After what appears to be something of a merry accounting mixup, Mayor Vince DeSantis said on Tuesday night that Gloversville has a combined $416,000 in both restricted and unrestricted state reimbursement funding available for brownfield remediation and demolition work — more than double what he had said on Monday.During Tuesday night's Common Council meeting, DeSantis apologized for statements he had made to the Leader-Herald on Monday when he accidently conflated two different brownfield-related issues:• A long-forgotten $192,000 New York state Department of Environmental Conservation grant for a "remediation and reuse project" at the Pan American Tannery site at 318 West…

Gloversville Housing Authority Board Chairperson Brenda Leitt resigned Monday during the board's monthly meeting.Leitt said her reasons for wanting to leave the board are personal and did not comment further."I'm resigning from the board effective Sept. 15," she said. "This has been a great board, and a good experience. I've learned a lot, and I think this is a great place, but for personal reasons, there's a lot going on, and I have to step back, and that's all I'm going to say."GHA Board Attorney Anthony "Tony" Casale said the board is now down two members, leaving it with five.…

By Jordan RiesFor The Leader-HeraldThe Gloversville Railfest will be back for its 16th year on Saturday with plans for another fun-filled day of entertainment, food and family. “I'm anticipating Railfest to be bigger than it's ever been,” said Jeremy Trajewski, chairman of the Gloversville Recreation Commission.Railfest was canceled during 2020 but the Commission pulled it off in 2021. However, COVID made it difficult for members to trust any kind of certainty, according to organizers.“We had the hand[-sanitizing] stations everywhere,” said April Rienhardt, treasurer of the Recreation Commission. “We took many precautions to stay safe. It was a little weird last year coming back and not…