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15 Aug

Counties increase funding for FMCC for first time since 2018

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TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN — Fulton-Montgomery Community College will receive an increase in county funding for the first time in five years.The $17.1 million budget for the upcoming academic year includes $1,645,821 in funding from Montgomery and Fulton counties — 20% of the pie. This accounts for a total $200,000 increase in regional support as the school wades through rough fiscal currents.Fulton County lawmakers approved the proposal on Monday, nearly a month after the Montgomery County Legislature. The state budget passed in May included a flat sum of $4,248,890 in aid."The state would like you to think that we were kept…

19 Jul

Plans finalized to reopen Duanesburg YMCA building

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DUANESBURG — After sitting dormant for the past three years, the former Duanesburg YMCA building is set to get a new lease on life. Schenectady County lawmakers this past week approved a deal that will see the county purchase the 26,000-square-foot facility at 221 Victoria Drive in Delanson from the Capital District YMCA using $1.8 million in federal coronavirus-relief funds, and then sell the property for $900,000 to Christopher and Lauren Davis, a Schoharie County couple that plans reopen the fitness facility. The couple operates 4everBods, a similar facility in Middleburgh. County Manager Rory Fluman said the county is expected…

05 Jan

Legislators, hospitals lobby Hochul for resources to run state testing site at FMCC

Andrew Waite0 CommentsLocal NewsCOVID-19, FMCC, Fulton County, Fulton Montgomery Community College, Hochul, Montgomery County, pandemic, SUNY

As COVID-19 cases surge across the state — including in Fulton and Montgomery counties — Fulton-Montgomery Community College is ready to ramp up its COVID-19 testing operations.All the college needs in order to once again host a high-volume, state-run testing site is Gov. Kathy Hochul’s approval to send testing kits and manpower, according to Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, D-Rotterdam. He, along with Assemblyman Robert Smullen, R,C,I,SAM-Meco, has been lobbying the governor to ramp up the Johnstown testing site into a full-blown community testing location.Santabarbara and Smullen said the need for more community testing was brought to their attention by Fulton and Montgomery…