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

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

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GLOVERSVILLE -- After reviewing a 39-page feasibility study that offered three options — ranging in cost from $1.3 million to $4.1 million — for what the city could do to reopen its Littauer Pool Site, the Common Council appears to have tabled the issue indefinitely in favor of pursuing state grant

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The Gloversville Common Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to approve Donald Schwartz as the city's new temporary Director of Public Works, serving concurrently alongside current DPW Director Chris Perry through Jan. 14.Originally, the council had been set to consider appointing Schwartz to a position

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The Gloversville Common Council recently voted 6-1 to approve $787,443 worth of 2022 salaries for the city's non-union administrative jobs, as well an additional $21,100 worth of stipends.The council voted on the salary and stipend schedule on Dec. 14 after discussing the matter in a closed-door exe

The Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to spend $9,815 for a digital traffic control system to replace the last mechanical traffic light control system in the city, located at the intersection of First Avenue and East Boulevard."We only had this one mechanical traffic light in the city a

GLOVERSVILLE -- The city of Gloversville is set to receive $178,750 from the New York state Local Initiatives Support Corporation to help fund the enforcement of the city's anti-blight and vacancy laws.On Nov. 5 the city received a letter from the New York state Local Initiatives Support Corporation