Eminent domain threatens Livingston Farm

Farmer rebellion a Columbia County power play
By: Dan Levy

The state of New York wants to use eminent domain to take over some farm properties to build more power lines. Thursday night, farm families were lining up in opposition.

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Photos: East Greenbush Y gets makeover

By Kenneth C. Crowe II

Updated 9:13 pm, Friday, November 15, 2013

EAST GREENBUSH — The East Greenbush YMCA got a new look on Friday.

Volunteers spent the day prepping and painting the interior walls at the 20 Community Way facility.

The sprucing up is part of a National Grid program where local employees volunteer for local projects.

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News in a Nutshell

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• Desperate typhoon survivors plead for help
• NSA Backlash
• Oldest Living Veteran
• Mass Shooting Happened This Week In Detroit, But You Probably Didn't Hear About It
• Police: NYC shooter was dumped from band
• US Postal Service wins Amazon Sunday deliveries
• Cops subdue cleaver-wielding suspect with Taser

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Suicide Prevention

MY VIEW: Help save a life by reaching out to our veterans

By Mary Jo Gibson

Kinderhook

First and foremost, I’d like to thank our men and women in uniform, our nation’s veterans, and their families for their service and heroic sacrifice to our country. As a co-chair of the Congressional Spouses for Suicide Prevention and Education and a spouse of a retired soldier, I’m taking the opportunity this Veterans Day to join the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in raising awareness of the problem of suicide among our active military, veterans, and their families.

GlobalFoundries to host open house Nov. 11

POSTED: 11/09/13, 12:31 AM EST |

MALTA

GlobalFoundries will host a public open house event at its Fab 8 campus from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11.

The event will give area residents an interactive, educational experience to learn about the company, the Fab 8 campus and the semiconductor industry.

In a “show-and-tell” demonstration, people will get an up-close look at patterned wafers, packaged chips and reticles used in the manufacturing process.

Notice of Public Hearing

A Public Hearing will be held at the Village Hall at 7:00 p.m.on November 12, 2013, relating to the proposed Local Law abolishing the Village Court and the position of Village Justice. For more information about the Public Hearing, go to "Public Hearing."

Website Helps Community Follow Planning Process for Future of Schodack Schools

To help our community follow the planning study that is looking at the future of our school buildings, a website has been created which is available by clicking here…

“I would like to thank everyone who participated in our Educational Summit,” said Superintendent Bob Horan. “Over the next couple weeks our educational planner and architect will meet with faculty and staff from each of our school buildings to share our community’s ideas from the Summit and listen to their thoughts. We will bring our community committee back together after that for further discussions, which anyone in our community is encouraged to attend.” If you have questions about the study, please call the district office at 732-2297. Posted 10/18/13.

The Schodack Board of Education met October 17, 2013, to discuss findings from the Community Education Summit held in September. The Board set a framework for the planning study looking at the future of our school buildings.

The results of all of these studies will be released at a public meeting in late November.