Isabelle Henderson was crowned Miss Montgomery County on Sunday night after an onstage performance that left little doubt that the 50th edition of the Miss America local preliminary has come a long way from the first.Henderson, a communications and sociology major at the University at Buffalo Honors college, was one of six women competing for the two county crowns. Alexis Houser, of Johnstown, was named Miss Fulton County.The event is organized by the Miss Fulton County &…

TOWN OF AMSTERDAM - A Gloversville woman stole more than $3,000 in merchandise last week from the town of Amsterdam Target store, state police said. Amy L. Johnson, 32, of Gloversville, was arrested Jan. 8 and charged with one count of third-degree grand larceny, a felony, along with misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance, state police said. State police responded to the store at around noon that day for a report of a person…

During a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, on Tuesday night at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, former President Donald Trump showered Stefanik with praise and reportedly declared that she could be president in 6 years. The event and Trump’s words are among the strongest signals yet that Stefanik, the 37-year-old GOP House Conference Chair, could be on the shortlist of vice presidential candidates should Trump run for President in 2024.  Stefanik’s congressional campaign wouldn’t indulge…