December 11, 2020
The Schodack SCENE: Holiday Celebrations and Small Gatherings
Holiday Celebrations and Small Gatherings

Winter Holidays
Enjoy the holidays and take steps to protect yourself from getting or spreading COVID-19. Learn more
Gatherings with family and friends who do not live with you can increase the chances of getting or spreading COVID-19 or the flu.
December 10, 2020
How this Troy retailer refocused her strategy for the pandemic winter
As a small business owner with lots to do every day, Theresa Van Duyne didn't spend a lot of time trying to sell her products online before the Covid-19 pandemic.
"It sort of got put on the back burner because I was so busy making things and helping customers," Van Duyne said during a phone interview at T&J Handcrafted Soap in downtown Troy.
"Covid definitely made us refocus on our website," Van Duyne said as she made balsam-scented candles for the Christmas holiday season.
November 28, 2020
Crack down on impaired and reckless driving
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.
November 23, 2020
Thruway does away with people and cash
Thruway does away with people and cash
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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 |
After 66 years, the Thruway has gone cashless. Read more...
November 20, 2020
The Santa Claus Club has a message for village residents
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
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.
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November 19, 2020
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.’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.”
Supt. Suzanne Guntlow, ICC School District