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GLOVERSVILLE Organizers of a code blue shelter at 144 E. Fulton St. hustled to open the facility on Friday night, moving up the opening date originally scheduled on Monday to help people got off the street overnight during the forecasted frigid weather.
The shelter organized by the Center of Hope Advisory Board and Gloversville Free Methodist Church will be operated by the Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless, an Albany based organization that provides services and assistance to the homeless and low-income community that includes the operation of Danielle’s House in Amsterdam.
The code blue shelter at 144 E. Fulton St. will take in adults age 18 and older, overnight only from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. when code blue orders are issued by the Fulton County Department of Social Services through April 31.
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GLOVERSVILLE Programs through the Gloversville Public Library have reportedly remained popular among patrons even as the library has again reverted to curbside-only pickup until further notice due to the rise in coronavirus cases locally.
Library Director Valerie Acklin reported to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday that participation in remote programs launched by the library over the past year in response to the coronavirus has remained consistent, experiencing only a slight lull in the final weeks of December.
“When Christmas was over, we saw an uptick,” said Acklin.
The library introduced remote programming over the summer while the building remained closed to the public after shutting its doors on March 17 over coronavirus health safety concerns. Virtual programming was continued to limit in-person contact after the library reopened on July 20 for restricted browsing under coronavirus safety protocols.
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JOHNSTOWN A Broadalbin sex offender is going back to jail after failing to verify his address with authorities.
Percy Allen, 45, formerly of Fremont Street in Gloversville, pleaded guilty Jan. 11 in Fulton County Court before Judge Polly A. Hoye. He pleaded guilty as part of a plea arrangement to felony failure to verify address within 90 days as a Level 3 sex offender. He currently lives in Broadalbin.
Sentencing was adjourned until a later date, but he is expected to receive one year in the Fulton County Correctional Facility.
Gloversville police arrested Allen at 4:15 pm. on Nov. 4, 2020. At that time he was charged with failure to register a change of address as a sex offender by city police. At the time, police said that Allen failed to report a change of address within 10 days between Oct. 19 and 29, 2020 as required under the state Sex Offender Registration Act.
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GLOVERSVILLE The city will contribute $25,000 towards efforts to temporarily open a code blue shelter at 144 E. Fulton St. in the coming weeks, while organizers of a proposed code blue shelter at the former YWCA on Bleecker Street continue to look for a permanent solution for next winter.
The Common Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the city to contribute $25,000 towards the operation of a code blue shelter at 144 E. Fulton St. Mayor Vincent DeSantis and the city worked with the Center of Hope Advisory Board to secure the East Fulton Street site for the operation of an emergency overnight shelter this winter.
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