FULTON & MONTGOMERY COUNTIES – Voters in Montgomery County will have three early voting locations to choose from this year, while the more populated Fulton…
When the movie “Drums Along the Mohawk” premiered on Thursday night, Nov. 2, 1939 in Amsterdam, the crowd outside the Rialto Theater on Market Street was out of…
Cudmore: Amsterdam woman rescued from the Titanic | The Daily Gazette
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Monday, April 15, 1912 the Amsterdam Recorder reported, “There was much local interest aroused today in the mishap to the Titanic through the fact that an Amsterdam girl was numbered among the first class passengers.”
Born in 1877, Jane Anne Forby’s parents were Frank and Emmeline Hewitt Forby of 30 Chestnut Street.
Her father was a carpenter and health inspector.
Jane attended Amsterdam High School and worked as a stenographer. She moved to New York City in 1906 after marrying Frederick Hoyt, a partner in a lace importing firm, Yale graduate, yacht designer and popular yachtsman.
Garbage privatization will save Gloversville money, city public works director says | The Daily Gazette
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GLOVERSVILLE Department of Public Works Director Chris Perry said the city’s decision to hire a private garbage hauler will allow his department to eliminate four DPW jobs through attrition, saving the city $225,000 in salary and benefit costs every year going forward.
The Common Council voted 5-2 on Feb. 23 to contract with Clifton Park-based Twin Bridges Waste and Recycling to take over for the city’s six-man garbage collection service.
Mayor Vince DeSantis and the proponents of the deal have argued that converting the city to a private hauler will save the city at least $500,000 over the four years of the contract and city residents will see improved service with garbage pails provided to them by Twin Bridges and collection occurring five days per week instead of the current four-day system.
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