nature. We take everything we have from her.This is done in countless ways: from seeds to minerals, from elements to the fish ...

In the March issue of Decision Magazine was the feature story, "I am not Charlie."Charlie Hebdo is a satirical publication located in Paris, France. A shooting spree by Muslims left 12 employees dead. In 2012, Charlie Hebdo was firebombed.Here is the scoop: Charlie Hebdo downgrades Christians, ...

Much has been written over the past couple of weeks about the possibility of St. Mary's acquiring the NBT Bank building in Gloversville. I have received letters and have read letters to the editor, as well. I've met with members of the Gloversville Housing and Neighborhood Improvement ...

I am not certain what happened in the Staten Island incident that resulted in the death of Eric Garner at the hands of police officers, or in the Ferguson, Mo., incident that ended in a police officer shooting and killing Michael Brown. Even eyewitness accounts of the two fatal events are ...

This country just had a midterm election, which is traditionally seen as delivering unimpressive turnouts and phlegmatic voter participation. On a national level, the election is beginning to be seen as a mandate to the Republicans elected to forge ahead and battle the incumbent Democrats to ...

I took on the position of executive director at Susan G. Komen Northeastern New York in July. My grandmother and several friends had beaten breast cancer, I was a volunteer with the organization and I was trained in public health. I was green, but I was confident I could respond to any comment ...

Life has its twists and turns, its bends and forks in the road. Circumstances change. People change. An employee must plan for the unforeseeable ahead of a corporation downsizing. That's from the book, "Repositioning Yourself. Living Life Without Limits," by T.D. Jakes.On the other hand, ...