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🌱 How has Constantino’s Sticker Mule empire reshaped everyday life in Amsterdam?

Amsterdam, New York Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Amsterdam! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How has Constantino’s Sticker Mule empire reshaped everyday life in Amsterdam?
  • How does Amsterdam’s own candidate shape this high‑stakes House race?
  • Amsterdam woman faces new charges after alleged contraband incident in jail.

Also on today's calendar: Local Chapter Meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 65 and low of 37 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 63, low: 51.
  • Monday: Windy with a shower in spots, with a high of 63 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. All about Amsterdam and NY-21 candidate Anthony Constantino (timestelegram.com) — Amsterdam’s growing, largely Latino small city takes center stage as the hometown and business base of NY‑21 candidate Anthony Constantino, whose Sticker Mule factories and Mule Fitness gym anchor local industry. The story also spotlights Rosito’s Place Bakery, changing neighborhood demographics, Route 30’s commercial pull, and Constantino’s civic giving to schools, parks, seniors, and a local gym that serves many residents.
   

2. Lisbon v. Amsterdam: NY-21 candidates come from very different places (timestelegram.com) — A new profile of the NY-21 congressional race spotlights how Republican Anthony Constantino’s life and printing business in Amsterdam contrast with Democrat Blake Gendebien’s dairy farm in rural Lisbon. It explains how Amsterdam’s dense, diverse city life and economy shape Constantino’s politics and campaign style, and why this “flippable” district could influence control of the U.S. House.
   

3. Amsterdam woman charged after allegedly hiding crack pipe inside her body in jail (newyorkupstate.com) — An Amsterdam woman has been charged after jail staff at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility say a body scan revealed a suspected hidden item, which she allegedly removed and destroyed, identified as a crack pipe. Along with existing petit larceny bench warrants, she now faces promoting prison contraband and tampering with evidence charges, and is being held without bail following arraignment in Amsterdam Town Court.
   

4. 2 men charged with possessing over 500g of oxycodone (dailygazette.com) — An Amsterdam man and a Schenectady man are jailed without bail after state police say they found more than 500 grams of oxycodone during a Thruway traffic stop in Albany. The Amsterdam driver also faces an impaired driving charge, with both men due back in Albany City Criminal Court on October 1.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Amsterdam

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Amsterdam

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.