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EDITORIAL: Pause in sticker program gives city a chance to re-evaluate trash collection

EDITORIAL: Pause in sticker program gives city a chance to re-evaluate trash collection

Whatever Schenectady officials decide to do in the next few days with the city’s controversial trash sticker program — suspend it, end it, modify...

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Bright display Vehicles big and small were welcome to participate in the tractor and truck parade at the Farm To Table Festival at Fonda...

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EDITORIAL: Spa City invites public to participate in budget process

EDITORIAL: Spa City invites public to participate in budget process

Saratoga Springs has a unique way of doing things when it comes to government. Its commission form of government, in which elected officials...

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Letters for Saturday, December 6, 2025

Letters for Saturday, December 6, 2025

County should include Amish in tourism I’ve always been perplexed that Montgomery County has not included the Amish in its tourism efforts. I do...

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HIGH NOTES: Toys for kids, little book library, grants for community nonprofits

HIGH NOTES: Toys for kids, little book library, grants for community nonprofits

In Johnstown, first responders in Fulton and Montgomery counties collected more than 500 toys for underprivileged children as part of the fourth...

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Letters for Thursday, December 4, 2025

Letters for Thursday, December 4, 2025

Remove Trump while we still have a country A vote for Stefanik or Constantino is a vote for Trump. Republicans control the House, the Senate, the...

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Letters for Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Letters for Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Stop putting sports above academics There’s a cancer on the American public educational system, and that cancer is sports; in particular,...

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Letters for Friday, December 5, 2025

Letters for Friday, December 5, 2025

Caesar at the Rubicon Julius Caesar and his formidable Roman army crossed the Rubicon River in 49 B.C. It was a momentous thing to do. Even today,...

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EDITORIAL: Consolidate school capital project votes

EDITORIAL: Consolidate school capital project votes

The only thing people should be voting on in December is which house in the neighborhood has the best Christmas display. Yet only a few weeks after...

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EDITORIAL: Governor should sign bills that support democracy

EDITORIAL: Governor should sign bills that support democracy

Gov. Kathy Hochul has a lot on her plate this month when it comes to decisions on whether to approve bills passed by the state Legislature. The...

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Charlie Potter of Gloversville, a member of the Fulton County Board of Supervisors, became Wednesday the first person to announce a candidacy to...

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EDITORIAL: State needs to tighten enforcement of cannabis, vaping laws and regulations

EDITORIAL: State needs to tighten enforcement of cannabis, vaping laws and regulations

One of the ways the state convinced skeptical government officials and members of the public to support the legalization of cannabis and...

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