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NYS Parks and Marine Service

The NYS Parks and the Marine Service will present the Schodack Landing Fire Co. the keys to a 26ft fire boat Wed June 15 at 11 am at the Schodack Island State Park. Lunch will be at noon. This is part of the States new program, sharing services.

News in a Nutshell

Gay marriage bill gains support in State Senate

Cuomo noted that 60-percent of New Yorkers support gay marriage, urging holdouts in the Senate, to join them.

At a press conference Monday, Cuomo introducing three new members on the 'team.' Senators Carl Kruger, Shirley Huntley and Joseph Addabbo said now that their constituents support gay marriage, they will too. That brought the tally of supporters - all Democrats - to 29 votes. But supporters aren't celebrating yet. 

Three more votes are needed for a majority in the Senate, and none of the 32 Republicans are jumping on board.

Plane pulled from Columbia County pond

GHENT -- A plane that crashed into a Columbia County pond near the Kline Kill Airport was pulled from the water on Tuesday.

Budget Division gets the layoff list

For months, Governor Cuomo has said layoffs of up to 9,800 state workers could result if he doesn't get $450 million in workforce savings for the current fiscal year. 

The state's two major unions, the Public Employees Federation and Civil Service Employees Association, are in contract talks with the governor's representatives, although the two sides appear far from an agreement. The unions' contracts expired at the end of March.

Boys will be Boys 

Marlo Thomas

Strauss-Kahn. Schwarzenegger. Edwards. Weiner. It's been a helluva month for men behaving badly. Am I the only one who sees this as a good thing?

Has the tradition of men having it their way -- with women bearing the consequences -- hit a speed bump? 

Historically, women who have been victimized by men -- whether by a sexually harassing boss or a philandering husband -- were trained to hit the mute button.

 

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Shut down at Shoaib Choudhry Sunoco

Price Chopper and Sunoco...taking Advantage?

"For your safety, only one vehicle can be filled up per transaction to prevent the risk of fire. Your 1 fill-up is limited to 20 gallons which allows most customers to fill up one tank of gas."
 

Schodack Blotter

Schodack Blotter  4/17-4/30, 2011

 

 Schodack Blotter 

 4/17-4/30, 2011