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The Daily Mail Copyright 2019, Columbia-Greene Media Volume 227, No. 75
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Ash landfill protest grows
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ALBANY — Local environmental experts voiced their concerns Monday about a proposed ash landfill for a former quarry in Catskill. Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay, former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck and Catskill-based geologist Paul Rubin led the press conference that took place at 11 a.m. in the Legislative Office Building on State Street. The speakers and assembled community members said they are worried about the environmental impact of an ash landfill proposed by Wheelabrator
Technologies, a company that specializes in renewable energy generated from waste.
quarry owned by Peckham Materials Inc. The company would haul ash from its incinerators in Peekskill, Hudson
“This is a serious environmental threat to the Hudson Valley and the next generation. We know that incinerator ash falls in the toxic range of heavy metals and dioxin.” — FORMER EPA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR JUDITH ENCK
Wheelabrator is interested in purchasing 158 acres on Route 9W in Smith’s Landing, including a former
Falls and Poughkeepsie to the Catskill location and separate the metals from the ash.
Wheelabrator has no plans to burn waste in Catskill. In addition to working in the environmental field for more than 30 years, Enck also has a personal connection to the issue, she said. “I grew up in Catskill,” she said. Local residents sought Enck’s assistance in February. “Virtually no one knew about it even though they started filing paper work with DEC over two years ago,” Enck said. The project poses a great threat to See LANDFILL A8
Vietnam veteran carries out new mission
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Vietnam veteran Frank Romeo, of Bay Shore, was in Hudson on Monday as part of his 800-mile trip from Niagara Falls to Long Island to raise awareness for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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HUDSON — Through snow, rain, 50-mph winds and freezing temperatures, Vietnam War veteran Frank Romeo has been steadfastly carrying out his mission to walk 800 miles across the state to raise awareness for fellow veterans with invisible battle scars.
Staying in homeless shelters at night and walking the roads by day, Romeo, who just turned 70, is raising awareness for post-traumatic stress disorder and homeless veterans. Romeo, who served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1969, was shot seven times and separated from his unit. The
nightmares of those events haunt him 50 years later. Romeo said he is one of the first Vietnam veterans to be diagnosed with PTSD after the war. “The stigma surrounding mental illness in this country is not helping our veterans,” Romeo said. “They are not coming forward. When I speak, I introduce myself as having mental illness
and I suffer from PTSD. We need people to say these words. There is nothing to be ashamed of. That’s my goal.” An average of 20 veterans die from suicide each day, according to the most recent report published by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in See VETERAN A8
Study of teacher salaries raises eyebrows By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media
A survey of median annual teacher salaries statewide has been released, including a comparison of median annual salaries for workers in other fields with both a bachelor’s and graduate degree. The study was conducted by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, a public policy think tank, and compares median salaries by school district. Only public schools are included in the survey; no private schools were studied. New York City school districts were also omitted, according to the institute.
The Twin Counties school district with the highest median salary for its teachers is the Hudson City School District, where teachers earned
a median annual salary of $77,406. Workers in Columbia County in other fields with a bachelor’s degree earned a median salary of $48,407,
while those with a master’s degree earned $65,340, according to the study. The second-highest paid district in Columbia County
is Germantown, where teachers earned a median salary of $71,642, and Kinderhook was third, at $69,603. Anna Klc, of Hudson, was surprised to learn how much teachers earn, particularly in Hudson. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” Klc said. “No wonder our school taxes are so high. I am shocked, absolutely shocked. This is a ridiculously high salary for what they do, because on top of that, they have teachers’ aides, they have all kinds of support. This is ridiculously high.” The Columbia County district with the lowest median See SALARIES A8