Page 2 - Tim Rizzo News Today

The Johnstown Town Board voted unanimously Monday night to purchase a new dual-use plow/dump truck for $131,896, after deciding to table the purchase of a $95,000 Viking-Cives plow to go with it.The Town Board discussed the purchase with Town Highway Superintendent Jack Smullen, who had previously b

Town Supervisor Jack Wilson will announce his choice for deputy supervisor on Jan. 3 at the Town Board's organizational meeting, and Town Board member Tim Rizzo, the board's soon-to-be longest-tenured member, is less than confident in his chances of getting the job."I don't believe Wilson would turn

Johnstown Deputy Supervisor Walt Lane attended his last meeting as a member of the Town Board on Monday, but he says he'll likely continue to serve the town helping to tackle the issue of its town-owned abandoned rural cemeteries.Lane, originally a native of Piseco, Hamilton County, was the longest

When Credibility Matters

JOHNSTOWN -- Town Board member Walt Lane delivered a report to the board Monday that detailed the progress being made in the town's $10,000 program to improve the state of its abandoned rural cemeteries.Lane told the board that Pierre Alric, of Pickett Memorial Inc., has indicated he has completed t

Photo Caption: Gravestones at the Gross/Bosshart Cemetery on Route 67 in Johnstown in July. ERICA MILLER/THE LEADER-HERALD JOHNSTOWN -- Town Board member Walt Lane delivered a report to the board Monday that detailed the progress being made in the town's $10,000 program to improve the state of it

TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN -- The Town Board voted unanimously Monday night to set Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. as the time for the public hearing for the town's 2022 budget, which Supervisor Jack Wilson said will include a 5 cents per thousand dollars of assessed value tax rate reduction. Johnstown's Town budget and t

Johnstown Town Board member fights for abandoned cemetery’s restoration | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN – When Town Board member Tim Rizzo walks through the abandoned rural cemetery near the intersection of Route 67 and Route 334 he said he experiences feelings of frustration and confusion. “We have no idea what’s even here,” Rizzo said with the sound of bitterness in his voice. Known as the “Gross Cemetery” or sometimes as the “Boshart Cemetery,” the...

Two speak against ‘unnecessarily punitive’ proposal targeting ATV, dirt bike riders | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 SCHENECTADY – Two city residents spoke in opposition of a proposal that would target off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles used on city streets and parks. Monday night’s public hearing by the City Council took up the urban phenomenon of riding unregistered ATVs and dirt bikes in public, a proposal that would mirror a local law recently put in place in Albany...