Re-arrested Green Island sex offender active on Facebook

July 25, 2017 06:50 PM

GREEN ISLAND - Larry Cusack is the self-proclaimed mayor of Swan Street and he's still reeling after one of his newest neighbors, William Goodman, was charged with menacing a young mother during a hike on Peebles Island just more than a month after his release from prison following a 1992 rape.

New York asks pool owners to look for tree-killing beetles

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York state officials are asking swimming pool owners to look for a tree-killing invasive beetle when they clean their pool filters.
The Department of Environmental Conservation is running its annual Asian long-horned beetle swimming pool survey through Aug. 30. 

This is the time of year when the insects become active outside of the trees they are infesting.

Volunteers are asked to check pool filters and skimmers and send in pictures of suspected Asian long-horned beetles.

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FYI

THE EAST GREENBUSH TOWN PARK WILL BE CLOSING AT 5 PM ON MONDAY 7/17. WE ARE ORGANIC TICK SPRAYING THE PARK. ABSOLUTELY NO ENTRANCE WILL BE ALLOWED UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY 7/18. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.

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Repair Cafe - Saturday, July 15

The Village of Castleton-on-Hudson will be hosting Repair Cafe (click to see CNN video of Repair Cafe in Pittsfield) at the Village Hall, 85 South Main Street, on Saturday, July 15, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Bring your beloved but broken item and volunteers will do their best to fix it for free.

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Schodack Island State Park

Bring the family and cruise-on-in to the car show at the Schodack Island State park. 
Entry fee is just $10 per car with proceeds to benefit Park Programs.presented by the Friend of Schodack Island State Park, Inc.


Enjoy live Entertainment during open mic night.
Bring your appetite for the Barbecue provided by the Schodack Landing Fire Department.
Check out the cars competing for awards: *Best in Show or
*People's Choice





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Troy Police's entire drug unit placed on administrative leave

Troy's police drug unit put on administrative leave
By Kenneth C. Crowe II
Updated 10:38 pm, Thursday, June 15, 2017

The city police department's drug unit was placed on administrative leave Thursday, according to several city officials.

TROY – The city police department's drug unit was placed on administrative leave Thursday, according to several city officials.

Officers placed on administrative leave are still paid. They can only be suspended without pay following a hearing. Such a suspension would last for 30 days before they go back on the payroll.

City Councilwoman Kim Ashe-McPherson, who chairs the council's Public Safety Committee, said she learned Thursday night that the entire unit was placed on administrative leave.

Ashe-McPherson said she was given a cryptic description that the situation involved "papers," but she was unable to learn more about what that means. She said she tried to contact police Chief John Tedesco for information but was not able to reach him.

The six-member unit is commanded by a sergeant and works off-site from police headquarters. It is based at a different location in the city to protect the identities of confidential informants.

The drug unit is about five percent of the police department's authorized strength of 130 officers.

Capt. Dan DeWolf, the department spokesman, referred all inquiries about the situation to City Hall.

Detective Aaron Collington, president of the Troy Police Benevolent Associationthat represents the six officers, referred questions to Mayor Patrick Madden.

The mayor's spokesman, John Salka, said, "It's a personnel matter. The city does not comment on personnel matters."