NORTHVILLE — There's a new chief on the beat. Richard Richardson, a former Gloversville detective lieutenant, is at the helm of a tiny, recently reconfigured department serving the village of Northville and surrounding town of Northampton. “I’m building a police department from the ground up, basically, and all administrative duties that go along with that,” said the 40-year-old chief. Northville-area patrols were long managed on a part-time basis by officer-in-charge Matthew VanValkenburgh, who worked full-time with the Fulton County Sheriff's Department. He resigned from Northville Police Department on March 24. Discussions between Northville and Northampton over creating a consolidated force…