The City of Amsterdam is hosting their annual Winterfest on Jan. 27 at 12 p.m. at the Alpin Haus Ice Skating Rink located at Veterans Park, 135 Locust Ave.
Apr 16, 2021
AMSTERDAM The city will celebrate Earth Day with an unveiling ceremony/press conference Saturday in the Veterans Park pool parking lot, Locust Avenue, for the city’s 25 new electric vehicle charging stations located throughout city parks. The charging stations were made possible with the support of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, according to a news release. The city will also be hosting its annual Earth Day clean-up, sponsored by Century 21 Purtell Realty and Montgomery County Legislator Robert Purtell. The clean-up will also begin in the Veterans Park pool parking lot. The citywide event will begin Saturday at 8:30am with volunteers picking up gloves and garbage bags. The breakfast, lunch and drinks will also be available for volunteers at that time.
Schumer: Restaurant relief grants start in 3 weeks
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer announces that state restaurants are now eligible for their own, direct federal pandemic relief, as part of the American Rescue Plan he led to passage in the Senate on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Russo s Grill in Amsterdam, N.Y. The Senator was joined by U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, left, Amsterdam Mayor Michael Cinquanti and local leaders, restaurant owners and residents. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
AMSTERDAM Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Tuesday a $28.6 billion grant program Congress created to boost struggling restaurants will start serving clients in about three weeks.