Daily Archives: February 22, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) — Publisher and First Amendment crusader Barney Rosset has died. He was 89.

Kelly Bowen, a publicity manager at Algonquin Books said Wednesday that Rosset, who helped overthrow censorship laws and profoundly expanded the American readi… Continue reading →

By CHRISTY LEMIRE

The Associated Press

This would provide an intriguing double feature with "Martha Marcy May Marlene." Both are about people who search for their true selves in woodsy communes, get sucked into the brainwashing and insul… Continue reading →

By DAVID GERMAIN

and CHRISTY LEMIRE

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire are boringly in lockstep on their picks for this season's top Academy Awards categories, deprivin… Continue reading →

Two GASD committees to meet Tuesday

The Greater Amsterdam School District will hold two meetings Tuesday, an Audit Committee at 5:30 p.m. followed by a Finance Committee meeting at 6 p.m., at the Central Administration Building, located at 11 Libert… Continue reading →

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

EMERALD CINEMAS

136 Perth Plaza, Route 30, Amsterdam

842-1861

* Act of Valor (R) 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7, 9:35 p.m.

* Gone (PG-13) 12:20, 2:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:30 p.m.

* The Artist (PG-13) 12, 2:15, 4:30, 7, 9:30 p.m.

* Tyl… Continue reading →

DEAR ABBY: My otherwise loving, honest, generous, kind and attentive husband of 10 years feels it's his right to walk into the bathroom whenever he wants, even when I'm in there. He says it's coincidence, but I think he does it intentionall… Continue reading →

The Century Club in Amsterdam will host an antique appraisal on March 3. Mark Lawson of Lawson Antiques and Nancy Toomer of House of Rose Antiques will be the appraisers. The doors will open at 9 a.m. and appraisals will begin at 9:30 a.m. Coffee and r… Continue reading →

BY FRANCIS DRAKE

King Features Syndicate

For Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012

ARIES

(March 21 to April 19)

Be careful because you might feel resentful toward others, especially at work today. You might not even be aware of this. Be careful of what … Continue reading →

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and a… Continue reading →

BROADALBIN — A new law prohibiting the disposal of electronics at landfills took affect Jan. 1. As a result, the village of Broadalbin will no longer be collecting electronics with the regular garbage. The Fulton County Department of Solid Waste offer… Continue reading →