Presidant to ban Military-Style Equipment

"President Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said, as he intensifies his push to ease tensions between law enforcement and minority communities in reaction to the crises in Baltimore; Ferguson, Mo.; and other cities." [NYT]
“I don’t think there’s a lot of trust,” Chuck Canterbury, the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said in an interview.

East Greenbush Pop Warner Run into Summer 5K Fundraiser & Garage Sale

Saturday June 13th, 2015 

EGPW Romer Field (29 Englewood Ave East Greenbush, NY 12061)
$20.00 Entry Fee until June 10th
Registrations received before June 1st will be guaranteed a T-shirt!
Discounts for Teams!

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Can't wait to try their breakfast menu!

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B.B. King saved the blues.
The Reverend Shawn Amos Writer Yahoo Music May 15, 2015

B.B. King possessed what every musician desires: a signature sound. One guitar note, one word from his mouth and you instantly knew it was B.B. King. He made his Gibson guitar sing. He made the world swing. But B.B. King matters for one reason beyond his musical prowess.

The music icon died in his sleep at 9:40 p.m. Thursday, the Associated Press reports. He was 89.

Good News for Schodack!

Schodack Town Board says "Kinder Morgan, by its subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline, LLC - no, thank you!"

2015-145) WHEREAS, Kinder Morgan, by its subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline, LLC, is proposing a large natural gas pipeline to run through southern Rensselaer County, including the Town of Schodack, referenced as the Northeast Energy Direct (NED) pipeline project; and WHEREAS, Kinder Morgan is seeking approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for federal eminent domain status, to allow the project to proceed;

and WHEREAS, the citizens of the Town of Schodack have expressed strong opposition to this project, based upon a series of concerns:

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Schodack

David Cassidy's drunken driving case is officially closed.

Cassidy, 65, was sentenced in town court in absentia for a 21-month-old arrest for driving while intoxicated.

Town Justice Bruce Wagner issued his 11-page ruling sentencing the former star of "The Partridge Family," who lives in Florida, to a $900 fine, suspending his driving privileges for six months and having an Ignition Interlock Device installed to prevent him from starting a car drunk. He also must do 50 hours of community service with the Children's Home Society of Florida and waive his right to appeal. Wagner's ruling allows Cassidy to avoid appearing in court.

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MAPLE HILL VARSITY SOFTBALL ARE PATROON CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2001!

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