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The crowd chanted “Run, Bobby run!” and the Marines mingling exchanged “Semper Fis” as congressional candidate Robert Smullen of Johnstown...

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Todd R. Mcadam

Letters for Thursday, November 20, 2025

Letters for Thursday, November 20, 2025

Stefanik comes with all Trump’s baggage Rep. Elise Stefanik, Harvard educated one-time moderate, has transformed herself into a full-blown Trump...

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HIGH NOTES: Scout food collection, venison for the hungry, casino turkey donations

HIGH NOTES: Scout food collection, venison for the hungry, casino turkey donations

In the Mohawk District of Twin Rivers Council, over 246 Scouts and adults collected thousands of food items over the past two weekends as part of...

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EDITORIAL: Finish budget, let next council fill vacancy

EDITORIAL: Finish budget, let next council fill vacancy

What’s that they say about how to get out of a hole? The first thing you do is stop digging. Well, it’s time for the Schenectady City Council to...

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EDITORIAL: Inhaler mandate could reduce suffering, cut costs

EDITORIAL: Inhaler mandate could reduce suffering, cut costs

• “Talking can feel like too much effort … I become 100 percent absorbed in just trying to breathe. • “It feels like what little air there...

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Letters for Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Letters for Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Writer mistaken about gift to bishop A letter to the editor in the Schenectady Gazette on Sunday, Nov. 16, claims that religious leaders in the...

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Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home has transitioned primary care from a facility on Decker Drive in the city of Johnstown to a more prominent...

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Chad Arnold

Letters for Monday, November 17, 2025

Letters for Monday, November 17, 2025

Our brains are rotting According to the New York Post, the average person in New York scrolls a distance of 81.14 miles in one year. Why is this?...

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EDITORIAL: Use time to weigh all aspects of full-time, four-year supervisor

EDITORIAL: Use time to weigh all aspects of full-time, four-year supervisor

Time to think. In this ever-changing political environment, with residents and public officials seemingly rushing from one issue to the next,...

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Letters for Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Letters for Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Listen to people and pass packaging act Beyond Plastics just released a new report, “Follow the Money: The David vs. Goliath Battle to Pass the New...

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Letters for Sunday, November 16, 2025

Bishop joins the ranks of tone-deaf leaders I learned during weekend Mass that incoming Albany Bishop Mark O’Connell will receive a gift for his...

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Editorial

EDITORIAL: Add transparency, efficiency to gov’t purchase process

EDITORIAL: Add transparency, efficiency to gov’t purchase process

Whenever a government board or IDA or school district makes a purchase — equipment, vehicles, fuel, salt for the roads, building materials for an...

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Exterior of rear rooms at Knights Inn at 1351 State Route 5S in Amsterdam after fire broke out Saturday night, two lower rooms were destroyed,...

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Erica Bouska

EDITORIAL: Use hospital safety report to improve conditions in New York

EDITORIAL: Use hospital safety report to improve conditions in New York

When we’re sick or injured, the experience goes beyond the physical pain and suffering. At those times, we’re also at our most vulnerable. At our...

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Letters for Saturday, November 15, 2025

Letters for Saturday, November 15, 2025

Pathway to destruction Trump is hell bent and determined to destroy the infrastructure of any state that did not support him in the 2024 election....

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