Submitted by Amsterdam Mayor Ann Thane-

The City of Amsterdam’s website has been updated with the addition of six introductory web videos which will launch today. The video tour book spotlights our main attractions, opportunities and amenities: quality of life, real estate and relocation services, education, health care and senior services, and business/industry. The videos may be accessed on the lower right hand quadrant of the City’s home page: www.amsterdamny.gov

Since its beginnings in 2009, the website has served residents and visitors as an important online tool, fielding the interest of 3,000 new visitors a month. City Hall and departmental information is available, as are tax/utility payment schedules, permit & licensing forms, economic development resources, news updates, a photo gallery, the community events calendar and more.

To make comments or suggestions, please contact the Mayor’s office at 841-4311.

6/18 ~ Ribbon cutting and opening celebration of the Coffee Beanery, 128 Polar Plaza, Amsterdam, 4 – 6 pm.

Join the Chamber in celebrating the opening of one of the area’s newest businesses!

The Coffee Beanery has a wide selection of gourmet and flavored coffees,  breakfast and lunch items, and a drive-thru for your convenience.

The cafe features a fireplace and wi-fi!  Refreshments will be served!

Chamber members and their employees are invited to bring their Dad’s in honor of Father’s Day!  Reservations are required.

Chamber members are invited to attend a complimentary Mohawks game.

The Amsterdam Mohawks will be playing against the Glens Falls Golden Eagles.

There will be a raffle for a chance to win prizes during the game.

Call us for your free tickets!  Gates open at 6.  Network on the party deck prior to the game.

May 5th, 2010

Cinco De Mayo Ribbon Cutting and Opening Celebration of La Piazza Social Club, 14 East Main Street, (2nd Floor, above Magaletti’s Dry Cleaner) Amsterdam, 5:30 – 7 pm.

Join The Montgomery County Chamber and the Magaletti’s in celebrating the opening of this wonderful new social club, in the downtown district.  Refreshments will be served. La Piazza has several wonderful upcoming events planned, join us that evening to learn more.

Saturday, April 24th 2010 9am-1:30pm,
Rain or Shine

Amsterdam Mayor Ann M Thane and the Amsterdam Neighborhood Association invite you to join the 2010 Citywide Spring Volunteer Cleanup.

The Goal is 500 volunteers and 1000+ bags of litter gathered from the streets, parks, waterways, playgrounds and public areas.

Items must be gathered from the great outdoors and there will be restrictions as to what we will accept. Unacceptable items include household trash, leaves, tires, paint, oil, gas, electronic waste and hazardous materials.

Tight restrictions will be enforced at the unloading site and the City reserves the right to refuse any load.

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Saturday, April 17th 2010

Meet and Buy directly from farmers and producers!

Available will be Meats, Cheese, Eggs, Breads, Alpaca Yarns, Jams/Jellies, Maple Products and more

The Market will be held at Alpin Haus’ NYS Route 5S location.

Presented by Montgomery County Ag Economic Development Project and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Fulton and Montgomery Counties to connect producers to consumers.

The Amsterdam Family YMCA in Hagaman will host YMCA Healthy Kids Day, the nation’s largest health day for kids and families, on Saturday, April 17 from noon to 3 p.m. This free event is open to all.

The event is filled with fun, engaging and creative activities that foster healthy living and is a part of the YMCA’s larger efforts to help more kids and families become physically active. YMCA Healthy Kids Day will be celebrated across the country at more than 1,700 YMCAs.

There will be several fun activities including:

Face painting

Zumba

Yoga

Martial Arts Demonstration

Healthy Snacks

An Inflatable Maze

an appearance by Amsterdam Mohawk’s “MoJo”

and more!

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The Walter Elwood Museum of the Mohawk Valley is proud to announce we have two new spring exhibits on display in the Riverfront Center and in the foyer of Amsterdam City Hall.

The exhibition at the Riverfront Center is in the kiosk on the Lower level in front of the Cranesville Block offices.  It features artifacts celebrating the season of spring. It includes vintage hats, fans,parasols, and gloves as well as birds, bird nests and eggs, pressed flowers and more from Walter Elwood’s original collections.  Please stop down and view the exhibit and sign our comment sheet and let us know what you think and what you would like to see next season on display.

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Saturday April 3rd, noon til 4pm

Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka will be signing autographs at the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.

The cost will be 10.00 per autograph, with all proceeds going to support the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

The PWHF is located at 30 East Main Street, Amsterdam, NY.

Saturday March 27th 2010 @ 1pm

Amsterdam collector, Gerald Snyder, and City Historian, Robert von Hesseln will be signing copies of their book, Amsterdam: A Postcard History. The Book Hound, located at 16 Main Street in historic downtown Amsterdam, will have copies available for you to purchase.

AMSTERDAM: A POSTCARD HISTORY by Gerald Snyder and Robert von Hesseln uses vintage post cards to tell the story of how a small Upstate New York trading village of the 1700s parlayed its position astride critical waterways during the westward expansion of the early 1800s to become an industrial powerhouse: America’s foremost rug-making center, the “Carpet City”, seventh largest city in the most populous state in the Union and “Gateway to the Mohawk Valley”. How turnpikes, canals, and railroads rapidly changed an isolated rustic settlement of cheap land and abundant waterpower into an urban manufacturing center, doing business worldwide. How successive waves of Dutch, German, Yankee, Irish, Italian, East European, and other immigrants were drawn to it, some to become millionaires, some millworkers; all to leave their own mark on this “City on a Hill.” And what became of that city when the mills closed. This is the story of an American Dream created, lost, and still pursued on what was once the American frontier.

Click here to find out from our friend Dan Weaver the top 12 Reasons to Buy Amsterdam: A Postcard History.