President Obama promised a thorough investigation into the death of Gray

Baltimore Riots 
About 20 businesses and more than 140 cars burned as the mayhem spilled into Tuesday's early hours. From 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., the city's Office of Emergency Management reported 10 major blazes.

Demonstrators destroy the windshield of a Baltimore Police car as they protest the death of Freddie Gray. (Photo via Jim Watson/Getty Images)

Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said the young age of those who took to the streets with rocks and bricks -- high school students, many of them -- caused officers to take a measured initial response to Monday's violence.

There are rules! Be careful people.

DEC: Open burning banned through May 15

Columbia Paper April 26, 2015 by STAFF

For more information visit DEC’s website at:
www.dec.ny.gov/press/101102.html

ALBANY—A number of brush fires have occurred recently in the Capital Region.

Rensselaer Drug Bust

Man arrested after major drug bust in Rensselaer

Alexander Luciano

Updated: 04/24/2015 2:04 PM Created: 04/24/2015 12:52 PM WNYT.com By: WNYT Staff

RENSSELAER - A significant drug bust yielded dozens marijuana plants, heroin and other illegal drugs.
Troy police are calling it “the prize” at the end of a very intense, two-month-long multi-jurisdictional investigation.
Some of the items seized were put on display Troy Police headquarters. It was an undercover Troy Police narcotics operation along with Rensselaer City Police and Rensselaer County probation investigators who raided a home at 1466 Fourth St. in Rensselaer.
Inside they found what’s described as an elaborate marijuana growing operation. There were at least 60 marijuana plants, but there was much more -- including heroin, ecstasy, steroids, $12,000 cash and a fake gun. According to police, all of the drug equipment was purchased online.
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Resolution #27 of 2015

Resolution #27 of 2015

RESOLUTION STATING OPPOSITION TO THE KINDER MORGAN NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROPOSED TO BE ROUTED THROUGH STEPHENTOWN

WHEREAS, A large natural gas pipeline called the Northeast Energy Direct (NED) pipeline project, has been proposed by Kinder Morgan and its subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline, LLC, to be routed through Rensselaer County, including the entire width of the Town of Stephentown; and

Buffalo Escape~ Update

All buffalo shot and killed
Sheriff says crowded scene in Bethlehem was becoming like "the Wild West"
By Bob Gardinier, Madeline St. Amour, and Skip Dickstein
Updated 3:49 pm, Friday, April 24, 2015

BETHLEHEM – All 15 bison that roamed across a section of town for the past several hours were shot and killed by family members who owned the animals Friday.

So sad

Everybody Loves Raymond Child Star Sawyer Sweeten, 19, Dies of Apparent Suicide

by Jessica Roy | Apr 23, 2015 9:34 PM EDT

Everybody Loves Raymond child star Sawyer Sweeten died on Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was only 19.