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23 Dec

Johnstown board members mull town cleanup day

Jason Subik0 CommentsEmail Newsletter, Fulton County, Johnstown, Local News

TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN -- During its last meeting of the year on Monday, the Johnstown Town Board looked ahead to next spring and the possibility of holding a townwide cleanup day.Town Board member Tim Rizzo initially raised the issue of having a town-sponsored and organized cleanup day during the board's November meeting. He pitched the idea as a proactive means of helping residents cleanup blight on their properties, rather than tasking the town's code enforcer with issuing tickets and fines.He argued that one reason why blight may accumulate on some properties could simply be that residents are embarrassed that they don't have dump…

23 Dec

Images: Gloversville takes on Johnstown in girls’ basketball (6 photos)

Peter R. Barber0 CommentsGloversville, Johnstown, Life, Local News, Local Sports

GLOVERSVILLE - Gloversville and Johnstown faced off Thursday in girls' basketball, with Gloversville coming away with the 44-27 win. Photos from the game from our Peter R. Barber More: Tesi, Williams lead Gloversville girls’ basketball past Johnstown [html block="coverage"] . . More: Tesi, Williams lead Gloversville girls’ basketball past Johnstown [html block="coverage"] . . More: Tesi, Williams lead Gloversville girls’ basketball past Johnstown [html block="coverage"] . .

22 Dec

Johnstown school district honors three teachers with Above and Beyond awards

Ted Remsnyder0 CommentsJohnstown, Local News, The Gloversville Leader Herald

JOHNSTOWN — A trio of Greater Johnstown School District teachers have been honored for going beyond the call of duty in their service to the district.Teachers Jackie Strouse, Katie Warner and Scott Chamberlain were recognized with the Above and Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD) award at the district’s board of education meeting on Dec. 15.The awards are distributed by the board three times per year, with the three teachers recognized for their work for the first quarter of the 2022-2023 school year.“The ABCD Award is the District's effort to celebrate the excellent work of our employees, regardless of the…

21 Dec

FMCC professor proud to represent community on ‘Jeopardy!’

Tyler A. McNeil0 CommentsCommunity News, Email Newsletter, Johnstown, Local News, The Gloversville Leader HeraldDouble Jeopardy, Fulton Montgomery Community College, Jason Radalin, johnstown

JOHNSTOWN — Jason Radalin, his wife, and two kids watched Jason Radalin on TV Tuesday night.“It was fun … it was strange,” the Fulton-Montgomery Community College assistant professor said Wednesday about watching himself compete on “Jeopardy!.”The episode was taped two months ago in a Los Angeles studio. Since then, Radalin has remained tight-lipped about the results, an act of courtesy for fans of the TV quiz show.He lost.And Radalin chronicled all of it from his Johnstown living room.“I’m not big on [Twitter], but I figured that this might be my chance to say something that some people might actually read,”…

21 Dec

Fulton County ‘ghost-gun’ suspect connected to hate groups plotted Johnstown bank robbery, feds say

Steven Cook0 CommentsJohnstown, Local News, Police Blotter

ALBANY - A Gloversville man arrested last month on ghost-gun charges and connected to hate groups online has now been charged federally with plotting a bank robbery in Johnstown, according to federal court records. Luke Kenna, 43, along with a man from Pennsylvania, faces one federal count of conspiracy to commit a bank robbery, records show. Authorities formally filed the charge last week. Kenna is due in federal court Wednesday afternoon. The existence of the case was first reported Wednesday morning by the Albany Times-Union. According to an affidavit accompanying the federal criminal complaint, Kenna is accused of plotting with a…

20 Dec

Johnstown school board proposes student, staff memorial regulations

Tyler A. McNeil0 CommentsJohnstown, Local News, The Gloversville Leader HeraldGreater Johnstown School District, johnstown, Student memorials, William Crankshaw

JOHNSTOWN — Greater Johnstown School District Superintendent Bill Crankshaw is interested in formalizing regulations on student and staff memorials. The proposal, up for a vote with the Board of Education Jan. 19, cements that all memorials on campus must be greenlit by Crankshaw and elected system officials. It also reaffirms administrative autonomy over the removal and positioning of donated tribute items. "Whenever it comes to a memorial — like a hard memorial, like a plaque or a stone of some kind — we just want to make sure that everybody understands the district's position on that when these things are donated,…