If you think it may be important to be informed about the proposed 675,000 square foot Dollar Tree / Liberty Distribution Center that is proposed for Schodack off of Exit 11, than you may wish to attend the Schodack Planning Board Hearing for it on Monday December 19^th at 7:00 pm in the Schodack Town Hall. Since it is a Hearing, this provides you and your neighbors the opportunity to ask questions and to pose any concerns that you may have. The Distribution Center is planned for additional growth to reach 1,000,000 square feet with 150 or so trucks arriving and departing each day. Dollar Tree is seeking permission from NYS to use tandem trucks on the NYS Thruway.

The meeting starts at 7pm and the Hearing begins at 7:15pm.

If you would like to catch up on media coverage from over the past couple weeks and read minutes of 2 Nov. Planning Board meetings on the Distribution Center proposal, please see the attachment.

You may be able to find some additional information thru the Town website at http://www.schodack.org/  

Please pass on this email and attachment to others whom you think it may interest.

What To Do

• “BLUE CHRISTMAS” SUNDAY SERVICE AT FIRST UMC IN E. G.
• LASAGNA DINNER AT ST. DAVID’S
• “LEGEND OF THE CANDY CANE”
• SCHODACK VALLEY PIZZA NIGHT
• NEW HISTORY of METHODIST CHURCH CHRONICLES GROWTH of CHURCH & TOWN
• E.G.-CASTLETON YOUTH BASEBALL REGISTRATION for the 2012 SEASON
• EMPIRE STATE PLAZA ICE OPEN IN JANUARY
• ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST

News in a Nutshell

Headlines that caught my eye

• Time Person Of The Year 2011: 'The Protester'
• SOPA: Washington vs. The Web
• Republicans appeal prisoner counting suit
• Whoops!  Fox News Fail
• Man, 53, indicted in girlfriend's death
• Now Everyone Knows  East Greenbush Town politics. December 8, 2011 at 1:20 am by Ed Gilbert

UNCAGED Recieves $50,000 Grant

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT (TAG) AWARDED

A Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) has been awarded to “United Neighbors Concerned About GE Dewey Loeffel Landfill (UNCAGED)” for the Dewey Loeffel Landfill Superfund Site. TAG funding allows qualified community groups to contract with independent technical advisors who can interpret and help the community understand technical information about their local Superfund site. More information about TAG’s is available at http://www.epa.gov/superfund/community/tag/.

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The Friends of the Library have some awesome raffles!

 

Buy your tickets at the Castleton Public Library.  Tickets are $1 and each ticket gets you one chance to win the basket of your choice!  The winner of each basket will be picked on Monday, Dec. 19th. 

 

Check them out:

-Victoria’s Essentials Aromatherapy raffle–$25 Barnes and Noble Gift certificate–(2) Gift certificates to Albany Massage Therapy Associates–Ice Bucket-donated by A New Beginning Consignment Shop–Spectrum Movie tickets (2 tickets)–Quilt (Donated by Pat Wood) –Petskleen Basket–Throw Pillows (2) (Donated by East Greenbush Window Coverings)–Jiff-e-mart Gift Certificate–Hoffman Car Wash Tickets–The Country Trunk Gift Certificate–Scarnato’s Gift Card (for 1 Large Cheese Pizza)–Wellness North Gift Certificate–Six Flag’s White Water Bay Waterpark (2) day passes

On Sunday, Santa and Mrs. Clause were invited by the Castleton Kiwanis to visit the Castleton Elementary School for their Annual Holiday Party.

The Kiwanis invite families from Schodack and Castleton to a party where Mrs. Clause busily made balloon hats, and animals for the children. Over 250 people registered this year.
 
Parents were asked to pre-register for the party for which the Kiwanis provide pizza, cake, iced cream and a personal gift for each of the children who attended.