Electronic Recycling Day Success

Cars began arriving at the Taft Furniture parking lot in Colonie just after dawn with motorists hauling outdated and obsolete tvs, computers, and other appliances. Four thousand cars stopped by to unload 250 tons of electronics, enough to fill twenty tractor trailers.

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Prisoner Transplant

Prisoner who raped teen may get transplant

Taxpayers would pay if Kenneth L. Pike, an inmate at Coxsackie Correctional Facility, is first inmate in New York state to get new heart.  An official for Mercy Flight Central, a nonprofit medical air services company, confirmed that they flew Pike, 55, to Strong Memorial from Albany Medical Center on Monday. 

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Rainy Day - put it to good use!

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the SCENE: Earth Day April 22, 2011

the SCENE: Earth Day April 22, 2011

Schodack Cuts Spending for Third Year in a Row

For the third year in a row, Schodack CSD has cut spending in its 2011-12 budget, a $20,125,047 budget that is $362,673 less than the current year.


 

EG Adopts a Budget

 East Greenbush Central School District 

Board of Education Adopts 2011-2012 School Budget

The East Greenbush CSD Board of Education adopted a budget for the 2011-2012 school year at its April 13th Board meeting. The budget totals $84,730,093 and represents a 0.52 percent reduction in spending from the current year’s budget. Despite school officials cutting spending, the 2011-2012 budget carries a 2.8 percent tax levy increase, due largely to a $4.7 million loss in NY State operating aid.
 

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It's here - $4 gas...

$4 A Gallon Gas Prices: Who's To Blame?

Gasoline prices are closing in on $4 a gallon. Department of Energy data show the average price for regular gas in the U.S. is $3.84 per gallon. That's 98 cents higher than a year ago, and just an "average." In California, the average price is $4.20 per gallon.

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High gasoline prices prompt Justice Department to eye energy industry
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