Public Notice: organizational meeting

Public notice to Schodack and Nassau residents,

Plans call for the 36-inch, pressurized pipeline to travel east from Wright in an existing Kinder Morgan right of way through Knox, Berne, New Scotland and Bethlehem, before crossing beneath the Hudson River at Schodack, Rensselaer County. TU 3/27

On Thursday, 4/2/15 at 7 PM, I am holding another organizational meeting in regards to opposition to the proposed NED pipeline and compressor station in our towns. 

It will be held at the Senior center for the aging on rte 150 on the right just north of the intersection of Rt 20 and 150 if going north. Feel free to invite friends and neighbors. The past meeting we discussed our concerns about the pipeline, a general plan for upcoming public meetings, informing the public and voicing our opposition to our government leaders. 

Our last meeting was a success with about 30+ in attendance. This time, we will work on forming smaller committees to address specific tasks, planning our strategy for the upcoming Kinder Morgan meeting April 13 at Green Meadow school 6-8 PM, sign letters to our elected officials and have an informational letter to distribute to Schodack residents. We also need to start planning our public forum on 5/5 /15 and how we will organize help with this meeting.

Thank you, 

Lisa and Bill Zimmerman

 April 13: Schodack, NY  Green Meadow Elementary School; 234 Schuurman Rd., Castleton-on-Hudson, NY 12033  **All Open Houses are 6pm – 8pm

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High School Art Exhibit! 

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Petitions to Run for Board of Education Available – Deadline: Monday, Apr. 20

Interested in running for the Board of Education? A petition and a brochure are available here...Petitions must be submitted to the district office with at least 25 signatures by Monday, Apr. 20 at 5:00 p.m. Three Board of Education seats will be on the ballot for the May 19 community vote.

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Without a trial, and with a clean bill of health from the vet, the authorities seized his horses.

Government Attacks Small Family Farm in Schenectady County New York 

Unexpected Dangers of Farming
by FUSSYlittleBlog

Remember how I said I wanted to get more involved with local farms this year? Well, I guess it pays to be careful with your wishes.

A few weeks ago I met Joshua Rockwood for the first time at Bella Napoli in Latham. He’s the owner of West Wind Acres, a small but growing farm on the edge of Schenectady County in the town of West Charlton. Josh didn’t grow up a farmer. He has a background in construction, but he has gotten into farming for all the right reasons.

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It’s a long story, and you can read the whole thing on his blog.

It's Just....another year.

Happy Birthday William Shatner

Twisted Sister drummer dies of apparent heart attack at 55

The band said Anthony Jude Pero died of an apparent heart attack while touring with Adrenaline Mob, a group with which he played in between engagements with Twisted Sister.










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Stabbing, 
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Unlawful 'incident.'

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Bill Nye, 'The Science Guy' Headlines UAlbany World Within Reach Speaker Series

Francis Agyemang, president of the University at Albany Student Association said, "We are honored to host Bill Nye at UAlbany. His PBS TV show deserves a lot of credit for getting my generation of college students excited about science."

The event is sponsored by the University at Albany Student Association in partnership with theNew York State Writers Institute.

Tickets will be distributed as follows, with a two ticket limit per person:

• On Wednesday, March 25, tickets will be available to the general public and students in the Campus Center West Lounge from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. If any tickets are remaining, they will be distributed in Physical Education (PE) building lobby across from SEFCU Arena beginning at 3 p.m.

Book signing at Great Finds!

Drop by Great Finds to meet former Columbia County resident Michael Arndt, this Saturday March 21 from 2-4. Michael Arndt is an award-winning graphic designer whose love of animals and typography inspired this book. He lives in New York City with his yellow dog Clooney who sometimes says woof and his black cat Aiden who often says meow. Cat Says Meow is his first published bookanimalopoeia™ animals that look the same as they sound.

Kiss me I'm Irish!

Columbia Science Olympiad team Advances to Nationals

Posted March 16, 2015
Columbia High School’s Science Olympiad Team won the New York State tournament Saturday at LeMoyne College in Syracuse and will advance to the national tournament on May 15 and 16 at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Columbia avenged its runner-up finish from last year, knocking off 11-time state champion Fayetteville-Manlius High School of Central New York by seven points.

Columbia defeated 53 schools in 25 different events including biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, computers and engineering. Events range from paper and pencil tests, to laboratory activities and construction of devices.

Individual medals are given for the top 10 teams in each event, and these scores are combined to earn an overall team score. Columbia’s team medaled in 18 of the 25 events held on Saturday, and every member of the team won at least one individual medal. Additionally, team members Tim MacDonald, Peter Herrick and Parth Bhide’s gold medal performances qualified them for $14,000 in scholarships.

This is Columbia’s second consecutive trip to the national tournament. In 2014, Columbia finished 16th out of 60 schools and won the award for best new team.

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There are no good guys

abc news

One and a half billion dollars in American weapons.

Officials said "certain Iraqi units" have already been denied U.S. military assistance -- including weapons, equipment and training -- because of "credible information in the past" of gross human rights violations.

“It’s tough sorting out good guys and bad guys in a lot of these areas,” said Brennan referring to scenes of “horrific human rights abuses.”

“When we see it, we do bring it to the attention of authorities and we will not work with entities that are engaged in such activities,” the CIA director said.

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65th Annual Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade

When: Sat, Mar 14, 2:00 PM
Where: Albany
Cost: FREE ADMISSION
Celebrate St. Paddy's day with the 65th Annual Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade! The parade steps off at 2pm and travels through the Capital City! Learn more HERE!
Got plans?

Odyssey teams advance to state finals

Eighteen student teams from schools in Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene counties advanced to the state Odyssey of the Mind tournament in Binghamton on April 11. They were selected from 106 teams competing in the Region Four Odyssey of the Mind Tournament coordinated by Questar III at Algonquin Middle School in Averill Park.

Teams from Ichabod Crane, Averill Park, Germantown, Brunswick, Coxsackie-Athens, Troy, East Greenbush, Hoosic Valley, and Rensselaer finished in first place.

Since 1978, Odyssey of the Mind has been an international educational program where students apply their imagination and ingenuity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics.

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Music in Our Schools Concert

Schodack Central School District's Music in Our Schools Concert 

Wednesday, Mar. 18 at 7:00 p.m.

The annual Music in Our Schools Concert will be held Wednesday, Mar. 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the High School

Music Parents has some leftover Schodack quilts from the fundraiser we held in the fall.  We have decided to raffle one of the Schodack Quilts at the Music in our Schools concert on March 18.  Tickets will be sold at the concert for $1 a chance.  The winner will be drawn that night halfway through the concert, and you must be present to win.

Quilts will also be available for sale for $50.

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Honey Bee like - "I need a licence?"

Jing Xin Shen, 54

Prostitution arrest at Honey Bee Salon in East Greenbush

Unlawfully practicing massage,is a felony under state Education Law that requires personal masseurs to be licensed.

A woman was arrested and a massage parlor at 110 Columbia Turnpike shut down Monday, town police said.

Based on witness information and police surveillance, officers entered the Honey BeeSalon around 3 p.m. and determined Jing Xin Shen, 54, was engaging in illegal activity.

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"An enormous loss"

'Simpsons' Co-Creator Sam Simon 

Sam Simon, a co-creator of The Simpsons and a veteran of the television industry for over four decades, passed away at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday following a long battle with colorectal cancer. He was 59. The writer, cartoonist, producer, showrunner, poker player and philanthropist had been diagnosed with terminal cancer since late 2012, Variety reports.

...his input shaped the series into the long-running, globally beloved cultural behemoth that it is today.  Simon is still credited as an executive producer on the series, which has run for 568 episodes and counting.

Wake up sleepy head!

Don't forget you smoke detector batteries!

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When Daylight Saving Time Was Illegal

Lily Rothman Time - Time - Sat Mar 7 12:00:00 UTC 2015

When Daylight Saving Time begins this year on Mar. 8, Americans are likely to turn their clocks forward with a minimum of grumbling over the lost hour — at least compared to the objections that were raised when it was first implemented.

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US Congressman Chris Gibson to Address

26 Regional Wounded Warriors

Troy, NY – Twenty-six regional Wounded Warriors and their families begin arriving to the Capital District today for the 10th anniversary STRIDE Wounded Warrior Snowfest, for a weekend of healing through adaptive sports.

What difference does it make?

Updated: Wednesday, March 4 2015, 03:48 AM EST
House committee subpoenas  Clinton's personal e-mail account

Milk...it does a body (and a state economy) good!

Holy cow! NY agriculture is booming

New York ranks in the top 10 in the nation for milk and other dairy production, as well as wine, apples and maple syrup, the report from Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found. “New York’s economy is still fueled by agricultural activity and the production of food,” DiNapoli said in a statement.

Pipeline forum draws heated opposition

David Lee/Columbia-Greene Media

NASSAU — The Nassau Sportsman Club was filled to its brim Saturday when more than 185 people attended the Stop New York Fracked Gas Pipeline public forum, a presentation on the proposed pipeline and compressor station to follow an existing utility powerline corridor through Schodack, Nassau and Stephentown.

Public Forum Pipeline meeting TODAY!

Public Forum on a Proposed Fracked Gas Pipeline

Through Rensselaer County, NY

Saturday, February 28, 2015  12-3 p.m.

Nassau Sportsman Club

370 Boyce Rd. Nassau, NY

No Shutdown For Now: Congress Passes Week-Long Homeland Security Patch

Congress has narrowly averted a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security for one week, setting up another funding showdown for next Friday.

Putin wanted him dead? Now he's dead.

Vladimir Putin

Boris Nemtsov had been quoted as saying he was concerned that the president might want him dead over his opposition to the conflict in Ukraine. 

Kremlin critic killed...

Where no man has gone before...Thank you Mr. Nimoy!

Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,” died on Friday morning at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 83.

31 Days of Oscar

Sounds like some serious binge-watching!

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Net Neutrality Prevails In Historic FCC Vote

FCC Chairman Not Wheeler

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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to approve strong net neutrality rules in a stunning decision, defying vocal, months-long opposition by telecom and cable companies and Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Missing Halfmoon teen found in Florida

Updated: 02/25/2015 5:47 PM
Created: 02/25/2015 1:13 PM WNYT.com
By: WNYT Staff
ORLANDO, FL.- Henry Ytterberg, the teen who was reported missing from his Halfmoon home earlier this month has been found. During the time he was missing, he turned 16 years old.

EDITORIAL: What’s the threat from measles?

February 19, 2015 by PARRY TEASDALE

IF YOU HAD MEASLES as a kid you may not remember having them. For most Baby Boomers born before the vaccine was introduced in 1963, measles made you sick and itchy, you stayed home from school until the spots went away and life went on.

Thousands of kids were hospitalized by complications associated with measles–respiratory illnesses and even encephalitis. Some died. Back then my parents wouldn't have told me about that. Would yours?

There were an estimated 4 million measles cases a year in the U.S. before the vaccine. That’s a lot of illness. It was also a lot of people not likely to get measles again because their immune systems had developed antibodies to the virus. But the vaccine meant you could avoid measles instead of surviving them. 

This vaccine, now given as part of a cocktail of vaccines against other childhood maladies, transformed measles from a threat to a memory.

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SUNY Financial Aid Days - Saturday, Feb. 28

SUNY will host Financial Aid Days for all prospective college students at 46 of their campuses across the state on Saturday, Feb. 28. You do not need to be an applicant of a SUNY college to participate. 

These days are designed to answer questions and provide assistance regarding the financial aid application, types of aid, and the award process. 

Most sites will also offer hands-on assistance from financial aid professionals in completing the FAFSA including web access to complete the FAFSA. 

Locally, Hudson Valley and Columbia-Greene Community Colleges will hold their events on Feb. 28. You must register in advance for this program. To register or for more information, click here...

Posted 1/26/15.

Schodack Schools open despite boil water advisory

Boil Water Advisory Due to Village Water Main Break; School Will Still Open on Monday

Due to a water main break in the village, all three school buildings are under a boil water advisory until at least Monday, Feb. 23. This will not prevent schools from opening. Water coolers and cups are already in place in all three buildings. Plastic has been placed over water fountains. Signs directing individuals to avoid drinking tap water have been distributed. Chartwells Food Service is aware as well. “We’re all ready for school on Monday and even for tonight’s basketball game,” said Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Matt LaClair. “We’ve done this before when the village experienced water main breaks in the past.” 

Posted 2/20/15.

Print at home movie tickets through AAA

Did you know? Regal Premiere Print-at-home E-Ticket

Print tickets at home! Tickets are valid at all Regal Entertainment Group locations nationwide for all showtimes*, including first-run films! Premiere print-at-home e-tickets are available immediately and DO NOT EXPIRE! Price: $8.45 per ticket (Box Office: up to $14) At checkout, a $2.25 processing fee PER ORDER (not per ticket) will apply.  Regal Premiere Movie tickets are also available. Click here for more details. You MUST bring a printed version of the ticket and it MUST contain a legible barcode for scanning at the theater. Mobile phone presentation or web access to your tickets at the theater will not be valid for admission.

ALBANY – A long-time educator Brian Howard has died after falling off his roof while shoveling snow

Brian Howard was in education for more than 40 years. He served as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in Berlin, Troy, and Queensbury School Districts. He was also the principal of Chatham High.

Howard's death is a sad reminder of how careful you need to be when clearing the snow from your roof. His wife found him when she came home.

Brian Howard's wake is Tuesday night 4-7 Mcdonald funeral home and funeral is Wednesday 9:30 at at Augusta church.

In wake of 5-year-old's death, raise concerns about effectiveness of official supervision

Judge Gerard Maney
  Albany Co Family Court
 (Will Waldron / Times Union)

In the months leading up to his death, 5-year-old Kenneth White slept in a La-Z-Boy recliner wedged into a small bedroom in a cluttered trailer he shared with a half-dozen people, 10 cats and five dogs.

He isn't the only Capital Region child to die while under the supervision of child protective services. In one case, an infant was tortured for weeks, his bones broken, his anus torn. Another infant was born with drugs in its system, but was still sent home with a drug-addicted mother.

The reports don't cover all child deaths in the area. [Many] were limited to the reports the state decided, without detailed explanation, to make public. 
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The village of Castleton is under a boil water advisory is in effect for the next two days, or until further notice.

A boil water advisory is in effect for the next two days, or until further notice.
Anyone traveling in Rensselaer, Rte. 9 & 20 are shut down near Aiken Ave. because of a water main break.

NASSAU- The Village of Nassau has a water main break located on Albany Ave, Route 20.
A boil water advisory is in effect until further notice.

 
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East Greenbush car thefts

Times Union reports..
EAST GREENBUSH — Four teens were arrested Sunday, and one police officer was injured after a series of thefts from parked cars, town police said.

Joseph W. White and Michael R. Palmer, both 19, of East Greenbush were charged with felony burglary. White also was charged with felony assault.

In an unrelated incident, Nicholas W. Keil, 16 of East Greenbush, and a 15-year-old from Valatie, whose name was not released, were charged with larceny.

Around 7:30 a.m. a Connecticut Avenue resident came home to find two men in his garage stealing tools, police said. He tried to stop the pair, but they pushed past him and ran off down the street. The homeowner called police and provided a description.

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Traffic Alert!

NASSAU - Route 20 is closed between Route 203 and Phillips Street because of a water-main break.

The falls are partially frozen -

2015

Hard to believe, but the Niagara Falls waters partially froze last week. Here are some of the incredible images by 500px photographers, capturing the beauty of this occurrence. 

Declutter class!

Spend Saturday with a Pro!

Declutter and organize to invite natural energy flow into your home and create a sanctuary that you deserve!

In the first hour of this class, professional organizer, Julie Ulmer of Minding Your Manor will be discussing the benefits to de cluttering and the keys to successful organizing and will share many tips on how to get started and then how to maintain your newly organized space!

http://www.mindingyourmanor.com/

Tranquil Spirit Wellness Center

1744 Route 9, Castleton-on-Hudson, New York 12033

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Okay, Winter...you win!

Before the snow is fully removed, the Castleton DPW was called out at 7:30 p.m.for a water main break near Edgewood Terrace.



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Updated: Friday, February 13 2015, 08:15 PM EST 

OLD CHATHAM -- This cat may be down one of its nine lives after he was found frozen to a road in Old Chatham. Little Brook Farm, a nonprofit farm that rescues animals, posted the story of the cat they're calling Valentine on their Facebook page. They say a friend found the cat on the road and thought it was dead. After noticing the cat was still breathing, the friend says he literally peeled the animal off the road and took him to the farm. They warmed him up by the fire and wrapped him in towels. The cat is now recovering and has been given a clean bill of health from the vet. (Photos and videos courtesy of Little Brook Farm)

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Visitors to the Schodack SCENE could very well be your next customers.

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Sailing away on The good ship Lollipop

Shirley Temple dies

Shirley Temple Black, who rose to fame as arguably the most popular child star in Hollywood history, died late Monday night, her publicist said.

She was 85.

Why you shouldn't give your doctor your Social Security number

Consumer Reports February 10, 2015 3:00 PM
You’re filling out a pile of forms at the local hospital or when seeing a physician. You jot down your name, address, and insurance information. Then you come to a space for your Social Security number. Should you fill in those precious nine digits? If it’s your doctor or hospital asking, the answer is “No!” But it’s not so simple if you have Medicare or the question comes from your health insurance company. 
Here’s what you need to know.

Bob Simon, an award-winning CBS News correspondent whose career spanned nearly 50 years and many major international conflicts, was killed in a car crash in Manhattan on Wednesday. He was 73.

Mr. Simon, who was in his 19th season as a correspondent for “60 Minutes,” won dozens of honors, including 27 Emmy Awards and four Peabody Awards, in a career that dated to the 1960s. He covered many significant news events during the course of that career and, as a war correspondent, was captured by Iraqi forces near the Saudi-Kuwait border during the opening days of the Persian Gulf war in January 1991.

He wrote about that experience in his 1992 memoir,  The title referred to the length of his captivity.  Read more from the NYTimes

Do you own or manage land along a stream?

The Hudson Estuary Trees for Tribs Program offers free native trees and shrubs for planting along the tributary streams in the Hudson River Estuary watershed. We are looking for new sites for plantings. Our staff can help you with a planting plan and work with your volunteers on site.

Trees for Tribs is now accepting applications for Spring 2015 planting projects. Applications received by March 1, 2015 will be given preference.

For more information about the program including project applications and fact sheets, please visit the DEC website,www.dec.ny.gov/lands/43668.html or contact the Hudson River Estuary Program's Stream Buffer Coordinator, Beth Roessler at (845) 256-2253,  or HudsonEstuaryTFT@dec.ny.gov .

Since 2007, Trees for Tribs has been responsible for planting more than 36,000 native trees and shrubs along 17 miles of stream with the help of over 7,500 local volunteers. These plants will help protect water quality, fish and wildlife and also reduce erosion and flooding.

Please forward this email to potentially interested landowners and partners.

Thank you,

Beth Roessler

Stream Buffer Coordinator, Hudson River Estuary Program/ NYS Water Resources Institute, Cornell University

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