$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

Troy

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.

What is going on with 9&20?

News from Keith A. Langley, Supervisor

 Town of East Greenbush

One of the most frequently asked questions to be asked in my office is “what is going on with 9&20?”For the past two years we have seen some businesses come to 9 & 20, more so over the last year, but I am most excited to announce two big projects that will be happening this spring!

Chowder Fest Charity Cookoff!

If you cook a mean chowder the deadline for entering is March 19th!

Click HERE for more details.

The following restaurants have signed up to participate (among other great teams!):

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny

Get your tickets now !!
Please come out for a pancake breakfast with the family at  The Sports Grill of East Greenbush the family to help support the Bell Top PTO. I am chair person for the Dine to Donate program for my girlies school and would appreciate your support and hungry tummys. We will have the Easter Bunny there to visit with and take a picture of the kiddies with. Also, you can have free second helpings!! So it should fill up even the bigger hungry tummys!
$6.00 each or 2 for $10.00
Please reach out to me to get your tickets ahead of time. All tickets purchased before the day of the event will have an opportunity to WIN a $50 Wolf's 1-11 gift card. 
Thank you for your support!!

EDITORIAL: We need the EPA's help

Written by PARRY TEASDALE

Thursday, 06 March 2014 12:34

OUTSIDE YOU SEE A GREEN METAL building. The meadow next to it, covered in snow, is surrounded by a chain link fence. Below the dirt lane next to the fence, hidden by trees and gullies, is the Valatie Kill. Welcome to what was the Dewey Loeffel landfill, now part of the National Priorities List of the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. People are more likely to know the shorthand version: a Superfund toxic waste site.

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Maple Hill Annual Music In Our Schools Concert

Music in Our Schools Concert 

Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m.

The annual Music in Our Schools Concert will be held Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the High School gym.

For Immediate Release

STRIDE, Inc.                           476 North Greenbush Rd. Ste. 9, Rensselaer NY 12144

         

EMAIL: mwhitney@ stride.org                               WEB: www.stride.org

Contact:         Mary Ellen Whitney  (518) 598-1279

For Immediate Release: March 15, 2014                 Photo Opportunity  

                                 

Adaptive Snowsports Race for Athletes with Disabilities hosted at Jiminy Peak

(Hancock, Ma) As the country becomes riveted with the first broad coverage of the US Paralympics in Sochi Russia this week, disabled ski racers from across the Northeast will participate in STRIDE’s 19th Annual “Great Race / Diana Golden Mills Cup Level I Adaptive Race” held on Saturday morning, March 15th, 2014 at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock, MA.  This heartwarming event, a day of monumental achievements realized on the race course at Jiminy Peak, is open to all adaptive skiers of any age, skill level and disability. The event is targeted for youth to experience the thrill of competition on trails, but attracts many adults as well; including Wounded Warriors who STRIDE has a long history of serving.

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Castleton - Schodack Kiwanis Club Chicken Barbecue Dinners

The Castleton - Schodack Kiwanis Club will be selling chicken barbecue dinners 
on Sunday, March 23, to raise monies for its community service programs.  The 
cost of the dinners is $9.00, and the dinners may be picked up from 12:00 noon 
to 5:00 P.M. at the Castleton Volunteer Fire Company in Castleton.  For more 
information or to order the dinners, call 428-6184.  Walk-ins are welcomed. 

2014 Walk to Cure Arthritis

2014 Walk to Cure Arthritis

Capital Region

Sunday, May 18th, 2014

The Colonie Crossings
Registration Opens at 9:00 AM - Walk Begins at 10:00 AM

Donate to Team Lexi

 

See more at:  http://www.walktocurearthritis.albany.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1093056#sthash.e5kn2XQu.dpuf

Sponsorship opportunities 

For Immediate Release: Local War Hero to Address Wounded Warriors March 7, 2014

Photo and press opportunity 

                                               

War Hero SSG Kevin Flike 

Green Beret Special Forces to Address

Wounded Warriors in Troy, NY on March 7 

Troy, NY - STRIDE Adaptive Sports welcomes 15 regional Wounded Warriors with their families to the Capital Region for a weekend of healing through sports. Arriving in Troy March 6, they will spend a day getting to know each other and a private tour at the New York State museum, and then join STRIDE’s team of instructors at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort learning how to ski and snowboard Saturday and Sunday.  Many of the participants are from New York State Transition units, having recently returned with medical trauma. Five are alumni Warriors, invited back in mentorship role to guide the new Warriors through the overwhelming experience. 

1st Friday

ALBANY NY – The 1st Friday of every month marks a funky and fun night of the arts in Albany, starting at 5pm. The event is fittingly named... 1st Friday. Residents and visitors flock to downtown Albany for this highly anticipated art event, administered by the Upstate Artists Guild.

“First Friday is for everybody,” said Michael Weidrich, 1st Friday Coordinator. “This event brings together an entire city for one night a month, for the arts.”

EPA TOXIN RELEASE "Q & A" OPEN HOUSE

Bring your Questions and Join Us  at the EPA's First Columbia County Community Q& A Session  Concerning the Dewey-Loeffel Treated Water and Leachate  currently being dumped into the Valatie Kill  

Announcement: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold two 'Q & A' open house Information Sessions on March 3 (Kinderhook) and March 4 (Nassau) to discuss the cleanup of the Dewey-Loeffel Landfill Superfund Site in the Rensselaer County town of Nassau, and why they have chosen to bring the contamination across county lines—to Columbia County—and dump into our Valatie Kill. 

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The Columbia Paper

For Immediate Release

STRIDE, Inc.    476 N. Greenbush Rd., Suite 9, RENSSELAER, NEW YORK, 12144 

PHONE: (518) 598-1279   FAX :( 518) 391-2563   WEB: www.stride.org

Contact:   Mary Ellen Whitney Mobile: 518-466-4251  EMAIL: mwhitney@stride.org  

For Immediate Release

Blind & Visually Impaired Youth Group to Snowshoe Columbia County Today!

(Chatham, NY) One of the coldest day’s this winter won’t stop a group of visually impaired/blind youth from enjoying the outdoors!  STRIDE Adaptive Sports is no stranger to outdoor recreation and wilderness exploration for youth with special needs. But for the first time this winter, they will provide a very special youth activity at STRIDE Center for Outdoor Recreation & Education (SCORE) on Thursday, February 27,from a multi-district school field trip. Eighteen students, ages 5 through 18 who are visually impaired or blind and  from around the upstate New York and Berkshires, MA  region will gather  for a special day of snowshoeing on the 3.5 miles of trails at the SCORE camp for memory-making journey in outdoor recreation  lessons specially taught for those who do not have sight. Trained STRIDE adaptive counselors provide one-to–one guiding and assistance as needed to adapt the activity.   After the hike, the social activity of roasting hotdogs, drinking hot chocolate and making s’mores on the fire will add to the fun in the lodge at the SCORE facility.   

March 1

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST, The Castleton Fire House, located at 11 Green Avenue in Castleton will be hosting an All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast on the first Sunday of every month from 8AM till Noon Cost is $7/Adults, $6/Seniors and $5/Children ages 5 to 11. Phone 732-4342

Don't forget the Indoor Garage Sale at MHHS

Maple Hill Music Parents Association is looking for donations for their Indoor Garage Sale to be held Saturday, March 15, 2013 from 9AM to 3PM.  We need gently used items, but cannot accept personal care items, clothing, magazines, televisions, computers, or stuffed animals.  Drop off items at Maple Hill High School on the following dates:Saturday      

Saturday       Mar 1           9 – 11 AM

Tuesday        Mar 4             6 – 8 PM

Thursday      Mar 6             6 – 8 PM

If you have any questions please contact Rachael Coleda at 732-0241 or raye@coleda.com

Harold Ramis, 69, Dies; Alchemist of the Hilarious

Harold Ramis, a writer, director and actor whose boisterous but sly silliness helped catapult comedies like “Groundhog Day,” “Ghostbusters,”“Animal House” and “Caddyshack” to commercial and critical success, died on Monday in his Chicago-area home. He was 69.

The cause was complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a disease that involves swelling of blood vessels, said Chris Day, a spokesman for United Talent Agency, which represented Mr. Ramis.

“We represent the underdog as comedy usually speaks for the lower classes,” Mr. Ramis once said. “We attack the winners.”

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Public Ice Skating @ HVCC

Public Ice Skating
Recreational skating is available from 4 to 6:15 p.m. on

Saturday and Sunday and from noon to 2 p.m.

Monday through Friday. The skating season runs through 

Sunday, March 9, 2014.

Maria (Mitzie) Von Trapp dies at 99

Maria (Mitzie)Von Trapp (the second eldest) was the last surviving member of the Austrian family of seven brothers and sisters and died in her sleep at her Vermont home. "It was a surprise that she was the one in the family to live the longest because ever since she was a child she suffered from a weak heart," family friend Marianne Dorfer told the Austrian Times.

"It was the fact that she suffered from this that her father decided to hire Maria von Trapp to teach her and her brothers and sisters," she continued. "That of course then led to one of the most remarkable musical partnerships of the last century."

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Rensselaer KMart closing

Updated: Friday, February 21 2014, 06:34 PM EST 
RENSSELAER -- Kmart's corporate offices confirm that the Rensselaer store will be closing to the public in early June. The store will begin its liquidation sale on April 3. Kmart says the store is being closed because the lease was not renewed, and store closures are part of a series of actions the company is taking to reduce expenses and transform their business model. According to the company's statement on the closing, this location has 70 employees, most of whom are part time or hourly employees. They say the employees who are eligible will receive severance and have the opportunity to apply for other positions at area Sears or Kmart stores.
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Another business closing  in Rensselaer County.

What's happening at the Castleton Public Library?

Family Movie Night  on Friday, February 28

Teen Book and Pizza Club

*Registration is required.  

Come to the Library for on Wednesday, March 5 at 5:30 pm for pizza and a great discussion about John Green's The Fault in Our Stars.

Register now!

Parent/Child Book Club!

*Registration is required.

Join us for... PANCAKES!!  Followed by a discussion of Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit on Saturday, March 1 at 10:30 am.  Read the book together and then come to the library for some flapjacks and a fun discussion.Register now!

Check out the full Calendar of Events here.

Bank Robbery

Photo of suspect provided by police

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. -- Police are investigating a bank robbery a TD Bank in East Greenbush and are asking for public assistance.

According to East Greenbush Police, the robbery occurred at around 10 a.m. Wednesday at the bank located at 71 Troy Road. The suspect showed the teller a note that demanded money and warned the teller to cooperate so that "…no one gets hurt," according to police.

The Venue - Open for Business

The Venue Hosts the Moon Glow Gala 

• 65 Congress Street
• Cohoes, New York 12047
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• https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Venue/586707238036546?id=586707238036546&sk=info

Coach of the Year!

East Greenbush Central School's Columbia High School's Head Coach
Anthony Servidone earns Section 2 Division 1 Class A Coach of the Year Award

Congratulations Anthony

Here we snow again

CBS6 Albany News

Here we snow again: NYC issues weather alert February 17, 2014 12:39 EST NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City has issued a snow alert starting at 3 a.m. Tuesday. The preparation includes the sanitation and transportation departments, along with the Office of Emergency Management.

Congratulation! You made an olympian cry!

The Olympics Rage-o-Meter

NBC makes Bode Miller cry, then presses on (and on and on) to make him cry some more.

By Josh Levin

On Sunday in Sochi, one of NBC’s preordained Winter Olympics stars finally came through with a medal, as Bode Miller tied for bronze in the men’s super-G. Prior to Miller’s run, the Peacock screened a weepy feature on the death of Miller’s snowboarder brother Chelone. After he skied down the mountain, NBC’s cameras zoomed in on Miller and his wife Morgan for a solid hour as they watched other skiers challenge his time. When Miller hung on to his podium position, NBC’s Christin Cooper asked him about his “extraordinary accomplishment” and what this particular medal—his sixth in Olympic competition—meant to him. Miller mentioned his brother’s death, and how he wanted to honor his memory.

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So does the insensitive reporter get scolded or praised?  After all, this morning she was the most reviled 'journalist' in the world.  How dare she push this obviously distraught young man to the brink! 

Get Out!

Community Calendar
To have an event listed on The Schodack SCENE, send the information (including date, time, street address and cost if any) to catherine.sager@yahoo.com.

• 2/28 Movie Night @ CPL
• 3/6-3/9 Stride Snowfest
• Lego Club Every Monday

Sid Caesar, a King of Comedy, Dies at 91

By STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN

02/12/2014 at 03:15 PM EST

Sid Caesar, the deft side-splitter who helped establish the new medium of television as he also established himself as a comedy legend, has died. He was 91.

Here we go again

Meteorologist Steve LaPointe  Last Updated:2/11/2014 4:19:57 PM Weather Advisories: 

SNOW STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT - TRACK AND INTENSITY REMAINS UNCERTAIN ENOUGH AT THIS TIME TO PRECLUDE A DETAILED ACCUMULATION FORECAST Low pressure is expected to develop in the Gulf of Mexico tonight and tomorrow then transfer to a new center off the mid Atlantic coast Wednesday night into Thursday morning. This will become a large and moisture rich Nor'easter capable of producing heavy snow accumulations. It, however, is not clear at this time as to the specific configuration, intensity, and track of the system which will be critical in determining how much snow will fall locally.

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Good Night Curly Top

Shirley Temple Black, who was one of the most iconic child stars of the 20th century, has died. She was 85.

The dimpled actress found fame at the height of the Great Depression in movies including "Heidi," "Curly Top" and "Bright Eyes" and later served as U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
Temple Black died of natural causes Monday at her home in Woodside, Calif., her publicist confirmed to NBC News early Tuesday.

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Long arm of the law

Woman from Capital Region executed in Texas

Updated: 02/06/2014 11:00 AM
Created: 02/06/2014 10:27 AM WNYT.com 
By: WNYT Staff

A woman who used to live in the Capital Region has been executed for a murder in Texas.

Suzanne Basso, 59, was convicted of torturing and killing a mentally impaired man she promised to marry in 1998.

Open casting calll

http://www.parkplayhouse.com/july-production/

July Production

Click here to download audition info for this production!

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Park Playhouse proudly presents the Northeast Regional Premiere of…

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Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead at 46

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 19: Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman attends The Variety Studio: Sundance Edition Presented By Dawn Levy on January 19, 2014 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Variety) | Jonathan Leibson via Getty Images

Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Feb. 2).

The 46-year-old actor's cause of death has yet to be determined but the New York Police Department is investigating and a law enforcement official confirmed to WSJ that the academy award winning actor was found dead in his West Village home.

Soon-to-be spring or a much longer winter? The groundhog says...

Punxsutawney Phil is very close with his handlers, who are referred to as the "Inner Circle."

Baby, it's cold outside. And it's going to stay that way.

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