Crack down on impaired and reckless driving

State Troopers to crack down on impaired and reckless driving over the Thanksgiving holiday

The New York State Police will participate in a special traffic enforcement initiative to crack down on unsafe driving behaviors during the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. The special traffic enforcement period runs from Wednesday, November 25, 2020, through Sunday, November 29, 2020.

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Thruway does away with people and cash

November 21, 2020 by DIANE VALDEN

Pictured are Christa MacDonald and Richard Lindmark, the last toll collectors to work at Exit B-2 East Chatham where the Taconic State Parkway ends and meets the Thruway. Photo contributed

EAST CHATHAM—Gone are the days of scrambling for loose change between the car seats and the nanosecond of human contact while handing it over at a Thruway toll booth.

After 66 years, the Thruway has gone cashless. Read more...

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The Santa Claus Club has a message for village residents

Valatie Christmas tradition halted due to COVID

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

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Santa Claus participates in the 2019 Christmas Eve parade in Valatie. Lance Wheeler/For Columbia-Greene Media

For the first time in 75 years, the Valatie Santa Claus Club will not be making household gift deliveries this year. Lance Wheeler/For Columbia-Greene MediaFacebook

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VALATIE — For the first time in 75 years, Santa Claus will not be making an early stop at children’s homes in Valatie, according to a statement from the Valatie Santa Claus Club.


It was not an easy decision, long-time club member Angelo Nero said

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group held discussions with members and local Valatie families about how they could continue the traditions of the club in a safe manner.

VALATIE — For the first time in 75 years, Santa Claus will not be making an early stop at children’s homes in Valatie, according to a statement from the Valatie Santa Claus Club. Read more...

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As Covid cases rise, ICC juggles schedules

As Covid cases rise, ICC juggles schedules
November 14, 2020 by EMILIA TEASDALE

KINDERHOOK—The Ichabod Crane Board of Education held an in-person and online meeting November 3. Board members, school staff and members of the public met in the primary school cafeteria while the district also offered the public the option to use Zoom to join the meeting online. One board member, Susan Ramos, attended the meeting through Zoom.

‘I am asking for your help in keeping everyone in our community as safe as possible.’
Supt. Suzanne Guntlow, ICC School District

This was the first board meeting since the district confirmed several positive Covid-19 cases among students in all three school buildings. On Sunday, October 25 the district emailed and called parents to announce the decision to close the primary school and move to online learning for middle and high school students on Monday, October 26 due to a primary school student testing positive for Covid-19. The district assisted the county Department of Health (DOH) with contact tracing, and more testing led to more positive cases. On October 29 the school emailed parents again saying, “We have confirmed there was one positive student in the middle school and two positive students in the high school.”

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