Help for critical infrastructure along I-88.
More support for fire and rescue volunteers.
More working together.
That’s what Schoharie County wants from Washington, local representatives told United States Senator Charles Schumer Friday.
Senator Schumer was in Schoharie to bring attention to more than $42 million in federal funding for the Bridge Street bridge, broadband, and the Schoharie Fire Department.
After a brief event alongside the bridge and the Schoharie Creek, he took questions—and requests—at the fire house.
With work underway to make I-88’s Exits 22 and 23 shovel-ready—with Exit 21 maybe next—Schoharie County is poised for growth, Schoha ...

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Local school districts have shared essential services for a long time. Now they’re taking that cooperation to a new level.
Cobleskill-Richmondville Superintendent Matt Sickles Tuesday night detailed the state-mandated plan, which would have six districts collaborate on everything from athletics to special ed.
C-R, Middleburgh, Schoharie, Sharon Springs, Duanesburg and Berne-Knox-Westerlo are the local group.
Representatives from each district––superintendent, board president and vice president––have met several times and will continue to meet monthly.
Called the Regionalization Initiative, the effort is designed to answer pressing issues of declining enrollment, ...

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Now that you’ve gotten all of your holiday shopping done (yeah, we know), there’s one more thing for Santa’s list:
Your nomination for the 2024 Times-Journal Star.
Deadline for nominations is 5pm, Wednesday, December 18.
The T-J Star is awarded to someone who’s positively impacted the community, especially over the past year.
Nominations can be made in a variety of ways.
• Email them to tjournalnews@yahoo.com and put TJ Star in the subject line.
• By phone, (518) 234-2515.
• By fax, (518) 234-7898.
• By mail, PO Box 339, Cobleskill, NY 12043.
Nominations should include the name of the person being nominated and why he or she dese ...

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With Christmas and New Year’s falling on Wednesdays, the Times-Journal will have early deadlines for the December 26 and January 2 editions.
The T-J will come out Tuesday instead of Thursday both weeks.
That means the production of the paper will be over the weekends of December 21-22 and December 28-29.
Deadlines are:
•4pm Friday the 20th and 27th for all legal, classified and display ads.
•10am Saturday the 21st and 28th, for all letters, news releases, social news, correspondence, sports, arts and entertainment.
•5pm Sunday the 22nd and 29th for obituaries.
The T-J office will be closed December 25-27 and January1-3, but some of u ...

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The Schoharie County Planning Commission signed off on Dollar General’s plans in Gallupville Monday—but not before adding conditions that will mean Wright’s Planning Board will need a super-majority to do the same.
The Wright PB will hold a public hearing on the Route 443 plans Tuesday at the Town Hall at 7:30pm.
At the CPC’s November meeting, members ruled the Bohler Engineering/Primax Properties site plan submitted for review was incomplete because it didn’t adequately address setback for an on-site well.
That’s been resolved, CPC member Paul Koopman, senior sanitarian at the County Health Department, said Monday, making the motion that they approve the site plan—unti ...

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