Living Archives - The Gloversville Leader Herald

23 Jun

Class of 2022: Mayfield valedictorian Goodemote manages three sports and a top average

Stan Hudy0 CommentsFulton County, Living, Local News

MAYFIELD — Soccer was an ideal choice for Mayfield High School senior Britain Goodemote — it’s a sport that penalizes a field player for touching the soccer ball with their hands — because the Mayfield valedictorian and three-sport star had his hands full throughout his high school career.Goodemote scored 30 goals and had nine assists for the Section II Class C boys’ soccer champions. He was a Western Athletic Conference Big School boys’ basketball first-team all-star and the Panthers leader in points, assists, rebounds and steals during his senior season. In the spring, Goodemote won the triple jump, long jump…

23 Jun

Class of 2022: Johnstown senior Gerlach joins father’s construction business

Indiana Nash0 CommentsJohnstown, Living, Local NewsClass of 2022

JOHNSTOWN - There’s been no question about it.William Gerlach, a Johnstown High School graduating senior, has known that he wanted to go into business with his father since he was about 6 years old. His father, Gregg Gerlach, owns Gerlach & Son Contracting and works on home construction projects all over the Johnstown, Gloversville and Broadalbin area.William Gerlach has been tagging along on projects from a young age, at first just watching and learning.“When I turned about eight years old he started letting me actually work,” Gerlach said.Since school let out earlier this month, he’s started working with his father…

18 May

Mayfield Planning Board closes months long public hearing

Jason Subik0 CommentsFulton County, Living, Local News, News, The Gloversville Leader Herald

MAYFIELD -- The Mayfield Planning Board Wednesday night closed the public hearing for the proposed $4 million 277-slot RV park, roughly five months after the board first opened up the public hearing for the controversial project in January.The town Planning Board is the lead agency for the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) process and is tasked with determining whether or not the project will have an adverse environmental impact on the town, which is known as a “Positive Declaration,” which would bring a halt to the project’s forward progress through any of the multiple regulatory approvals it…

23 May

Reopening: It’s back to business!

Paul Wager0 CommentsLiving

By DAVID CRARY, DAVE COLLINS and NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press NEW YORK — This is what “normal” will look like for the foreseeable future. In Connecticut, restaurants are reopening with outdoor-only dining and tables 6 feet (2 meters) apart. In Beverly Hills, California, the rich and glamorous are doing their shopping from the curb along Rodeo Drive. And preschools around the U.S. plan to turn social distancing into an arts-and-crafts project by teaching kids how to “create their own space” with things like yarn and masking tape. As the U.S. and other countries loosen their coronavirus restrictions, it’s back…

07 Mar

The places they go: Read Across America Day held at GESD

Kerry Minor0 CommentsLiving

GLOVERSVILLE — Students at Kingsborough Elementary School imagined the places they can go by harnessing the power of reading on Monday when community members visited classrooms to read to students during Read Across America Day. The National Education Association’s Read Across America Day is held annually to coincide with the birthday of children’s author Dr. Seuss on March 2, celebrating reading and promoting literacy through activities and events to make reading fun. Kingsborough has been inviting community members into the pre-K through second-grade school to read to students for Read Across America Day for several years. “It helps students see…

21 Sep

The Stories Behind the Stones

Kerry Minor0 CommentsLiving

JOHNSTOWN — Ever visit a cemetery and see a headstone that intrigues you and wonder who that person was and what was their story? As part time groundskeeper for the Johnstown Cemetery, Chris Simek did and that curiosity led to her learning many of the stories behind the stones about the people buried in the 170-year-old cemetery. “You look at the stones and you wonder about them,” said Simek. “You wonder about the people and what they did and who they were.” She wanted to know the stories behind the stones. As she weed whacked between stones, Simek would see…