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Solar supporters sue town
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Columbia-Greene Media A little a.m. Cloudy with Cloudy most Friends of rain; cloudyCOXSACKIE a little rain of— the time
Flint Mine Solar, a group that
represents is 68 64 25 landowners, 67 suing the town of Coxsackie claiming it passed in 53 44the law40
OttawaNovember to bar develop53/35 ment of most Montreal solar energy 53/33 farms is illegal. Massena 53/34 Plattsburgh Friends of Flint Mine Solar 52/33 members Ogdensburg including individual Malone 54/38 Giuseppina Potsdam 51/35 Agovino, Luciano Kingston Burlington 51/34 Agovino, Eric 52/34 Meier, Diane 52/38 Lake Placid Watertown Oringer, Franker Orginer and 45/28 55/39
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SPORTS Bancroft 52/32
Peterborough 54/35
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In this Sept. 14, 2018 file photo, Eric Voellm of Coxsackie, far left in red, speaks about his support for solar projects to Saving Greene members The Friends of Flint Mine Solar filed suit against the town of Coxsackie claiming its local law barring construction of most solar-energy farms is illegal.
Rip awakens village into action
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for any kind of vegetation or useful as farmland,” she said. “Farmers are aging out, trying to retire but can’t because no wants the land.” The company offered the community $500,000 a year for the life of the project, Agovino said. “It is unfair to pass a law stopping farmers from making a living on their land,” she said. “We formed Friends of Flint Mine Solar so we would
Albany 56/41
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the lawsuit in state Supreme Court on March 11. The lawsuit names the town of Coxsackie and Town Supervisor Richard Hanse as defendants. The town has until the end of this month to respond to the suit, Friends of Flint Mine Solar president Giuseppina Agovino said. The 100-megawatt solar farm proposed by Hudson Energy Development will provide struggling farmers with an opportunity, Agovino said. “The land is no longer viable
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warm front stationary front CATSKILL — Village residents will celebrate the reTodayin a new Wed. way this gion’s history City Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W summer, 83/67 by honoring Little Rock c 78/64 r Rip Van Los Angeles Winkle. 65/53 pc 69/53 pc Miami 85/73 s 85/74 s Rip Van46/43 Winkle — the Milwaukee r 55/42 r iconic
character in Washington Irving’s 1819 short story of the same name — has represented the village for almost two centuries. According to the legend, Rip falls asleep for 20 years in the Catskill Mountains and misses the American
Revolution among other developments. A renewed interest in Rip was sparked after Village President Vincent Seeley proposed a rebranding of the village at the board’s Feb. 13 meeting. The project to give the village
a new, unified and forwardlooking image, would be done in consultation with a marketing firm and could be funded in part with the help of U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, Seeley said. “Everything is on the table,”
Minneapolis 48/40 r 55/41 r Nashville 88/66 pc 85/65 c New Orleans 85/71 pc 84/70 c New York City 66/49 c 56/50 sh Norfolk 87/65 pc 86/66 s Oklahoma City 74/62 t 79/55 t Omaha 54/43 r 60/43 c Orlando 89/69 pc 89/69 pc Philadelphia 79/54 t 61/55 sh By Melanie85/64 Lekocevic Phoenix pc 88/65 s Pittsburgh 69/60 t 83/63 t Columbia-Greene Media Portland 47/35 sh 49/40 c During a two-week Portland 70/44 s 69/43 s recess in ConProvidence c Antonio 57/46 c Delgado spent gress, U.S.54/41 Rep. Raleigh 86/61 pc 87/62 pc the time 89/65 traveling around the district Richmond c 90/66 pc Sacramento 72/47residents’ pc 79/48 s to pinpoint top concerns St. Louis 81/66 t 77/63 t and Salt Lake Cityheading 52/36 up c the 53/38list pc was economic San Francisco growth. 65/49 pc 69/50 s Savannah 86/63 s 86/65 pc call Seattle In a conference 66/44 s 63/45 s with local meTampadia, Delgado 90/72outlined s 90/71 pcissues that arose Washington, DC 84/64 pc 79/67 c
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during his travels around the district and responded to questions. Among the sites Delgado visited were a farm in Valatie, a small-business roundtable in Greene County and Hunter-Tannersville High School, where he met with students. “The kids were very excited and had tremendous focus in terms of their questions,” Delgado said. Among the students’ top concerns were improving cell telephone service and expanding access to broadband. Karl Heck, director of economic development and planning for Greene County, agreed high-speed internet
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Seeley said in February. “We have to decide whether to transform our current image or completely start over. Maybe it’s time to retire the look and feel of [Rip].”
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FILE — U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado announces legislation to provide a universal health care option modeled on Medicare in this file photo.
was of critical importance to the county’s future. “Broadband is priority one — there
is no question. You can’t run a 21stcentury business without broadband,” Heck said. “We keep working to
expand the footprint.” From local businesses to second homeowners who want to work at least part time from home, broadband is key to drawing both people and businesses to the area, Heck said. Many in the district expressed similar concerns, Delgado said, and said the focus was on economic development. “There is a consistent thread of how do we create more economic opportunities for the region,” Delgado said. “Whether it is the small business owner or the high school kid who was telling my why is it that we have horrible or a lack of broadband service, or why is it that our cell service is so bad?” Spurring economic development was the key question most asked as he toured the region, Delgado said. “What can we do to change course and create the building blocks or access points to markets upstate and See DELGADO A8