EASTWYCK VILLAGE TO HOST STOP AT 6/18 PARADE OF HOMES

NORTH GREENBUSH, NY (June 12, 2014) — Residents of Rensselaer County are invited to visit Eastwyck Village (1720 Best Rd., North Greenbush) on Wednesday, June 18 as part of Choice Connections’ Parade of Homes — a half-day tour that will stop at four local senior independent living communities.

$250 million paper mill announce in Castleton

$250 million Castleton plant expected to bring 70-80 jobs

By Kenneth C. Crowe II

Updated 10:25 pm, Tuesday, March 11, 2014

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A new $250 million paper mill in Castleton highlighted Rensselaer County Executive Kathleen Jimino's State of the County address to the County Legislature on Tuesday night.

Jimino announced that Castleton Paperboard LLC, an affiliate of MiniMill Technologies, had agreed to buy the former Fort Orange Paper Co.site from the county for $600,000.

"It is CP's intention to clean up the contamination on this former Superfund site and build a $250 million state-of-the-art paperboard mill that will employ between 70 and 80 people when fully operational and will manufacture lightweight paperboard that has the same strength as the recycled heavyweight paperboard it is made from," Jimino said.

The county has been working to return the mill site to productive use for about 12 years.

"It is very important to Castleton and the immediate vicinity," said County Legislature Chairman Martin Reid, R-Sand Lake.

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Nearly 20,000 without power after storm

More heat and humidity expected Wednesday
By Bryan Fitzgerald
Updated 07:06 p.m., Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Heavy rains and wind knocked out power to 20,000 National Grid customers, with Rensselaer and Saratoga counties appearing to take the brunt of a nasty Tuesday afternoon storm that came with tornado threats and reports of large-scale flooding.