Arthur Simonds News Today

A look back at some of The Leader-Heralds top stories from 2023

The plan’s $2.2 million deficit will be bridged with fund balance dollars instead of raising property taxes. This is the second year in a row that the Common Council has opted to keep taxes at $19.45 per $1,000 in assessed value.

Seven supervisors were elected on Tuesday night, including two unseating incumbents. All precincts have fully reported, according to the Fulton County Board of Elections.

Gloversville - Concetta “Connie” Simonds (formerly Concetta Cirillo) passed away on August 4, 2023, at the age of 94 in comfort surrounded by family under the care of Mountain Valley Hospice. She was born March 4, 1929, in Gloversville, N.Y., the daughter of Rose Mezza and Peter Cirillo. She spen

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GLOVERSVILLE — A short byway now shares the name of a longstanding legacy in Fulton County. Vine Street in Gloversville has been renamed Palace Way in honor of an eponymous, nearly century-old diner around the corner. City lawmakers approved the change Tuesday night. The change falls on the diner'

Mayor Vince DeSantis told the Common Council Tuesday night that the city's plan to take ownership of four brownfield properties and apply for federal funding to clean them up has hit a bit of a snag. Fulton County has likely taken most of them off of the property tax rolls, putting them in an ongoin

GLOVERSVILLE -- After reviewing an advisory opinion from the state Committee on Open Government, Mayor Vince DeSantis said the Common Council will now conduct all of its council committee meetings as public meetings -- subject to New York state's Open Meetings Law."We have been doing it wrong, so we