By Andrew WaiteThe Leader-HeraldMichael McGregor, 68, built Colonial Overhead Doors from the ground up. Not only did he start the Johnstown garage door business in 1989, but he literally constructed the buildings on the property, located on State Highway 67 in the town of Johnstown, out of which the
By Andrew Waite The Leader-Herald TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN A building belonging to Colonial Overhead Doors, a garage door supplier on Route 67 in town, is no longer standing after a fire early Sunday morning. The Sammonsville Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched after a passerby reported t
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JOHNSTOWN The Fulton County Board of Supervisors will be naming members to various groups and county departments at its first monthly meeting of the year at 1 p.m. Monday.
The session will be held online via Zoom teleconference, which is viewable by the public on the county’s website homepage.
In addition to normal updates from committees, communications and the chairman’s report, the board will entertain numerous resolutions appointing members of various groups. The new board for 2021 hasn’t had committee activity yet, so the first session of the new year is typically personnel-related, as slots are filled for the coming year.
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GLOVERSVILLE The owner and lone occupant of a home on Burdick Road is receiving assistance from the American Red Cross after a fire tore through the structure on Tuesday night.
The Meco Volunteer Fire Company was dispatched to 261 Burdick Road on Tuesday night for a reported structure fire was called in by the homeowner at approximately 7:54 p.m., according to Fulton County Emergency Management Director Steven Santa Maria.
Responding units, upon arrival, encountered a single-wide trailer home heavily engulfed in flames and requested additional assistance at the scene.
Air pack qualified crews from the Pleasant Square Volunteer Fire Company and Sir William Johnson Volunteer Fire Company responded with additional tankers. Members of the Sammonsville Volunteer Fire Department also responded to the scene with another tanker and the Caroga Lake Fire Department provided support on standby at the Meco station.
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Fire crews work to extinguish a fire at home in Perth on Monday. Several units responded to the scene of the fire including Perth Volunteer Fire Department, Hagaman Volunteer Fire Department, Broadalbin-Kennyetto Fire Company, Berkshire Volunteer Fire Department, Greater Amsterdam Volunteer Ambulance Corps. and members of the Fulton County Sheriff s Department. (The Leader-Herald/Briana O Hara)
PERTH Heavy smoke was visible at a house fire in the town on Monday afternoon in which the fire caused a lot of damage to the home, according to officials.
Fulton County Fire Coordinator Steve Santa Maria said a neighbor called in a house fire at 140 McKay Road at approximately 12:14 p.m.