Broadalbin-Perth to kick off school year with fundraiser-driven ‘Warrior Week’

Broadalbin-Perth to kick off school year with fundraiser-driven ‘Warrior Week’

Broadalbin-Perth Central School District will hold its first-ever “Warrior Week” this September. The weeklong event will raise funds for Bernard and Millie Duker Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center, as well as the school’s Helping Hands fund, which provides assistance to district community members in need.  Warrior Week will include tried-and-true traditions like the girls’ soccer Go Orange game and the boys’ soccer Patriot Pink Out. “Teams have done this before, and it's usually throughout their season,” said Emily Priamo, secondary teacher at BPCSD and co-chair of the Warrior Week committee. “We just thought what an exciting way to get…
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Gregory Fagan crushes Byron Barker in GOP primary

PERTH — Perth Town Supervisor Gregory Fagan defeated Town Board member Byron Barker in a primary matchup, unofficial election results show. Fagan, the former Broad of Supervisors chairman, defeated Barker, 122 to 40. Tyler A. McNeil can be reached at 518-395-3047 or [email protected]. Follow him on Facebook at Tyler A. McNeil, Daily Gazette or Twitter @TylerAMcNeil
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Galway man did ‘burnouts’ on freshly seal coated business parking lot in Perth, Fulton Co. Sheriff says

Galway man did ‘burnouts’ on freshly seal coated business parking lot in Perth, Fulton Co. Sheriff says

PERTH - A Galway man did "burnouts" with his pickup truck on a freshly seal coated parking lot in Perth, damaging it, Fulton County Sheriff's officials said. Michael B. Kennedy, 29, of Galway, was arrested Sunday and charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a felony, officials said. --- Help us bring news to you, check out our subscribe page at: Leader-Herald Subscribe --- The incident happened July 26 in the parking lot of a business in Perth, officials said. Members of the sheriff's office investigated and an arrest warrant was issued for Kennedy, officials said. A release did not put a…
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