Amsterdam - Heaven gained an angel when Jerri Cortese, 64, of Grant Avenue, Amsterdam, NY passed away on March 23, 2023, with her family by her side. Born in Cortland, NY on June 22, 1958, Jerri was the youngest daughter of the late Gerald and Elizabeth Buckley Clark. She graduated from Cortland Hi
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GLOVERSVILLE A 15-year-old Gloversville juvenile was incarcerated in the Fulton County Jail, charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in Saturday’s stabbing death of a Gloversville man.
City police have released the name of the murder victim William J. Guzek, 59, of 37 E. Tenth Ave. Police said he was stabbed just before 9:30 p.m. Saturday in Gloversville and he later died of his injuries.
A police news release indicates the suspect is a 15-year-old juvenile, without identifying the suspect’s gender or name.
On Tuesday, members of the Gloversville Police Department Detective Division arrested the juvenile and have charged him with felony second-degree murder.
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FONDA As current Montgomery County Court Judge Philip V. Cortese is set to retire at the end of the year, Amsterdam resident and attorney, Bethany Schumann-McGhee is seeking to fill the soon-to-be open position.
Schumann-McGhee announced on Monday that she intends to run for the Montgomery County Family Court Judge position.
According to a press release, she has worked with various attorneys in the capital region, and opened Bethany Schumann-McGhee, Attorney at Law firm in January 2010. Since starting her own firm, she has practices extensively in family courts in the capital region. She also is currently a part-time assistant public defender in Montgomery County Family Court, and recently served as president of the Montgomery County Bar Association for two years.