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11 Sep

Gloversville man charged with violating criminal sexual act in Colonie

Tyler A. McNeil0 CommentsGloversville, Local News, The Gloversville Leader Herald

COLONIE — A Gloversville man allegedly attempted to sexually exploit an investigator, who posed as a child online, in Colonie at the end of last month. Kristian Walker, 52, was arrested on Aug. 31 after making plans to meet up with a self-identified 12-year-old, state police wrote in a news release. State police spokesperson Stephanie O’Neil declined to provide information regarding the location of arrest and length of the investigation. He was charged with violating criminal sexual act, an offense in which any alleged victim cannot consent to sexual activity. Walker was arraigned at Colonie Town Court and remanded to…

10 Sep

DEC awards Gloversville $50,000 for creek floodplain study

Tyler A. McNeil0 CommentsEmail Newsletter, Fulton County, Gloversville, Local News, News

GLOVERSVILLE — Approximately $50,000 will fund a flood mitigation study in Gloversville. The study, supported by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, will take a closer look at flood-proofing brownfields — post-industrial contamination sites — along the Cayadutta and Mill creeks. Gloversville was among 14 grant recipients which collectively received $600,000 from the DEC’s Mohawk River Basin Program. The city will provide 10% of project funding and the rest will come from the state, according to Mayor Vincent DeSantis. He isn’t certain when the city will put out a bid for an engineering contractor. “We’ve never had a lot of…

10 Sep

Gloversville home fire quickly extinguished Saturday

Tyler A. McNeil0 CommentsFulton County, Gloversville, Local News, News

GLOVERSVILLE — Fire units responded over the weekend to a fire engulfing the first floor of a home on Bloomingdale Avenue in Gloversville. Battalions from Gloversville and Johnstown received a report of a fire at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday. Nobody was occupying the building at the time of the blaze. The fire was quickly extinguished through an internal attack, according to Second Battalion Chief Stephen West. All units were back in service at 12:29 p.m. The building is salvageable. It’s unclear whether or not the structure has been condemned. An abutting building was lightly impacted. “There was just a tiny…

06 Sep

Johnstown’s Harnish Brothers Nursery & Pools and Harnish Outdoor Supply offer many options at one location

Charles Erickson0 CommentsBusiness, Email Newsletter, Fulton County, Gloversville, Johnstown, Local News, News, The Gloversville Leader Heraldbusiness, business chris harnish, Fulton County, fulton county new york, Harnish Brothers Nursery & Pools, Harnish Outdoor Supply, johnstown, johnstown new york, local business, small business, Town of Johnstown

JOHNSTOWN — Chris Harnish and Harnish Brothers Nursery & Pools are both 60 years old. The store, in a building located in front of the house in which Harnish grew up and where his mother still lives, is present even in the faintest memories from his childhood. "It's been here my whole life," Harnish said recently while standing behind one of the two sales counters inside 132 West State St. Extension. "I was born with a shovel in my hand. And now running this is my whole life, pretty much." Harnish assumed ownership of the business after his father died in 2009. Jack…

06 Sep

Arrest made in Gloversville Rail Trail assault; Rapist in 2003 attack attacked woman with knife, police say

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GLOVERSVILLE — Police have arrested a Level 3 sex offender in connection with the recent attack on a woman on the Rail Trail in Gloversville. The man is accused of attacking the woman with a knife. The woman responded by screaming loudly, giving her the opportunity to escape, police said. Police identified the suspect Wednesday as Kristerfer Passino, 41. Passino is a registered Level 3 sex offender due to a 2003 conviction for first-degree rape, police said. Passino faces one count of second-degree assault, a felony. More charges may be filed as the investigation continues, police said. Police last week appealed to…

05 Sep

Gloversville mayor ponders second spray pad

Tyler A. McNeil0 CommentsEmail Newsletter, Gloversville, Local News, News, The Gloversville Leader HeraldCOVID-19, dog park, Gloversville, spray pad, summer, Trail Station Park, Vincent DeSantis

GLOVERSVILLE — Could Gloversville get another spray pad? Mayor Vincent DeSantis says it's a thought. Administration officials are exploring the feasibility of constructing a second water play area. This news comes nearly two months after the city's first installation became operational near Frontage Road. "There are lots of people in neighborhoods that don't live within walking distance of that and it was so popular, just full of people all the time," DeSantis said. "Wouldn't it be nice if there were at least one more?" The first pad took three years to get started. Plans were first set back as a result…