Most of us in our lifetimes have experienced the aggravation and frustration in dealing with government bureaucracy.

Sometimes, the bureaucracy is such that it affects the health and safety of the very people the government was established to serve.

In Amsterdam, the city is seeking to reduce the exposure of some of its residents to lead-contaminated water that may be leaching from service lines that run from the city water main in the street and across their properties to their homes.

The city has $1.5 million from a Community Development Block Grant to fund the replacement of about........

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