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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third president in history to be charged with committing high crimes and misdemeanors and face removal by the Senate.

On a day of constitutional consequence and raging partisan tension, the votes on the two articles of impeachment fell largely along party lines, after a bitter debate that stretched into the evening and reflected the deep polarization gripping American politics in the Trump era.

Only two Democrats opposed the article on abuse of power, which accused Trump of corruptly using the levers of government to solicit election assistance from Ukraine in the form of investigations to discredit his Democratic political rivals. Republicans were united in opposition. It passed 230-197, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi gaveling the vote to a close from the House rostrum.

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CATSKILL — After years of resisting to sign on to the county’s health insurance plan, the county highway union has renewed its contract for a four-year term.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFSCME, voted to accept the county’s latest offer on Dec. 10, with the condition that the signing bonus be increased from $2,000 to $2,500.

The bonus is a one-time payment, and is not added to the base salary. The contract, effective 2020 through 2023, allows for a 2.25% raise each year.

Greene County lawmakers unanimously approved the contract Wednesday, bringing an end to the six-year stalemate.

The county’s insurance plan offer was the main obstacle in the negotiations.

The union has put the insurance issue behind it, according to correspondence from the union’s attorney, Elayne Gold.

“In accordance with the tentative agreement, and in years 2020 through 2023, the union will receive a 2.25% salary adjustment in each of those years,” Gold said. “In exchange for these monies, as well as some additional economic adjustments, the union has, effective Jan. 1, 2020, agreed to and adopted the county’s health insurance higher deductible plan that is now in place for every other county employee whether bargaining unit or not. That was the main sticking point at these negotiations and we are pleased to report that this matter is finally behind us.”

The county highway department has six vacancies, Highway Superintendent Robert Van Valkenburg said at the Public Works Committee meeting Monday.

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CATSKILL — Greene County plans to apply for nearly $87,000 in grants to improve the accuracy of the 2020 census.

County lawmakers approved a resolution Wednesday night to file the application.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced earlier this month that $20 million in state funding would be available to local governments to ensure every New Yorker is counted.

“While this federal administration does its best to instill fear in our immigrant communities in an attempt to stop them from filling out the Census questionnaire, we are fighting back to ensure

every New Yorker is counted,” Cuomo said. “We are making these funds available to local governments so they can work with local organizations that have the necessary on-theground expertise to connect with our hardest-to-count communities and help ensure New York is properly represented at the federal level.”

Respondents do not have to list their citizenship status on the questionnaire, according a release from the governor’s office.

Legislators Michael Bulich, R-Catskill, and Matthew Luvera, R-Catskill, opposed the resolution.

Washington Post photo by Bill O’Leary Bulich said he believes it is a Protesters in front of the Supreme Court while justices hear arguments on gerrymandering on Oct. waste of money.

3, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Greene County officials plan to apply for a grant to help ensure that all

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On the second charge, obstruction of Congress, a third Democrat joined Republicans in opposition. The vote was 229-198.

U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, was one of more than 200 representatives who voted to impeach Trump.

He did not respond to comment after the vote, but said in a statement Sunday that his conscience told him impeachment was the right thing to do, “having reviewed the articles of impeachment and the underlying evidence.” “‘There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right,’” Delgado said, quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-21, impeachment is far from the right thing to do. She, too, did not comment following Wednesday night’s vote, but said earlier in the day that “House Democrats failed to uphold their Constitutional duty and instead pursued a partisan impeachment process due to their visceral disdain for President Trump and the will of the American people who elected him.”

“In order to impeach a duly elected president, there must be direct evidence of impeachable offenses — high crimes and misdemeanors, bribery or treason,” Stefanik said in a statement Wednesday. “Neither the Intelligence Committee nor the Judiciary Committee found

direct evidence, resulting in bipartisan opposition to impeachment.”

Columbia County residents are divided on their support for impeachment.

Some, such as Tom Russel of Hudson, called it “a big scam — they will never remove him from office.” Others, such as Gary Pollis, called it necessary because “nobody is above the law.” And some are exhausted.

“I don’t think this is going anywhere, and I wish they would work for the American people instead of wasting time on this,” Martha Tompkins, of Greenport, said Thursday.

To Sally Hogan, a Kinderhook resident and president of the Republican Women’s Club for Columbia and Rensselaer counties, the impeachment vote does not change that Trump remains president.

“The House Democrats have abused their powers, ignored their voters to advance their own agenda — to unseat the President at all cost,” added Hogan. “There’s been no question by either party of his accomplishments since he took office.”

But other Columbia County residents see nothing but abuse of power and lack of integrity when they look at their president. More than 500 people signed up for — but only about 50 attended — a rally for impeachment in front of Delgado’s Warren Street office in Hudson on Tuesday. The rally was one of more than 600 organized across the country

by Moveon.org, and one of more than 40 in New York.

“We feel very strongly that President Trump has not only obstructed Congress but

he has also broken the law,” Pam Kline, the rally organizer and a member of Indivisible NY, said Tuesday. “We feel that Republicans are not making him accountable, so it is important for the people to make him accountable.

Our democracy is at stake and if we don’t stand up now we could lose everything that America stands for.”

Tommy Stinson of Hudson shared Kline’s views.

“We shouldn’t be asking other countries for help infiltrating our democracy,” he said. “This goes beyond the norms of how statemanship should look. We are supposed to be the leaders of the free world. If we let this happen, what’s the next president going to do?”

The existential threat to Trump’s presidency centered around a 30-minute phone call in July. On it, he pressured Ukraine’s president to announce investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and other Democrats, while at the same time withholding nearly $400 million in vital military aid for the country.

Congress learned about the call after an anonymous CIA official lodged a whistleblower complaint in August — pulling a string that helped unravel an effort by the president and his allies to pressure a foreign government for help in smearing a political rival. Over a period of weeks this fall, a parade of diplomats and other administration officials confirmed and expanded on those revelations.

When Congress sought to investigate, the president ordered his administration to defy its every request, leading to what the House said

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A plan for two or more, which most employees would need, Maben said in April, means paying out of pocket until they reach $2,000.

“We haven’t had a raise in over a decade,” Maben said.

The base salary for highway workers is $34,000.

The county is unable to move on salaries until the contract is renewed, Groden said in April.

The offer in April included a raise of 40 cents for the next four years, Maben said, adding

that the membership would find the amount laughable.

“They are offering us crumbs instead of a full meal,” Maben said. “You could make twice as much in the private sector.”

Groden said he believes the savings in premium costs will balance out the deductibles.

“What they save in premium costs nearly pays for the new deductible,” he said.

“They can keep that money in their pockets until they have a medical need.”

The highway union is the last in Greene County to accept the insurance plan.

The sheriff’s deputies and corrections officers represented by Council 82, solid waste employees represented by the Teamsters, nurses represented by United Public Service Employees Union and probation officers and dispatchers represented by Civil Service Employees Association 7002 and social services represented by CSEA 7000, have all made the switch, Groden said.

Lawrence said.

“Only 68.5% of people sent back their questionnaires in Catskill,” Lawrence said. State employees then had to go door to door for the remaining individuals.

In Cairo, 71.2% of residents responded to the questionnaire and in Hunter-Tannersville, 70.5% of residents responded.

A delay for the census in some areas is the lack of internet coverage, Lawrence said.

“Thirty percent of houses in Catskill don’t have internet or dial-up, 20% in Cairo and 22% in Hunter,” Lawrence said.

The 2020 census will be conducted primarily online, according to the release.

Lawrence credited Deputy Administrator Warren Hart with putting together a good application for the state to address this issue.

The deadline for the application is Dec. 31.

To make residents aware of the census, the county

would launch a campaign, in conjunction with KathodeRay Media, on a variety of platforms, Hart said at the Finance Committee meeting Monday.

These could include radio, print, social media and digital advertisements, as well as wraparound ads for the county’s bus service, Hart said.

Additionally, flyers and brochures will be distributed at senior centers and through the Meals on Wheels program.

Information will be featured on the county’s website.

In addition to the $20 million available to local municipalities, $40 million will be distributed to state departments of Labor, Motor Vehicles, Agriculture and Markets, and the offices of Mental Health, Addiction Services and Supports, People with Disabilities, Empire State Development, and the Division of Veterans’ Services for an outreach and awareness campaign, according to the

release.

The data gathered in the census is corresponds to the quality of life in an area, according to the New York State Association of Counties.

“Census data is used for funding schools, roads, infrastructure, transit, Head Start, Medicaid, disaster relief and so much more,” according to NYSAC.

Wednesday was a violation of the separation of powers and a de facto assertion by Trump that he was above the law.

The House impeachment votes set the stage for a historic trial beginning early next year in the Senate, which will have final say — 10 months before Trump faces reelection — on whether to acquit the 45th president or convict him and remove him from office.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement the Senate must conduct a “full and fair trial” and “render impartial justice.” He has previously voiced support for impeachment.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., called the evidence of Trump’s conduct unveiled by the House “disturbing.”

“I will enter the proceedings with one purpose: to find the truth and deliver justice. It is incumbent on all of us — Democrat or Republican — to cast aside partisanship, consider the evidence marshalled by the House, and make an impartial judgment on whether to acquit or convict the president,” she said in a statement Wednesday. “History will remember those who stood up for our values, our country and the rule of law, as well as those who enabled the degradation of our democracy. I intend to be in the former.”

The New York Times News Service contributed to this report.

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“This should help us in the recruitment area,” Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said. “We will finally be able to give raises, which will help us be competitive.”

The union’s former president, Donald Maben, could not see eye to eye with Groden on the county’s insurance plan.

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“That’s what the census is supposed to do,” he said. “We are paying people to knock on these doors already.”

Bulich said he is also suspicious of the accuracy of the census data.

“I don’t trust the reporting in many ways,” he said.

“I think people are tempted to fudge the numbers to get more federal dollars their way.”

Legislator William B. Lawrence, R-Cairo, hopes that with the county’s help, the state will be able to come up with a logical solution to the undercounting problem.

“In 2010, we had three towns that were severely undercounted: Catskill, Cairo and Hunter-Tannersville,” Lawrence said.

The state considered these towns “hard to count,”

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Wednesday, Dec. 25 n Catskill Town Offices closed in observance of Christmas n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observance of Christmas n Greene County Office Building closed in observance of Christmas

Thursday, Jan. 2 n Ashland Planning Board 6 p.m.

at the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland

Monday, Jan. 6 n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. at the

Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n The Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill.

Tuesday, Jan. 7 n Durham Town Board workshop

meeting 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

Wednesday, Jan. 8 n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m.

Jan. 8 Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. at the Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

Thursday, Jan. 9 n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD BOE audit finance committee 5:15 p.m. in superintendent’s office; regular meeting 6 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Monday, Jan. 13 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m.

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BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville

Monday, Jan. 20 n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m.

at the Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Tuesday, Jan. 21 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, Jan. 22 n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m.

Jan 22 Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Monday, Jan. 27 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Wednesday, Jan. 29 n Catskill Central School District BOE budget workshop 6:30 p.m.

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Common Council votes down moratorium

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — The Common Council voted against the nine-month moratorium for short-term rentals, such as Airbnb, but one alderman said he has plans to reintroduce the legislation next year under a new administration.

The council, which needed eight votes to override the mayor’s veto, failed in a 7-4 vote at the Common Council meeting Tuesday at City Hall, 520 Warren St. The result prompted applause from a handful of people in the audience.

The failed proposed law would have prohibited anyone from leasing or renting out their homes for 30 or fewer days. The goal of the moratorium was to give city officials time to establish regulations for short-term rentals, officials said.

The limit would be placed on one owner per property/building, not per unit. Any current rentals grandfathered in would be nontransferable if the property is sold after the law is in place.

The vote came as something of a surprise. Four aldermen, Eileen Halloran and Dominic Merante of the 5th Ward, Rich Volo of the 4th Ward and

Rob Bujan of the 1st Ward, who voted to send the bill to the mayor’s desk for his signature, voted against the legislation Tuesday.

After the resolution to override the mayor’s veto had failed, 4th Ward Alderman John Rosenthal vowed to reintroduce the new bill in the new year under the next Common Council and Mayor-elect Kamal Johnson.

“It just makes me more determined to get something done,” Rosenthal said, adding that it was ridiculous.

Before the vote, Rosenthal made one last pitch to fellow council members to support the legislation he has championed. He said he has been interactive with the public to draft the legislation during a Legal Committee meeting.

The legislation was not just about housing but creating a fair economy, Rosenthal said. Similar communities around the world are struggling with the same issues surrounding shortterm rentals and how to regulate them.

Rosenthal was especially concerned about property owners who buy up apartments for the sole purpose of turning them into short-term rentals, taking valuable housing stock off the market, and then those owners are not subject to the same safety regulations as hotels and bed-and-breakfasts.

Rosenthal encouraged fellow council members to “do the right thing.”

Bujan, the first to vote, said he supports short-term rental regulation, but did not support the moratorium.

“I think it is incredibly important to get it done [legislation to regulate Airbnb],” Bujan said. “We were in office 24 months ago. We’ve been speaking for six months about a nine-month moratorium, and I just think procedurally, if we don’t have this moratorium in place, we can perhaps get that legislan tion done [for regulations] sooner.”

Merante, the only alderman to attend the mayor’s public hearing, said n there were good arguments on both sides of the debate made during the hearing. He also was concerned about the new Common Council and new attorney next year andnsaid he preferred the city focus on sidewalks, which the Department of Justice has said need to be fixed to be in compliance with the n Americans with Disabilities Act. Before casting his vote against the override, Volo said n he was concerned about the loss of potential tax revenue from new short-term n rentals and the city’s dwindling fund balance. He said there was no economic study to assess the proposed law’s impacts. He also expressed confusion as to why

the short-term rental regulation, a first draft of which was introduced in July, has not been completed.

“I don’t understand, just pass the law [on regulations],” Volo said.

Volo’s comments prompted retorts from Rosenthal, who sat in the chair beside him. “You voted for it the first time,” Rosenthal said. Volo replied: “Well, things have changed.”

“It [the proposed law] is fair and not some knee-jerk reaction,” Rosenthal said.

DePietro voiced disappointment that the legislation did not pass.

“Sadly, my vote won’t get us the override,” DePietro said. DePietro called the process in crafting the shortterm regulation law the most open in the history of the city.

“Now certain councilmen who will not be with us in the future have decided we have too much democracy,” DePietro said. He was referring to Volo and Bujan, who will not be on the council next year. Volo lost the race in the 4th Ward and Bujan lost his bid for Common Council President.

To reach reporter Amanda Purcell, call 518-828-1616 ext. 2500, or send an email to apurcell@thedailymail.net, or tweet to @ amandajpurcell.

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ALBANY — On the fifth anniversary of the state moratorium on hydrofracking for natural gas, state Sen. Jen Metzger, D-42, announced the introduction of a bill that would permanently ban fracking in New York.

“I can’t underscore enough how important it is to put this ban in statute,” Metzger said on a Tuesday call with reporters. “With the passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act this year, we’ve committed to shifting New York to a clean energy economy that doesn’t depend on fossil fuels. This proposed legislation furthers goals on that landmark climate legislation.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a historic regulatory ban on hydrofracking five years ago through the Department of Environmental Conservation.

But Metzger, along with activists who joined her on the call, said that legislation would would ensure permanence of the ban and deter loopholes companies have tried to find.

“It’s hard to ignore the ephemeral nature of Albany politics and powerful interests that are still keen on reversing this historic prohibition,” said Roger Downs, conservation director of the Sierra Club Atlantic chapter. “A ban is only as strong as the political will to enforce it.”

Downs used the example of the approximately 85 environmental rules and regulations the Trump administration has rolled back over the past two years, able to because they were never “enshrined in law.”

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“It is a stark reminder to all New Yorkers that we should codify all our own recent environmental commitments,” he said.

Fracking is a highly controversial drilling method to extract oil and natural gas from underground rock formations.

A fluid mixture of water, sand and fracking chemicals is injected at extreme pressure to fracture the rocks and release the oils and gas they hold.

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Protest focused on saving democracy stalled, cajoled and played for time, all while denouncing Democrats as being politically motivated and denying all-but-irrefutable facts brought out in testimony during the House Intelligence Committee’s public impeachment hearings.

The small but vocal crowd was orderly and focused, not the howling mob that Trump concocts as trying to oust him. Protecting democracy was the order of the day. Rally organizer and Livingston Democrat Pam Kline was right when she said, “Democracy is a participatory sport.”

“No one is above the law,” said Hudson 2nd Ward Alderwoman Tiffany Garriga, summing up the theme of the protest. “For some reason [Trump] thinks that he is Superman. We have to show him we are super people. We have to show him we have

the power.”

Hudson Mayor-elect Kamal Johnson called Trump a symptom of a general malaise spreading over the entire nation.

“Any symptom is any subjective evidence of a disease,” Johnson said. “That is what we’re seeing now...the disease of the presidency. The disease of leadership.”

Hard as it is for some Republicans to believe, Trump has lied, reversed his position a hundred times, made blatant racist and sexist comments and fanned the flames of hate. His reactionary policies will directly harm our economy and threaten U.S. alliances around the world.

Delgado already said he will vote for impeachment.

The protesters Tuesday reinforced the message that Trump’s flouting of the law has to stop.

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Necessary and proper The Washington Post

The House of Representatives’ impeachment of President Donald Trump on Wednesday was proper and necessary. Trump withheld a White House meeting and U.S. military aid in an attempt to force Ukraine’s president to aid his reelection campaign. This was a gross abuse of his office that Congress could not allow to go unpunished. Nor could it acquiesce in Trump’s stonewalling a constitutionally authorized inquiry with a blanket refusal to cooperate with lawful subpoenas for documents and the testimony of senior aides.

Whether or not a Senate trial leads to his conviction and removal from office, Trump has deservedly suffered an indictment imposed on only two previous American presidents. The two articles of impeachment reinforce essential, and what should be self-evident, norms of our democracy: that presidents cannot use their powers to extort political favors from foreign governments, and that they can-

not comprehensively reject congressional checks. That Trump denied all wrongdoing made the House action only more necessary.

The vote to impeach was difficult and politically risky for many Democrats. Some who won seats only last year in swing districts carried by Trump acknowledged they might be endangering their careers. Representatives such as Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Elissa Slotkin, DMich., deserve credit for putting their allegiance to the Constitution over political calculations.

The absence of Republican votes for impeachment, in contrast, revealed the party’s fundamental corruption by Trump. Though some GOP representatives have acknowledged that the president’s actions were improper, none were principled enough to break with him. Many cravenly adopted Trump’s indefensible position that there was nothing wrong with the pressure campaign he directed at Ukraine’s neophyte president.

Trump himself set the tone for his defense with a ranting, falsehood-packed letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in which he repeated the proven lie that Joe Biden sought the dismissal of a Ukrainian prosecutor to protect his son and the Ukrainian gas company that employed him. Even as he faced impeachment, Trump was still pursuing the primary aim of his extortion of the Ukrainians — to smear his potential 2020 opponent.

The president’s refusal to acknowledge error and the likelihood that he will continue to violate democratic norms make imperative a full and impartial Senate trial of the charges against him. Unfortunately, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has made clear that he has no intention of allowing such a trial. Bluntly declaring that “I’m not an impartial juror,” McConnell indicated Tuesday that he will seek a vote of dismissal on the charges against Trump before allowing any testimony.

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Had it not been for a cold and messy post-snowstorm evening Tuesday, between 300 and 500 protesters might have participated in one of more than 600 nationwide rallies themed “Nobody is Above the Law,” a cry from Indivisible Columbia NY-19 to impeach President Donald J. Trump.

Still, the 50 people who showed up with signs and chants of “Dump Trump!” sent their message to U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, loud and clear.

The protesters wanted Delgado to vote in favor of the impeachment articles.

Delgado already announced Sunday that he will do that very thing.

The U.S. House of Representatives debated Wednesday on whether to move ahead with Trump’s impeachment proceedings.

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A little less than three months ago, I made the strategic case for impeaching Donald Trump.

My argument was that in a zerosum game, the best strategy to employ was minimax, or the best possible response when your opponent intends to execute the most punishing strategy possible. In that column, I suggested that because Trump occupies an incredibly powerful office, the best thing to do was to distract him from abusing his power even further.

I concluded: “Trump is not going to stop doing what he is doing, unless he gets distracted by something else. In a zero-sum world, it is far better to have him obsess about his political survival rather than, say, nuking a hurricane. In the zero-sum political world that Trump has made, impeaching him is the best possible response strategy to his abuses of power.”

Trump has now been impeached, becoming only the third president to achieve that ignoble honor. So it is worth asking: was I right?

Both the Politico and New York Times write-ups confirm that Trump has been obsessed with impeachment. As Politico’s Nancy Cook, Burgess Everett and Gabby Orr reported, “His chief spokeswoman said he would be ‘working all day,’ but President Donald Trump spent much of Wednesday tweeting and retweeting about impeachment.” They also noted, “Trump is taking the impeachment vote incredibly personally, allies said, viewing it as a direct attack on him rather than the actions he took in

office.” This makes sense, since Trump has never been able to distinguish between himself and the office of the presidency.

This is precisely why he thinks he did nothing wrong in attempting to extort other countries for political dirt.

Similarly, the NYT’s Annie Karni, Maggie Haberman, Michael Crowley and Noah Weiland reported that Trump has felt so aggrieved that he went full toddler with his rambling letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.: “The president purposefully did not consult with the White House counsel, Pat Cipollone, according to people involved with drafting the letter because he did not want to be told what he could and could not say - he simply wanted to vent.” He also did that in his Michigan speech on Wednesday night, “his longest rally speech ever, which was also one of most bitter and most rambling,” according to CNN’s Daniel Dale.

There has been enough reporting (not to mention Trump’s tweets) to confirm that the president has been absorbed with impeachment.

That hypothesis has found a healthy amount of support.

Critics might counter with two arguments, however. First, Trump has ticked up in his recent polling, as the FiveThirtyEight aggregator shows. By normal standards it is not a lot of movement. Given how stable Trump’s polling has been, however, the shift has been more noticeable.

Second, Trump can claim some legitimate accomplishments this week. Congress will soon approve USMCA, Trump’s renegotiated NAFTA.

This is an honest-to-goodness achievement, even if it is not a trade-liberalizing one. The president similarly announced a phase one trade deal with China. Doesn’t this suggest that Trump and his agenda are benefiting from the impeachment saga?

Color me unconvinced. As FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver put it: “There’s something about contemporary American politics where it almost always helps to be on defense. There’s not much of an incumbency bonus anymore; rather, it often helps to be the opposition, the out-party, the ‘underdog’, if you will.” Like Silver, I attribute Trump’s recent run of good polls to the correct perception of him being the underdog in a legislative chamber controlled

by Democrats. As this moves to the Senate, Trump will no longer look like the underdog. He will still be obsessed, but with less polling support.

As for Trump’s trade deal, the reason the Democrats backed it is, as Trump’s own trade negotiator acknowledges, because they got the White House to make some significant concessions. From a trade liberalizing perspective, it’s not a great deal.

From Pelosi’s perspective, it is.

The China deal is not worth discussing until there is something more than a USTR fact sheet to examine.

So far, the outcome of impeachment has been a distracted president and things mostly not getting dramatically worse in foreign policy. There are worse outcomes.

Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Word of the Year To the editor: Every year, dictionary.com chooses a “word of the year.”

I recently discovered that dictionary.com’s word of the year for 2019 is “existential.”

According to their website, “It captures a sense of grappling with the survival — literally and figuratively — of our planet, our loved ones, and our ways of life; it inspires us to ask big questions about who we are and what our purpose is in the face of our various challenges, reminding us that we can make choices about our lives in how we answer those questions.”

Climate change is for me, and most of us, the biggest existential crisis of our time. It involves not only the survival of the human race but also the survival of many species of flora and fauna. Undoubtedly

the Earth itself will survive, but it will be a very different Earth from the one we are used to.

Who am I? I am a mother, a grandmother, and a climate warrior. What is my purpose?

To do all that I can do to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. It is already too late to stop the effects that are happening right now and, to a great extent, will continue to happen, but not too late to keep the disasters to a minimum. I choose to participate in as many ways as possible, both locally and globally, with this end in mind. Demonstrations, rallies, civil disobedience, vigils, donations to environmental and climate organizations, and lobbying our lawmakers all go into the mix. In that regard, I would like to thank our congressman, Antonio Delgado, senators

Gillibrand and Schumer, and all our NYS representatives for their hard work on this issue.

I am also a volunteer for Citizens’ Climate Lobby (citizensclimatelobby.org). We have introduced a bill in Congress, H.R. 763, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, that, if passed, will go a long way towards addressing our climate emergency. The bill currently has 75 cosponsors in the House of Representatives.

We have existential choices; our members of Congress do, too. It is my hope that we will all make the right existential choice for all the inhabitants of the Earth, both present and future, and work to get this bill passed.

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Facebook will bar posts, ads that spread disinformation about the U.S. Census Tony Romm The Washington Post

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook will remove posts, photos and other content that mislead people about the U.S. Census starting next year, aiming to prevent malicious actors from interfering in a critical, once-in-a-decade process that determines political representation, the social media company announced Thursday.

The new policies come as civil-rights leaders urge Facebook to act more aggressively against content that targets vulnerable communities, including people of color and immigrants, who may be most influenced by social-media misinformation about voting.

Under the new rules, Facebook will ban posts from misrepresenting when and how the census occurs, who can participate and what happens to the personal information people submit to the government, company executives said. The policies also apply to ads, limiting even what politicians can say, despite rules that otherwise allow office-seekers to lie in Facebook posts that they pay to promote to the company’s more than 2 billion users.

“As the format of the census evolves, so do the ways that people share information about the census,” wrote Kevin Martin, the vice president of U.S. public policy at Facebook, and Samidh Chakrabarti, the company’s director of product management for civic engagement. “This means we have to be more vigilant about protecting against census interference across posts and ads on Facebook and Instagram and help promote an accurate count of every person in the country.”

Facebook’s announcement follows almost six months after it first said it would clamp down on inaccurate or misleading posts involving the 2020 census, which will be used to determine how many seats in the House of Representatives are allotted to each state and help set the boundaries for federal congressional districts. The social-networking giant faces the prospect that malicious actors in the United States and abroad could try to undermine the process in the same way that Russian malefactors seized on the 2016 presidential election to sow social unrest online.

In recent months, Facebook and other tech giants, including Google and Twitter, have huddled with government officials to plan to prevent census

disinformation. But concerns still have lingered particularly among civil-rights advocates, such as the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Color Of Change, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which met with Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg this fall.

The groups specifically took issue with Facebook’s policy allowing office-seekers to lie in ads, months after President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign paid to promote falsehoods about Democratic rival Joe Biden. In a Nov. 8 letter, they expressed alarm that “foreign or domestic actors” could seize on the widely controversial rules to “harm minority and vulnerable populations that have been consistently targeted throughout our nation’s history.”

On Thursday, at least one of those groups offered early support for Facebook’s plans.

“Notably, Facebook will hold all users, including politicians, accountable for adhering to this policy, an important step toward ensuring fair and full participation in the 2020 Census,” said Vanita Gupta, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

But, Gupta added: “Any good policy is meaningless without proper enforcement.”

Facebook’s new policies around the census take a tougher approach than other content on the site. The rules prohibit people from misrepresenting the effectiveness of the census or claiming there could be “law enforcement consequences” for those who participate, responding to concerns that malicious actors might try to use Facebook to scare immigrants from sharing their information. Such posts have appeared on social media sites in connection with elections in an attempt to scare immigrants in the United States lawfully from voting.

Migrants in the country illegally traditionally have been counted in the census. The Trump administration in July dropped its effort to add a question about citizenship to the census after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that its rationale for the question was “contrived.”

“We believe that the partnerships, policies and products we’ve developed this year have put us on strong footing heading into next year’s census,” Facebook executives said.

Judith Lorch Brooks Judy Brooks died, peacefully at home, on December 17, 2019.

She was 100 years old. Judy was the adored and adoring wife of the late Arthur T. Brooks, who died on September 7, 2019. She was the beloved and cherished mother of Lori, Louise, the late Teppy, grandmother of Talia, Aramie and mother-in-law of Bob Salzman. Judith Lorch was born on February 8,1919. She grew up in Manhattan on the Upper West Side with her parents Florence and Adolf, her brothers Arthur and Lee and her sister Regina. In grade school, strong willed, independent Judy once went on a hunger strike when they tried to make her write with her right hand. In September 1945, at the end of WWII, 26-year-old Judy Lorch was a Red Cross worker, helping returning GI’s at Ft. Dix, New Jersey. She worked with Art’s sister Evelyn, who thought Judy would be a good match for her brother Art. She invited Judy over for dinner and the next 73 years of Art and Judy’s wonderful mar-

riage proved Ev right. In 1948, member of Hadassah and at one soon after Teppy was born, 29 time president of the Hudson year-old Judy, and 31 year-old chapter. For many years she volArt, moved to Claverack, NY. Art unteered with Meals on Wheels joined his father-in-law, Adolf, delivering food to the homes of in their Hudson manufacturing Hudson residents. Judy was business, Textile-By-Products a long term board member of which would later beThe Mental Health Socome Lorbrook Corpociety and volunteered ration. In 1965, the famwith Catholic Charities. ily moved to their new She was a generous home in Greenport. supporter of Mothers Judy’s father AdAgainst Drunk Drivers olf, who embodied (MADD). Friends have old-world kindness, warm memories of intelligence and comwonderful get togethers passion, was a guiding at Judy and Art’s - Las light throughout her life.

Vegas night, scavenger Brooks Judy took great pride hunts, Halloween and in her Dad’s tireless efsledding parties and forts to sponsor and rescue 125 clambakes. She and Art loved to Jews from Nazi Germany. Her travel. Together they researched friends and neighbors remem- and created amazing trips ber Judy as a warm, caring, witty through Europe, Asia and South person with a generous spirit America. A random connection who was always there for them on a trip to Mexico in 1952 prothrough good times and bad. duced a life long friend. Over the She was an energetic communi- years they loved recalling the ty volunteer who tirelessly gave details and savoring the memoof herself, especially for people ries. Judy Brooks was a generin need. She was a long time ous, loving, gracious person and

always a fierce advocate for her children. Her extraordinary personal strength bolstered by her boundless love and commitment to, and from Art, Lori and Louise somehow enabled her to resume living life after the loss of Teppy. Even dementia could not dull Judy’s sharp sense of humor. A few months ago, as her dentist was about to turn on his drill he paused to explain, “This is going to make a loud noise”.

Without missing a beat Judy came back with, “Not as loud as the noise I’m going to make”.

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Trump’s evangelical advisers are still defending him after his hell suggestion Sarah Pulliam Bailey The Washington Post

President Donald Trump appeared to mock Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and her late husband, former congressman John Dingell, D-Mich., during a speech Wednesday in their home state, suggesting that the World War II veteran and former congressman was “looking up” from hell.

Trump told a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, that Debbie Dingell had thanked him for providing “A-plus treatment” after her husband’s death in February, such as ordering that flags be flown at half-staff.

Trump said she told him that her late husband was “looking down.”

“Maybe he’s looking up,” Trump said, drawing some jeers and groans. “Maybe, but let’s assume he’s looking down.”

The comment came shortly after Debbie Dingell, who now holds her late husband’s seat, voted in favor of impeaching the president.

Several politicians from Michigan, including Republican Rep. Fred Upton, who called on Trump to apologize, tweeted their support of the Dingells. The president’s words drew swift rebuke from some leaders with large followings in the faith community.

Debbie Dingell fought back on Twitter, writing, “Mr. President, let’s set politics aside. My husband earned all his accolades after a lifetime of service.

I’m preparing for the first holiday season without the man I love. You brought me down in a way you can never imagine and your hurtful words just made my healing much harder.”

Meanwhile, some of Trump’s evangelical advisers, who have stood by him through thick and thin since his campaign, issued statements decrying the impeachment and describing the proceedings in spiritual terms.

One of his fiercest defenders is Paula White-Cain, who is expected to join the White House in an official capacity overseeing Trump’s faith initiatives.

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President Donald Trump addresses his impeachment during a “Merry Christmas” campaign rally at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, Mich., on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019.

Another defense came from the Rev. Jack Graham, a prominent Southern Baptist pastor who argued that Trump is the most “pro-life, pro-faith president in recent history.”

Evangelical supporters of Trump have been talking about “forces” undermining Trump, framing the impeachment proceedings in “spiritual battle” language, said John Fea, a historian at Messiah College.

In November, Franklin Graham, president and chief executive of the Billy Graham Evangelical Association, told Eric Metaxas on his radio show, “Well, I believe it’s almost a demonic power that is trying . . .” And Metaxas interrupted and said, “I would disagree. It’s not almost demonic.

You know and I know, at the heart, it’s a spiritual battle.”

Last week, Trump hosted about 50 evangelical leaders in the White House to pray for him, especially drawing pastors from the Pentecostal tradition where teaching on “spiritual warfare” is prominent.

“If Trump is indeed God’s anointed, impeachment and his potential removal is of utmost concern to those with this worldview,” Fea said.

The impeachment proceedings raised other religious references, including a moment

where Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., seemed to compare Trump to Jesus, suggesting that Jesus received a fairer trial before his crucifixion than has the president.

“When Jesus was falsely accused of Treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers,” Loudermilk tweeted. “During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than the Democrats have afforded this president in this process.”

Loudermilk’s comments received some backlash on social media Wednesday.

Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez, D-N.Y., tweeted a Bible reference to Romans 1:25: “They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creatorwho is forever praised. Amen.”

In a letter this week to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Trump accused her of offending not just the nation’s founders, but also Americans of faith “by continually saying ‘I pray for the President,’ when you know this statement is not true, unless it is meant in a negative sense.”

“More due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials,” Trump wrote.

The impeachment inquiry ran for about two months and over a dozen witnesses provided private and public testimony before the House voted to impeach Trump.

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Three people were shot, one fatally, at a housing complex in Westerly, Rhode Island, Thursday morning, authorities said.

Police were still trying to capture the person who opened fire, said Col. James Manni, superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.

The Westerly Police Department said the shooting occurred on Cross Street in Babcock Village. Real estate websites indicated the complex offers affordable housing for older adults and people with disabilities.

Local schools were “locked down until further notice,” according to a post on the Facebook page of Westerly Public

Schools.

Residents of Westerly, a waterfront town on the south shore of Rhode Island, near the Connecticut border, reported a heavy police presence around midday Thursday, including armored trucks and helicopters.

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“We’re all as concerned about ourselves as we are our community and the people in it,” she said.

The complex is ‘normally quiet.’

Town Councilor Karen Cioffi said Babcock Village, where the shooting

occurred, is a “normally quiet” public housing complex on Cross Street, about eight blocks from her home.

“I have been here 26 years, and I’ve never heard of an active shooter,” Cioffi said. “We train for it all the time, but this is probably a first for us. It’s shocking.”

Deborah Diehl, one of the residents of the facility, said she came out of her apartment after she heard a “commotion” in the lobby. She peered out of a window that looks down onto the lobby and saw a woman, one of the residents, covered in blood.

“There is yellow tape everywhere,” said Diehl, who is 64 and has lived in the building for 12 years. She said police had ordered residents to stay inside their apartments.

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A winter hazard to the landscape

By Thomas Christopher For Columbia-Greene Media

Forty years ago, when I was a newly minted horticulturist with my first job, I was given a task. I had been hired to care for the landscaping at a university research campus that had been built on the grounds of a gracious old estate. The institute’s director asked me to screen the view of an unsightly parking lot alongside the institute’s entrance. I knew the site came with a challenge. I’d seen the plow truck throwing salt-laced snow onto the island I was to plant.

I planted a staggered row of white pines back away from the road, which effectively blocked the view, but I needed to protect them from the salt spray of the plow. I reasoned that in wintertime at least, life for the plantings right alongside the road wouldn’t be so different than an existence at the seashore. Prompted by this, I edged the island with shrubs I’d seen during visits to the beach: rugosa roses (Rosa rugosa) intermingled with bayberry (Myrica pennsylvanica).

This strategy worked well: the wall of shrubs caught the

polluted snow before it could reach the more susceptible pine trees, and the salt did not trouble the seashore natives.

The problem I faced is a common one in the northeastern United States, where freezing precipitation is common in wintertime, and salt is spread liberally on the road and paths. The most commonly used deicer is rock salt, sodium chloride, which is favored because it is effective and relatively cheap. Unfortunately, it is especially toxic to plants.

Rock salt injures plants in a couple of ways. When it dissolves in water, rock salt separates into sodium and chloride ions. In high concentrations, these ions can displace essential mineral nutrients such as potassium and phosphorus, starving the plants. When absorbed by plant roots, the sodium and chloride atoms can also interfere with photosynthesis and chlorophyl production. As the chloride ions accumulate in the plant they can also cause leaf burn and plant die-back. Sodium ions, meanwhile, can encourage soil compaction, negatively affecting soil drainage and

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Roadside landscaping with salt-tolerant plants like the red cedar tree shown here, protects more vulnerable growths behind it.

aeration, which in turn will negatively affect plant growth and leave plants more vulnerable to summer droughts.

In addition, when salty water is splashed up on plants, it may draw the moisture out of buds, twigs, and the needles or leaves of evergreens, causing death and browning. Often the damage won’t become apparent until late winter or early spring; death or dieback of foliage, buds and branches on the road or sidewalk side of a plant is a telltale symptom.

One way to minimize this damage is the use of other, less

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harmful deicers. Sodium-free deicers such as calcium chloride are more expensive than rock salt but also far less toxic to plants. An even safer alternative, from a horticultural perspective, is materials you can spread over ice to provide traction rather than melting it. Coarse sand is an obvious choice for this, although it can be destructive to floors if tracked into the house. My mother used to sprinkle icy walks with ground corn cobs.

Often used as animal bedding, ground corn cobs are commonly for sale at pet supply

and feed stores. If tracked inside, corn cob granules won’t harm wood floors. Besides corn cob granules float so that if the surface of the ice thaws and then refreezes, they don’t sink and become ineffective like sand. Come spring, the ground corn cobs biodegrade. Kitty litter is often recommended for providing winter traction. I haven’t tried it, though I’ve heard that it’s absorbent qualities can turn it into a sticky mess as the ice melts.

The other alternative is to landscape road- and path-side areas, as I did, with salt-tolerant plants. Actually, I would have been safer planting red cedars (Juniperus virginiana) rather than white pines. Two other salt-tolerant evergreens are Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergiana) and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum).

For deciduous trees, I could have used honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), red oaks (Quercus rubra) and pin oaks (Quercus palustris), all of which are salt-tolerant shade trees. The native persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) though little used in home landscapes is a handsome small tree, as is

the goldenraintree (Koelreuteria paniculata). Salt-tolerant shrubs include not only rugosa roses and bayberries but also winterberry hollies (Ilex verticillata), Japanese and Chinese hollies (Ilex crenata and cornuta), beautyberry (Callicarpa americana), any of the shrubby junipers (Juniperus spp.), summersweet (Clethra alnifolia), rockspray and spreading cotoneasters (Cotoneaster horizontalis and divaricatus) and red osier (Cornus sericea).

Be-a-Better-Gardener is a community service of Berkshire Botanical Garden located in Stockbridge, MA. Its mission to provide knowledge of gardening and the environment through a diverse range of classes and programs both informs and inspires thousands of students and visitors each year. Thomas Christopher is a volunteer at Berkshire Botanical Garden and is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including Nature into Art, The Gardens of Wave Hill. His companion broadcast to this column, Growing Greener, streams on WESUFM.org.

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Greene County Chamber of Commerce celebrated a ribbon cutting with Mahalo Gift Shop, 397 Main St., Catskill on Nov. 21. Pictured are Tara Templeton, owner with husband Scott, daughter, and family; Legislator Matt Luvera; Catskill Town Supervisor Elect Dale Finch; Vinny Seeley, Village of Catskill President; and Jeff Friedman, Executive Director Greene County Chamber.

CDMS students attend YMCA Middle School Youth & Government Conference CAIRO — A dozen CairoDurham Middle School students attended the New York State YMCA Middle School Youth & Government Conference in Albany on Nov. 22-23.

The two-day conference takes place at the Capitol and immerses students in the political process in an authentic environment. CDMS students experienced the legislative process as they interacted with approximately 350 other students from 25 school districts across the state.

Prior to the conference, students chose topics and researched issues they felt needed to be addressed in government. Then they developed comprehensive bills that included the bill’s purpose, the actual language of the proposed law, justification and fiscal implications.

The bills produced by CDMS students focused on topics related to social media and the advertising of vaping products. One bill proposed a ban on vaping advertisements in New York State.

“We are learning about vaping in Health class and our group thought this topic was important to save future generations from vaping,” said

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Students at the conference.

seventh-grader Lauren Zecca.

At the conference, students had the opportunity to present their bills for debate and vote on the Senate and Assembly floors. Bills were presented to committees and participants asked questions about the bills and engaged in a series of rigorous debates that followed formal procedure.

Complete with a microphone operator, name placards, and a spot in an actual law maker’s chair, this authentic experience showed students the power they have

in creating change in their communities. When groups weren’t debating in the Chambers, they toured the Capitol building.

Two CDMS students were presented awards for their outstanding participation and contributions. Jaylin Shores (8) was recognized as Outstanding Speaker and Kevin Feeney (7) was recognized for Outstanding Debate.

“It taught us about the process and real life situations with laws,” said Feeney. “It was a good experience.”

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Northeast USA Vietnam Veterans Reunion Association held its last meeting of 2019 and Christmas party on Dec. 7. They awarded Areanna Goode, daughter of Jim and Nora Goode, with a plaque for raising $2,000 for Stration VA veterans.

WMHT now live on YouTube TV TROY — WMHT Public Media announced that it is now streaming live on YouTube TV starting Dec. 17. Dedicated live channels for WMHT and PBS KIDS, as well as on-demand programming, are now available to YouTube TV subscribers, expanding PBS’s digital footprint and offering viewers additional ways to stream PBS content. To access the full line-up available in the Capital Region, you can visit the YouTube TV live guide or the PBS schedule here.

“Every year, more and more households are seeking alternative ways to view their favorite PBS programs,” said PBS Chief Digital and Marketing Officer Ira Rubenstein.

“PBS is committed to making trusted content available to all households across as many platforms as possible.

We are pleased that YouTube TV recognizes public television’s unique structure and worked with us to provide our

viewers with more ways to watch the programs that they love through their local PBS station.”

“We are excited to partner with PBS on this unique partnership to further our commitment to providing a best-inclass experience for our users,” said Lori Conkling, Global Head of Partnerships at YouTube TV. “PBS and PBS KIDS are highly requested channels by our users, and we’re thrilled to be able to add these to the YouTube TV lineup starting today.”

YouTube TV represents WMHT’s first local livestreaming partnership and includes episodes and on-demand content from locally produced shows and PBS favorites, including AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, FRONTLINE, GREAT PERFORMANCES, MASTERPIECE, NATURE and more. The accompanying PBS KIDS 24/7 channel extends

the organization’s mission of helping prepare children for success in school and life through trusted, educational media, available anytime and anywhere. Users can access favorite series, such as DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD, MOLLY OF DENALI, ODD SQUAD, PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC, WILD KRATTS and SESAME STREET. YouTube TV subscribers can also access select content through YouTube TV’s VOD service.

In addition to YouTube TV, WMHT content is available on all WMHT-branded PBS platforms, including PBS.org and PBSKIDS.org, as well as the PBS Video app and PBS KIDS Video app available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung TV and Chromecast. WMHT members are also able to view an extended library of quality public television programming via Passport.

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The First Night of Funny New Years Eve Comedy Event COHOES – The Cohoes Music Hall and Stand Up Global present The First Night of Funny – New Year’s Eve Comedy Show on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 from now through Dec. 25, $35 from Dec. 26 through Dec. 30, and $40 the day of the event. Tickets are on sale now and may be reserved online at www.thecohoesmusichall.org, by phone at 518-953-0630, and in person Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Music Hall Box Office, or two hours prior to any show.

The First Night of Funny, the annual New Year’s Eve stand-up comedy event, is on sale now at www.

FirstNightOfFunny.com. The annual event is now in its 12th year and provides a high quality yet affordable indoor option for guests to enjoy on New Year’s Eve. All shows are suitable for guests 16 and over and provide a great night of laughs that ends early enough to be home well before midnight.

Each event features four nationally touring headliners. All tickets are the same price everywhere in the house, so the earlier you purchase, the closer to the stage you sit (no VIP seating for those willing to spend more). Tickets are $25 through 11/30, $30 from 12/1 through 12/25, $35 from 12/26 through 12/30 and $40 the day of the event for all shows and venues. Tickets for ALL shows and details for each are available at www.FirstNightOfFunny.com.

Tickets on sale now.

8 p.m. – Cohoes Music Hall – 58 Remsen Street – Cohoes

Al Park – Winner of the Boston Comedy Festival Buddy Fitzpatrick – Featured on Dry Bar Comedy Justin Smith – Featured on The Comics Gym and 800lb Gorilla records Jaye McBride – Originally from the capital region, featured on Comedy Central

ADDITIONAL FIRST NIGHT OF FUNNY EVENTS – ALL ON NEW YEARS EVE 7:00pm & 9:00pm -- Proctors Theater – 432 State Street – Schenectady, NY 7:00pm & 9:00pm -- Charles R Wood Theater – 207 Glen St – Glens Falls, NY 8:00pm – Shubert Theater – 247 College Street – New Haven, CT Other events on sale now at the Cohoes Music Hall: Annie presented by Playhouse Stage Company – Dec 1722; $20 Adults // $15 Students Start Making Sense: A Tribute to Talking Heads – Friday, Dec 27; 8 pm; $22-$27 First Night of Funny - New Year’s Eve Comedy Show – Tuesday Dec 31; 8 pm; $30-$40 Confronting the Overdose Crisis in New York State – Thursday, Jan 16; 5:30pm; FREE, donations accepted Into the Mystic: The Van Morrison Experience – Saturday, Jan 18; 8pm; $22-$27 Eastbound Jesus Album Release – Saturday, Feb 1; 8 pm; $22.50 Adv // $27.50 DOS Mr. Charlie’s Soulshine Tour- Dark Hollow & Brothers of the Road – Saturday Feb 8; 7 pm; $27 Adv // $32 DOS Melvin Seals & JGB – Thursday Mar 19; 8 pm; $33.50-$40.50 For a full listing of shows, log on to www. thecohoesmusichall.org.

Felice Brothers to ring out the old, ring in the new at Club Helsinki Hudson HUDSON — Hudson Valleybased roots-rockers the Felice Brothers will entertain for a rollicking, roots-rocking New Year’s Eve at Club Helsinki Hudson on Tuesday, December 31, at 9 p.m., with their Woodstock-bred fusion of rock, country, folk, soul and gospel, that is often compared to their Catskills-based predecessors, the Band.

Longtime Helsinki favorites, the Felice Brothers are a closeknit band of two brothers and three longtime friends. The group has garnered a loyal, dedicated following in these parts, as they continue to tour nationally and appear on festival bills including Bonnaroo, All Points, Outside and Newport.

The group’s new album, “Undress,” was cut live to tape with very little overdubbing in

the late summer of 2018 just down the road in Tivoli, N.Y. Band members Ian Felice, James Felice, Will Lawrence (drums) and Jesske Hume (bass) teamed up with producer Jeremy Backofen to record their most personal and reflective album to date.

“Many of the songs on the new album are motivated by a shift from private to public concerns,” says songwriter Ian Felice. “It isn’t hard to find worthwhile things to write about these days, there are a lot of storms blooming on the horizon and a lot of chaos that permeates our lives. The hard part is finding simple and direct ways to address them.”

Undress follows the band’s 2016 album “Life in the Dark,” and finds the group in a very different place three years later.

Between personnel changes, families growing, and the political landscape, the result is a tighter, more-pared down release. “Every song is a story,” said James Felice. “On this album everything was a bit more thoughtful, including the arrangements, the sonic quality and the harmonies.”

Ian and James Felice grew up in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York. Self-taught musicians, inspired as much by Hart Crane and Walt Whitman as

by Woody Guthrie and Chuck Berry. In 2006, they began by playing subway platforms and sidewalks in New York City and have gone on to release nine albums of original songs and to tour extensively throughout the world. Following the release of “Life in the Dark,” the Felice Brothers served as the backing

band for Conor Oberst’s 2017 release “Salutations” and the subsequent tour.

Reviewing a recent concert of theirs at Helsinki Hudson, local music critic Seth Rogovoy praised the group as “full of energy, dynamism, group interplay and the built-in drama they invest in their own folkrock compositions,” going on to write, “While I’m never sure just what it is they’re singing about, it always sounds to me like someone is in trouble, something is at stake, there’s a crisis brewing or breaking out. That’s a tribute to their songwriting skills, arrangements, and their urgent, earnest delivery.”

For reservations in The Restaurant or in the club call 518.828.4800. For the most upto-date concert information, visit www.helsinkihudson.com.

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Into the Mystic: The Van Morrison experience COHOES – The Cohoes Music Hall presents Into the Mystic: The Van Morrison Experience on Saturday, January 18th 2020 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $27 on the Orchestra floor and $22 in the Parquet and Balcony. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, December 6th at 10 a.m. and to Cohoes Music Hall members on Thursday, December 5th at 10 am. Tickets may be reserved online at www.thecohoesmusichall.org, by phone at 518-953-0630, and in person Monday through Friday from 10 am -- 1 pm at the Music Hall Box Office or two hours prior to any show.

Spanning over 5 decades, the musical catalog and work of Van Morrison has been a steady stream of inspiration

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for musicians and countless others who choose to include them in the soundtracks of their lives. “With one of the

most revered catalogs in music history and his unparalleled talents as composer, singer, and performer,

Morrison’s past achievements loom large. But, as throughout his extraordinary career, how that past informs his future achievements and still stirs excitement and keen anticipation.”

Drawing from his complete collection of works, ‘Into the Mystic’ seeks to recreate the spirit and energy of Morrison’s Music and to pay respects to a man who is a hard act to catch.

Bridging this gap, 8 piece Into the Mystic, led by vocalist Justin Panigutti (formerly of Bearquarium), is comprised of some of the area’s finest musicians and portrayers, coming together to produce an evening of Van Morrison’s finest work and promising to be a musical experience not to disappoint.

Hancock Shaker Village announces final talks of the season HANCOCK, Mass. — Hancock Shaker Village, located in Hancock, Massachusetts, is open weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Dec. 22, announces its final schedule of talks for the remainder of the season.

There is special programming offered through the holiday season.

Every Saturday and Sunday, the Village offers an 11 a.m.

“Introduction to the Shakers” talk, a 12 p.m. farm and garden tour, a 1 p.m. turbine demonstration, and a 1:30 p.m. Shaker music and dance demonstration.

In addition, the following special topic tours will be held at 2 p.m: December 21 and 22: Tour of the Trustees Office and Store. This building was the place where Shakers

intersected with the outside world, conducting business and meeting guests.

All tours are included in the price of admission.

ABOUT HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE Hancock Shaker Village, a living history museum on 750 acres in the heart of the Berkshires, is located at 1843 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield,

Massachusetts.

Hancock Shaker Village is open weekends through December 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission is $20/adults ($18 for seniors, AAA members, MTA cardholders, and active and retired US military), $8 youth (ages 13–17), and FREE for children 12 and under, courtesy of Berkshire Bank.

DECEMBER 21 Ukulele Jam Saturday, December 21, 10:30 a.m. - noon Sing, strum, play! It’s more fun to play in a group. All ages are welcome to the library’s Ukulele Jams, led by Carmen Borgia, singer, songwriter and ukulele player extraordinaire! Leave your inhibitions at home. Are you a novice? The library has ukes you can borrow.

Saturday, December 21, 10:30 a.m. - noon, http://chatham.lib. ny.us/calendar/ Chatham Public Library, 11 Woodbridge Ave, Chatham, 518392-3666 http://chatham.lib.ny.us/ Christmas at Clermont Open House Saturday, December 21, 11 a.m.

- 4 p.m.

A great day for families! Explore the mansion at your leisure enjoying the holiday decorations with docents available to answer questions in each room. Cider and cookies will be available in the visitor’s center.

Free, Saturday, December 21, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., https://www.friendsofclermont.org/events Clermont State Historic Site, 1 Clermont Avenue, Germantown, 518-537-4240 www.FriendsofClermont.org Bolshoi Ballet: Live in Cinemas: The Nutcracker Saturday, December 21, 12:30 p.m. ***Saturday Screening*** Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich Libretto: Yuri Grigorovich (after E.T.A. Hoffmann and Marius Petipa) On Christmas Eve, the mysterious Drosselmeyer brings a Nutcracker doll as a gift for his goddaughter Marie. At midnight, the doll comes to life and finds himself in a battle led with the Mouse King, while Marie watches in fear.

The Bolshoi’s magical Nutcracker production captivates audiences of all ages and brings them on whirlwind journey of enchantment with rising star Soloist Margarita Shrainer perfectly embodying Marie’s innocence and joy along with the supremely elegant Principal Dancer Semyon Chudin as her Nutcracker Prince.

A timeless holiday classic accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s beloved score. $15 – $20, Saturday, December 21, 12:30 p.m., https://timeandspace.org/calendar/the-nutcracker-2019/ Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-8228100 www.timeandspace.org Introduction to Art Omi Tour Saturday, December 21, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Whether you’re a first-time or frequent visitor to Art Omi, you are welcome to join an Introduction to Art Omi Tour. Held on the third Saturday of every month, these tours provide insights and information about the artworks and architectural pavilions in the Sculpture & Architecture Park, as well as information about Art Omi’s various programs.

The tours are free, but pre-registration is required.

Free, Saturday, December 21, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m., https:// www.facebook.com/ events/2521555504779257/ Art Omi, 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, 518-392-4747 www.artomi.org Real People Real Stories: Winter Edition Saturday, December 21, 3 p.m.

Ancram Opera House’s storytelling program has quickly become a much-loved event so it’s become a regular feature. Join us on December 21 as four local storytellers share authentic personal tales. Inspired by The Moth and The Moth Radio Hour heard on NPR but with our own special approach. $20, Saturday, December 21, 3 p.m., https://www.ancramoperahouse.org/real-people-realstories-winter-2019 Ancram Opera House, 1330 County Route 7, Ancram, 518329-0114 www.ancramoperahouse.org Kwanzaa Saturday, December 21, 4 p.m.

Presented in partnership with Operation Unite NY, come celebrate African-American culture and unity with friends and family.

Join us for an afternoon of arts and crafts for children, dancing, drumming, a candle-lighting ceremony, and the sharing of Nguzo Saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

Saturday, December 21, 4 p.m., https://hudsonhall.org/performing-arts/event-calendar/ Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson, (518) 822-1438 http://hudsonhall.org/ Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night!

Saturday, December 21, 5:30 p.m.

Art Omi presents Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night, a participatory electronic soundscape celebrated worldwide every December since 1992. This landmark work of avant-garde public art takes place in more than 130 cities across the United States, Canada, Europe and New Zealand, activating city streets, parks, and lanscapes with “a shimmering soundwall of bells and chimes that is dreamlike to wander through in the December nip” (The Village Voice).

Participants are encouraged to bring a mobile phone/media player with external speakers (pre-loaded with the Unsilent Night app or one of the four audio tracks—see unsilentnight. com/participate), or boombox with functioning tape deck. A selection of Kline’s own boomboxes will be available to borrow on a first-come first-served basis.

Participants should also bring illumination devices, such as headlamps and flashlights, and wear footwear appropriate for un-paved winter conditions.

Saturday, December 21, 5:30 p.m., https://www.facebook. com/events/2470772129709871/ Art Omi, 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, 518-392-4747 www.artomi.org Marty – Solo Saturday, December 21, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Marty McDermott………….I’ll be pickin’ some tunes at this sweet, unique watering hole, gathering spot….!! Take a break from your hectic holiday activities and stop by….love to see you…!!

Saturday, December 21, 6 p.m.

- 9 p.m., https://www.facebook. com/events/1696224973842056/ Hudson Brewing Company, 99 South 3rd Street, Hudson, 518697-5400 www.hudsonbrew.com Ryan’s Ugly Sweater Party Saturday, December 21, 7:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Join us for Ryan’s Second Annual Holiday party, but with a twist this time! This year we’ll be hosting an ugly sweater party, so let’s get ugly people!!

Featuring: – DJ and Karaoke (alcohol makes you sound better, we promise) – $2 domestic beers – Spiked Eggnog (Let’s get festive!)

– Whiskey Specials (Something to warm you up) – Ugly Sweater Competition (Ugliest sweater get’s a prize!)

– And your favorite bartenders!

(Because it wouldn’t be a party without them) Saturday, December 21, 7:30 p.m.

- 11 p.m., https://www.facebook. com/events/546916142558055/ Ryan’s Bar & Grill, 1009 Kinderhook Street, Valatie, 518-6109055

DECEMBER 22 10th Annual Celebration of Lessons & Carols Sunday, December 22, 4 p.m.

Nine readers from throughout the larger community will be joined by a choir of thirty-five experienced singers under the musical direction of David Smith.

Pastor Rudy Visser will preside.

Arrival by 3:45 p.m. is recommended, when the preludes to this year’s Celebration of Lessons & Carols will begin. Throughout the service all will be invited to sing traditional hymns and carols.

To honor the 10th anniversary of the Celebration of Lessons and Carols, Music Director David Smith has set the text “Ring out, ye bells!” by the American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, which will be sung by all.

Choral offerings will include works from the 17th through the present century, by Lauridsen, Mendelssohn, Morley, Ord, Rutter, Smith and Vaughan Williams, among them the anthem “Cast off, all doubtful care,” composed in 2012 to honor the 300th anniversary of Kinderhook Reformed Church.

The church is handicapped accessible and parking is available.

Free, Sunday, December 22, 4 p.m., https://www.kinderhookreformedchurch.com/full_calendar ?month=12&year=2019&day=22 Kinderhook Reformed Church, 21 Broad Street, Kinderhook, 518758-6401 www.kinderhookreformedchurch.com

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Tenth annual ‘Celebration of Lessons and Carols’ at Historic Kinderhook Reformed Church KINDERHOOK — The tenth annual Celebration of Lessons and Carols in Kinderhook begins at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, December 22nd, at the Kinderhook Reformed Church, 21 Broad Street (US Route 9), Kinderhook, NY 12106.

This event has proven very popular throughout the region, drawing attendees from the Capital District, the Berkshires, and Dutchess and Greene Counties, in addition to Columbia County. Included are readings, congregational singing, and choral and organ music of the Christmas season. Last year’s Celebration of Lessons & Carols was very enthusiastically received, with over 350 attending.

Nine readers from throughout the larger community will be joined by a choir of thirtyfive experienced singers under the musical direction of David Smith. Pastor Rudy Visser will preside.

Arrival by 3:45 p.m. is recommended, when the preludes to this year’s Celebration of Lessons & Carols will begin.

Throughout the service all will be invited to sing traditional hymns and carols. To honor the 10th anniversary of the Celebration of Lessons and Carols, Music Director David Smith has set the text “Ring out, ye bells!” by the American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, which will be sung by all.

Choral offerings will

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include works from the 17th through the present century,

by Lauridsen, Mendelssohn,

Morley, Ord, Rutter, Smith and Vaughan Williams, among them the anthem “Cast off, all

doubtful care,” composed in 2012 to honor the 300th anniversary of Kinderhook Reformed Church.

David Smith notes that the Celebration of Lessons & Carols is “open to all, regardless of faith or denomination. Although its format derives from that used at King’s College in Cambridge, England, it has been appropriately adapted for use in Kinderhook. This seems just the thing for a late afternoon in the Christmas season. I am especially delighted that so many fine singers from past years, including members of the Broad Street Chorale, will be returning once again. Many tell me that it is with this occasion that their holiday season begins.”

Pastor Rudolph Visser observes that “The Kinderhook Reformed Church has been serving the community for over three centuries. Now with boldness we are enjoying a fourth century in the life of this historic church. We pray that our annual Celebration of Lessons and Carols will once again be a blessing for all in the community and bring joy to many.”

The church is handicapped accessible and parking is available. For further information please visit www.kinderhookreformedchurch.com or www.concertsinthevillage. org, or call 518-758-6401.

Register for December’s watercolor class at Hudson Area Library HUDSON — The City of Hudson Senior Center and Hudson Area Library’s last 2019 Watercolor with your Grand Person session with local artist Gretchen Kelly is Saturday, December 21, 2-4 p.m., when attendees can create watercolor holiday cards. All ages are welcome and adults are encouraged to bring children from their families; children must be accompanied by a grandparent, parent, teen or other adult. In these workshops beginners and intermediate painters paint from seasonal still lifes, objects, and photos. Attendees can learn basic techniques or just hang out and paint with others. Interested persons should register ahead of time by emailing programs@hudsonarealibrary.org, calling 518-828-1792 x101, or visiting the main desk at the library.

All materials will be provided.

This event is free and wheelchair accessible.

Gretchen Kelly works in a

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variety of mediums and styles, primarily painting figurative, landscape and flowers.

Her fashion and home decor background influence her work at times. She is inspired

by the beauty of what is natural in the world and embellishes with her own personal touches of color, pattern and ornament. Gretchen endeavors to capture the gestures

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The City of Hudson Senior Center is located on the 2nd floor of 51 North Fifth Street in Hudson, NY. There are county and city services at the center, such as meals for seniors, yoga, aerobics and painting classes. For more information call: (518) 838-3200.

The Hudson Area Library is located at 51 North Fifth Street in Hudson, NY. The mission of the library is to enrich the quality of life by providing free and equal access to programs, services and resources, and by creating opportunities for all members of our community to connect, create, learn and grow. For more information visit hudsonarealibrary.org.

Holiday rock and roll spectacular CATSKILL — Friday December, 20th The Wild Weeeds and Avalon Lounge in Catskill are excited to present an evening of music to benefit the Catskill Community Center.

Along with the propulsive garage psych-surf rock of Copake’s The Wild Weeeds, the evening will also feature four other amazing and varied talents.

In addition to playing drums for local legends The Felice Brothers, Will Lawrence is also an original singer songwriter. His new album “Slow Dancing on a High Wire” is a dreamy collection of elusive, yet emotionally charged music.

The passionate guitar rock of New York City’s Darien Rectangle is a great fit for all types of music lovers.

Fresh of a tour with The

Fruit Bats, drummer Brain Kantor has put together Slay Ride! Like The Ventures at The North Pole, Slay Ride will be doing rockin’ instrumental versions of many traditional holiday classics.

And Mail The Horse guitarist/ vocalist Donny Dinero will bring his trio in for a set of heartfelt Grunge Gospel and Country Blues.

All proceeds from the Holiday Rock and Roll Spectacular will benefit the Catskill Community Center.

The show will start promptly at 8 but come early for the amazing Korean fare prepared by Avalon’s kitchen.

10$ suggested donation Avalon Lounge 29 Church St, Catskill, NY 12414

The Rev. Grant brings holiday sounds to Hudson HUDSON — “Professor Maestro,” aka the Rev. Ronald Grant, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, will perform music of the holidays at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m.

This performance represents Helsinki Hudson’s

ongoing commitment to programming a diverse range of local and regional artists.

For reservations in The Restaurant or in the club call 518-828-4800. For the most up-to-date concert information, visit www.helsinkihudson.com.

Albany Figure Skating Club Winter Ice Show ALBANY — The Albany Figure Skating Club will hold its annual Winter Spectacular Ice Show at the Bethlehem YMCA (900 Delaware Ave., Delmar) on Saturday, Dec. 21, from 12-2:30 p.m.

This event will feature young figure skaters from all over the Capital District in solo and group performances. A bake sale and basket raffle will also be held, with

all proceeds supporting the Albany Figure Skating Club’s activities and programs.

Admission is $5 per person, $3 for seniors and students, and free for children 5 years old and under. For more information about the Winter Ice Show, please contact Elissa Baker at 518-4417978 or info@albanyfsc.org, or visit the club’s website at www.albanyfsc.org.

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Catskill’s DeVon Haye guards Taconic Hills’ Warren Bradway (22) during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game.

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CRARYVILLE — Catskill posted its fifth win without a loss on Wednesday, handing Taconic Hills a 100-26 setback in Patroon Conference boys basketball action.

The Cats (5-0) raced out to a 27-4 first-quarter lead and never looked back. They were

up 49-6 at halftime and 81-21 through three quarters.

DeVon Haye nearly reached his season average of 27 points per game with a 25-point effort. Leviticus Johnson contributed 20, Lavon Fernandez had 16 and See BOYS B6

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Hudson’s Aaliyah Jones walks the ball up the floor during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game against Taconic Hills.

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Hudson and Maple Hill remained unbeaten in Patroon Conference girls basketball with 40-point victories on Wednesday night.

Hudson defeated Taconic Hills, 59-19, while Maple Hill rolled to a 67-27 triumph over Greenville.

Hudson 59, Taconic Hills 19 CRARYVILLE — Shayna Coppersmith led a balanced scoring attack with 13 points and the Hudson defense didn’t allow a single point in the first half in defeating Taconic Hills.

The Bluehawks jumped out to a 14-0 lead after one quarter and stretche dit to 27-0 at halftime and 44-9 through three quarters.

Deja Beauford followed Coppersmith in scoring for the Bluehawks with 11 points. Aaliyah Jones and Danielle McDonald each had seven.

Macayla Sparacino, See GIRLS B6

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Taconic Hills’ Kyle Delamater shoots a free throw during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Catskill.

With nods to the past, Cole embraces his Yankee future David Waldstein The New York Times News Service

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Taconic Hills’ Marleah Perry drives against Hudson’s Aaliyah Jones during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game.

NEW YORK — There is no mound on the field at Yankee Stadium in December, but Gerrit Cole still performed masterfully in his first home appearance in pinstripes.

Wearing a No. 45 jersey and a crisp New York Yankees hat at his introductory news conference

Wednesday, Cole captivated an audience of team executives, coaches and even some cynical reporters used to hearing dull platitudes from the megastars who arrive in the Bronx.

Cole distinguished himself by referencing the sport’s labor champions from long before his time, thoughtfully considering See YANKEE B6

Giants’ Jones knows he needs to protect the ball Pat Leonard New York Daily News

Daniel Jones is back as the Giants’ projected starting quarterback, and he has two goals for his final two rookie starts: win and protect the ball.

“I think ball security obviously is the big thing,” Jones said Wednesday after practicing in full as QB1. “Making sure I’m doing my part in protecting the ball and that way giving us the best chance to win. The most important thing these last two weeks is to win the games. So my role in that, ball security plays a big part in it.”

Jones, the Giants’ sixth overall pick out of Duke, has 21 turnovers to 20 touchdowns in 11 games and 10

starts. He has fumbled 15 times and lost 10.

His aggressiveness, mobility, toughness and deep passing ability all have been encouraging. But he hasn’t won a start since the Giants (3-11) last faced Washington (3-11) in Week 4. And turnovers are a major reason why. “(It’s about) understanding that fine line and being able to play with that,” Jones said. “Being able to protect the ball but also being aggressive is our job, and it’s what we’re trained to do and coached to do. So that balance and that skill and being able to do that is what you have to do to be good at this level. So I’ve worked on it, but I think you have to be able to do both.” Jones said

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New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) throws during a recent game against the Green Bay Packers at MetLife Stadium.

there is motivation to win and support GM Dave Gettleman and coach Pat Shurmur.

“I think we all want to

win,” Jones said. “Everyone in this locker room is doing everything we can to win every game. Coaches and

management have supported us and believed in us, and we’re certainly gonna do everything we can to win.”

He also recognizes that critics will judge him, ultimately, by wins and losses.

“I know quarterbacks are judged by how many games they win and their win-loss record, so that’s definitely important, but my mindset and everyone’s mindset is to win as a team,” he said. “And we’re only gonna do that as a team. So I’ll try to do my part in making sure the team is ready to play and win the game.”

Jones, 22, was held out of the last two games with a high right ankle sprain. Eli Manning started both games even though Jones appeared

capable of dressing both weeks.

Jones certainly could have played last week against Miami, but Manning got the victory sendoff at MetLife Stadium that the organization wanted. And because Jones didn’t even dress, it was Alex Tanney and not the rookie replacing Manning for his fourth quarter curtain call.

Jones was taking snaps from first-team center Jon Halapio to start Wednesday’s practice, though, and then he took most of the first-team reps, per coach Pat Shurmur.

Jones is expected to start head-to-head for the first time against fellow firstround rookie Dwayne Haskins, the 15th overall pick See GIANTS B6

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B2 Friday, December 20, 2019 Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans) No. 20 Appalachian State vs. UAB, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Pro football NFL American Football Conference East W L T Pct PF New England 11 3 0 .786 372 Buffalo 10 4 0 .714 291 N.Y. Jets 5 9 0 .357 247 Miami 3 11 0 .214 241 South W L T Pct PF Houston 9 5 0 .643 341 Tennessee 8 6 0 .571 339 Indianapolis 6 8 0 .429 303 Jacksonville 5 9 0 .357 250 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 12 2 0 .857 472 Pittsburgh 8 6 0 .571 269 Cleveland 6 8 0 .429 297 Cincinnati 1 13 0 .071 211 West W L T Pct PF Kansas City 10 4 0 .714 394 Oakland 6 8 0 .429 274 L.A. Chargers 5 9 0 .357 299 Denver 5 9 0 .357 239 National Football Conference East W L T Pct PF Dallas 7 7 0 .500 378 Philadelphia 7 7 0 .500 334 N.Y. Giants 3 11 0 .214 283 Washington 3 11 0 .214 215 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 11 3 0 .786 378 Tampa Bay 7 7 0 .500 416 Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 329 Carolina 5 9 0 .357 324 North W L T Pct PF Green Bay 11 3 0 .786 330 Minnesota 10 4 0 .714 378 Chicago 7 7 0 .500 256 Detroit 3 10 1 .250 304 West W L T Pct PF San Francisco 11 3 0 .786 419 Seattle 11 3 0 .786 371 L.A. Rams 8 6 0 .571 332 Arizona 4 9 1 .321 310 Week 15 Thursday, Dec. 12 Baltimore 42, N.Y. Jets 21 Sunday, Dec. 15 Seattle 30, Carolina 24 Philadelphia 37, Washington 27 Houston 24, Tennessee 21 N.Y. Giants 36, Miami 20 Kansas City 23, Denver 3 Green Bay 21, Chicago 13 Tampa Bay 38, Detroit 17 New England 34, Cincinnati 13 Jacksonville 20, Oakland 16 Arizona 38, Cleveland 24 Minnesota 39, L.A. Chargers 10 Atlanta 29, San Francisco 22 Dallas 44, L.A. Rams 21 Buffalo 17, Pittsburgh 10 Monday’s game New Orleans 34, Indianapolis 7 Week 16 Saturday’s games Houston at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at New England, 4:30 p.m.

L.A. Rams at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday’s games Carolina at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Miami, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Oakland at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m.

Detroit at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 23 Green Bay at Minnesota, 8:15 p.m.

PA 181 222 343 435 PA 330 279 329 353 PA 257 259 329 359 PA 284 386 290 284 PA 288 328 382 347 PA 303 398 365 390 PA 283 259 253 373 PA 258 345 306 398

AvgLong TD 11.5 43 7 11.1 44 6 11.6 45 5 13.2 47 4 12.5 48 3 11.4 84 8 11.3 47 3 13.8 65 5 6.7 27 0 14.2 40 5 14.3 69 8 13.6 89 2 10.7 41 5

NFC SCORING, NONKICKERS TDRusRec Ret X2 Pts McCaffrey, Car 18 14 4 0 0 108 Aa.Jones, GB 17 14 3 0 0 102 D.Cook, Min 13 13 0 0 0 78 E.Elliott, Dal 12 11 1 0 0 72 Gurley II, Lar 12 10 2 0 0 72 Golladay, Det 10 0 10 0 0 60 Carson, Sea 9 7 2 0 0 54 Godwin, TB 9 0 9 0 0 54 Jones Jr., Det 9 0 9 0 0 54 5 tied at 48 SCORING, KICKERS PAT FG Lutz, NO 37/38 31/35 Gay, TB 39/44 25/29 Gonzalez, Ari 28/29 28/31 D.Bailey, Min 38/42 22/24 Prater, Det 31/32 23/28 Zuerlein, Lar 34/34 22/29 Myers, Sea 36/40 21/26 Slye, Car 30/34 22/29 Gould, SF 35/36 19/27

Mc.Thomas, NO McCaffrey, Car DJ.Moore, Car Godwin, TB Ertz, Phi Kupp, Lar Robinson II, Chi Jl.Jones, Atl Lockett, Sea R.Woods, Lar Kittle, SF Kamara, NO A.Cooper, Dal Cohen, Chi M.Evans, TB Fitzgerald, Ari

RECEIVING No Yds 133 1552 94 814 86 1174 86 1333 84 888 83 1031 83 1023 82 1150 75 994 75 950 73 888 73 485 71 1073 67 387 67 1157 67 711

Lg 58 58 54 50 55 58 54 55 47

Thursday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. (Independence Stadium) Louisiana Tech vs. Miami, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl Detroit (Ford Field) Eastern Michigan vs. Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. (Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium) North Carolina vs. Temple, noon (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl New York (Yankee Stadium) Michigan State vs. Wake Forest, 3:20 p.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl Houston (NRG Stadium) No. 25 Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M, 6:45 p.m.

(ESPN) Holiday Bowl San Diego (SDCCU Stadium) No. 16 Iowa vs. No. 22 USC, 8 p.m. (FS1) Cheez-It Bowl Phoenix (Chase Field) Air Force vs. Washington State, 10:15 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 28 Camping World Bowl Orlando, Fla. (Camping World Stadium) No. 15 Notre Dame vs. Iowa State, noon (ABC) Cotton Bowl Classic Arlington, Texas (AT&T Stadium) No. 10 Penn State vs. No. 17 Memphis, noon (ESPN) Peach Bowl ( College Football Playoff semifinal) Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium) No. 1 LSU vs. No. 4 Oklahoma, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal) Glendale, Ariz. (State Farm Stadium) No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Clemson, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 31 Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. (Bank of America Stadium) Virginia Tech vs. Kentucky, noon (ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas (Sun Bowl) Arizona State vs. Florida State, 2 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn.

(Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium) Kansas State vs. No. 23 Navy, 3:45 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Tucson, Ariz. (Arizona Stadium) Wyoming vs. Georgia State, 4:30 p.m. (CBS SN) Alamo Bowl San Antonio, Texas (Alamodome) No. 11 Utah vs. Texas, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

AFC SCORING, NONKICKERS TDRusRec Ret X2 Pts D.Henry, Ten 15 13 2 0 0 90 Ingram II, Bal 14 10 4 0 0 84 Ekeler, Lac 11 3 8 0 0 66 Js.Allen, Buf 9 9 0 0 0 54 M.Andrews, Bal 8 0 8 0 0 48 Chark Jr., Jac 8 0 8 0 0 48 N.Chubb, Cle 8 8 0 0 0 48 D.Parker, Mia 8 0 8 0 0 48 D.Watson, Hou 8 7 1 0 0 48 8 tied at 42 KICKERS PAT FG Lg Pts Butker, KC 39/41 31/35 54 132 Tucker, Bal 51/53 23/24 51 120 Boswell, Pit 26/26 27/29 51 107 Lambo, Jac 16/17 28/29 53 100 Seibert, Cle 28/31 23/27 53 97 McManus, Den 21/22 24/28 53 93 Bullock, Cin 20/20 23/27 48 89 Fairbairn, Hou 36/41 17/22 54 87 Hauschka, Buf 28/30 19/25 51 85 J.Sanders, Mia 21/22 20/26 54 81 RECEIVING No Yds 99 1142 92 1019 90 1046 86 1131 80 1001 78 892 76 859 74 1018 73 488 71 1007 67 956 67 910 66 707

Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl Honolulu (Aloha Stadium) BYU vs. Hawaii, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 30 First Responder Bowl Dallas (Gerald J. Ford Stadium) Western Kentucky vs. Western Michigan, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn. (Nissan Stadium) Mississippi State vs. Louisville, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Redbox Bowl Santa Clara, Calif. (Levi’s Stadium) California vs. Illinois, 4 p.m. (FOX) Orange Bowl Miami Gardens, Fla. (Hard Rock Stadium) No. 9 Florida vs. No. 24 Virginia, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

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De.Hopkins, Hou Edelman, NE Ke.Allen, Lac T.Kelce, KC Waller, Oak Ekeler, Lac T.Boyd, Cin J.Landry, Cle Fournette, Jac Jo.Brown, Buf Chark Jr., Jac Beckham Jr., Cle Crowder, NYJ

Monday, Dec. 23 Gasparilla Bowl Tampa, Fla. (Raymond James Stadium) Marshall vs. UCF, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Pts 130 114 112 104 100 100 99 96 92

AvgLong TD 11.7 49 8 8.7 25 4 13.7 52 4 15.5 71 9 10.6 30 6 12.4 66 8 12.3 49 7 14.0 54 6 13.3 44 7 12.7 48 1 12.2 61 4 6.6 41 1 15.1 53 8 5.8 31 3 17.3 67 8 10.6 54 3

College football FBS BOWL SCHEDULE Friday, Dec. 20 Bahamas Bowl Nassau, Bahamas (Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium) Buffalo vs. Charlotte, 2 p.m. (ESPN) Frisco Bowl Frisco, Texas (Toyota Stadium) Kent State vs. Utah State, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday, Dec. 21 New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque, N.M. (Dreamstyle Stadium) Central Michigan vs. San Diego State, 2 p.m.

(ESPN) Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. (Exploria Stadium) Liberty vs. Georgia Southern, 2:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) Boca Raton Bowl Boca Raton, Fla. (FAU Stadium) FAU vs. SMU, 3:30 p.m. (ABC) Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. (Cramton Bowl) Arkansas State vs. Florida International, 5:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd Stadium (Las Vegas) No. 19 Boise State vs. Washington, 7:30 p.m.

(ABC) New Orleans Bowl

Wednesday, Jan. 1 Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. (Camping World Stadium) No. 13 Alabama vs. No. 14 Michigan, 1 p.m. (ABC) Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. (Raymond James Stadium) No. 12 Auburn vs. No. 18 Minnesota, 1 p.m.

(ESPN) Rose Bowl Game Pasadena, Calif. (Rose Bowl) No. 6 Oregon vs. No. 8 Wisconsin, 5 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl New Orleans (Mercedes-Benz Superdome) No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 7 Baylor, 8:45 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 2 Birmingham Bowl Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field) No. 21 Cincinnati vs. Boston College, 3 p.m.

(ESPN) Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. (TIAA Bank Stadium) Indiana vs. Tennessee, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 3 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, Idaho (Albertsons Stadium) Nevada vs. Ohio, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 4 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas (Amon G. Carter Stadium) Southern Mississippi vs. Tulane, 11:30 a.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Jan. 6 LendingTree Bowl Mobile, Ala. (Ladd-Peebles Stadium) Louisiana vs. Miami (Ohio), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 13 College Football Playoff National Championship Game New Orleans (Mercedes-Benz Superdome) Peach Bowl winner vs. Fiesta Bowl winner, 8 p.m.

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NBA roundup: Heat snap 76ers’ home win streak at 14 Field Level Media

Kendrick Nunn scored 26 points, Bam Adebayo added 23, and the visiting Miami Heat defeated the 76ers 108104 on Wednesday, snapping Philadelphia’s season-long home winning streak.

At 14-0, the 76ers had been the last unbeaten home team in the league. They trailed by 16 points with nearly seven minutes remaining in the game before rallying to within two, but Al Horford’s potential go-ahead 3-point try missed with five seconds left.

Duncan Robinson contributed 15 points and Jimmy Butler had 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Heat, who had been blown out 113-86 in their first meeting with the 76ers this season in Philadelphia on Nov. 23.

Joel Embiid led the Sixers with 22 points and 19 rebounds while Tobias Harris added 20 points. Ben Simmons and Josh Richardson had 17 apiece.

New Orleans Pelicans 107, Minnesota Timberwolves 99 Brandon Ingram scored 34 points, and New Orleans ended its franchise-worst, 13-game losing streak with a victory over Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Jrue Holiday added 18 points, JJ Redick had 12, Josh Hart added 11 and Lonzo Ball 10 as the Pelicans earned their first victory since Nov. 21. New Orleans was playing the opener of a four-game road trip.

Andrew Wiggins scored 27 points to lead the Timberwolves, who lost their eighth consecutive game. Minnesota center Karl-Anthony Towns didn’t play because of a sprained left knee sustained in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.

Oklahoma City Thunder 126, Memphis Grizzlies 122 Dennis Schroder matched his season-high with 31 points and Oklahoma City pulled off a second consecutive improbable comeback, beating visiting Memphis.

Schroder scored 22 of his points in the second half, when the Thunder started chipping away at a 24-point deficit. It was the third-biggest comeback in Oklahoma City history and came just two days after the Thunder won after trailing the Chicago Bulls by 26 points.

Oklahoma City is just the second team in the last 25 seasons to win back-to-back games after trailing by 20 or more points, along with the Indiana Pacers in January 2010, according to Elias

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Miami Heat guard Kendrick Nunn (25) drives the ball against Philadelphia 76ers center Al Horford (42) during Wednesday’s game at Wells Fargo Center.

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Boston Celtics 109, Dallas Mavericks 103 Kemba Walker scored 32 points and Jaylen Brown added 26 as visiting Boston ended a two-game losing streak by beating Dallas.

Jayson Tatum scored 24 points while Enes Kanter grabbed 13 rebounds as the Celtics rallied from a 10-point second-quarter deficit to avoid dropping to .500 on the road. While the Celtics are 101 in home games, they are just 8-6 away from Boston.

Kristaps Porzingis had 23 points and 13 rebounds before he fouled out while Seth Curry added 20 off the bench as the Mavericks lost a game for the first time without Luka Doncic, who is out for two weeks with a sprained ankle.

Chicago Bulls 110, Washington Wizards 109 (OT) Wendell Carter Jr. hit a goahead reverse layup with 9.1 seconds remaining in overtime and Lauri Markkanen scored a game-high 31 points to spark visiting Chicago to a come-from-behind victory against Washington.

Washington led by as many as 18 in the fourth quarter, but scuffled down the stretch as the Bulls closed regulation on a 23-5 run. Bradley Beal missed a short jumper in the paint as time expired, as the Wizards lost for the fifth time in six games.

Beal swished a jumper from the free throw line with 0.5 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to put the

Wizards ahead 98-96. The shot looked like an apparent game-winner, but Washington’s Isaac Bonga fouled Zach LaVine (24 points) under the basket on the ensuing inbounds play, and LaVine hit both free throws to send the game to overtime.

Toronto Raptors 112, Detroit Pistons 99 Pascal Siakam had 26 points, Serge Ibaka supplied a season-high 25 points with 13 rebounds, and Toronto downed host Detroit.

Toronto’s Kyle Lowry notched a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, while OG Anunoby had 19 points and eight rebounds in the victory.

Detroit center Andre Drummond, the league’s leading rebounder, returned to action after missing two games due to left eye inflammation related to an allergic reaction. He had 22 points and 18 rebounds.

Denver Nuggets 113, Orlando Magic 104 Jamal Murray scored 33 points, Nikola Jokic had 18 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds, and host Denver erased a 19-point, third-quarter deficit to beat Orlando.

Paul Millsap had 15 points and 12 rebounds in his return to the lineup for the Nuggets, who beat the Magic for the eighth straight time. Millsap missed the previous two games due to a right quadriceps strain.

Nikola Vucevic had 20 points and D.J. Augustin scored 18 off the bench for the

Magic, who were outscored 68-44 in the second half.

Cleveland Cavaliers 100, Charlotte Hornets 98 Collin Sexton scored 23 points and Cedi Osman added 18 as host Cleveland held on to beat Charlotte.

Cleveland saw a 24-point lead trimmed to two, highlighted by Charlotte’s Terry Rozier draining four 3-pointers in a 65-second span late in the fourth quarter. Sexton dribbled the ball off his foot to give Charlotte one more chance, but Rozier’s final 3-point attempt drew iron.

Kevin Love collected 16 points and 14 rebounds and Tristan Thompson added 14 and 13, respectively, as Cleveland posted just its third win in 19 games.

Portland Trail Blazers 122, Golden State Warriors 112 Damian Lillard recorded 31 points and a season-hightying 13 assists, and CJ McCollum scored 30 points to help Portland notch a victory over visiting Golden State.

Hassan Whiteside collected a season-best 23 rebounds to go along with 16 points as Portland won for the third time in its past four contests.

Carmelo Anthony also contributed 17 points and eight rebounds.

D’Angelo Russell registered 26 points and seven assists for the Warriors, who lost their fifth straight game and ninth in the past 10. Glenn Robinson III scored 17 points and Alec Burks added 16 for Golden State.

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Boston 35 21 7 3 4 49 Buffalo 35 16 12 6 1 39 Montreal 34 16 12 5 1 38 Toronto 35 17 14 2 2 38 Tampa Bay 32 17 12 3 0 37 Florida 33 16 12 2 3 37 Ottawa 35 14 18 2 1 31 Detroit 36 9 24 2 1 21 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Washington 35 24 6 3 2 53 NY Islanders 32 22 8 2 0 46 Carolina 34 21 11 2 0 44 Pittsburgh 34 20 10 4 0 44 Philadelphia 34 18 11 0 5 41 NY Rangers 33 16 13 2 2 36 Columbus 34 14 14 5 1 34 New Jersey 33 11 17 1 4 27 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts St. Louis 36 22 8 3 3 50 Colorado 34 22 9 3 0 47 Winnipeg 34 20 12 1 1 42 Dallas 35 19 12 2 2 42 Nashville 33 16 12 3 2 37 Minnesota 35 16 14 4 1 37 Chicago 35 13 16 2 4 32 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Arizona 36 20 12 2 2 44 Vegas 37 19 13 5 0 43 Edmonton 37 19 13 3 1 42 Calgary 36 18 14 4 0 40 Vancouver 35 16 15 3 1 36 San Jose 36 16 18 1 1 34 Los Angeles 36 15 18 2 1 33 Anaheim 35 14 17 3 1 32 Tuesday’s games Los Angeles 4, Boston 3, OT Toronto 5, Buffalo 3 Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 3, OT Nashville 8, NY Islanders 3 Philadelphia 4, Anaheim 1 Columbus 5, Detroit 3 Carolina 6, Winnipeg 3 Pittsburgh 4, Calgary 1 Montreal 3, Vancouver 1 Vegas 3, Minnesota 2 Arizona at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s games New Jersey 3, Anaheim 1 Colorado 4, Chicago 1 St. Louis 2, Edmonton 1 Thursday’s games NY Islanders at Boston, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Carolina at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Montreal at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Arizona, 9:30 p.m.

Vegas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

GF GA 118 90 110 108 108 108 115 112 114 103 115 109 94 113 79 141 GF GA 125 100 95 80 113 89 114 90 105 100 105 106 87 101 80 116 GF GA 109 96 123 92 104 97 91 82 115 106 107 115 95 114 GF GA 100 86 112 105 109 112 96 108 111 108 98 125 94 114 89 104

NHL roundup: Blues’ Allen earns rare home win Field Level Media

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jake Allen enjoyed rare home-ice success in a 2-1 victory over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.

Allen made 35 saves to earn his first victory at Enterprise Center since Jan. 3, and the Blues completed a sweep of their four-game homestand. Brayden Schenn and Mackenzie MacEachern scored goals to support him.

James Neal scored and Mikko Koskinen stopped 42 of 44 shots for the Oilers, who have just three victories in their past 11 games (3-7-1).

Allen made 20 of his previous 21 starts on the road, dating to last season, when he lost the starting job to Jordan Binnington. In the 2018-19 season, he posted an .878 save percentage and 3.65 goalsagainst average at home and produced vastly better ratios (.924, 2.26) on the road. He had lost his only previous home start this season before Wednesday.

Devils 3, Ducks 1 Kyle Palmieri scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period for New Jersey, who began the post-Taylor Hall era by beating Anaheim in Newark, N.J. Nico Hischier scored earlier in the second and Sami Vatanen scored early in the third for the Devils, who have won backto-back games for just the fourth time this season. They have yet to win three in a row.

Former Devils center Adam Henrique scored in the first period for the Ducks, who have lost the first two games of a

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St. Louis Blues goaltender Jake Allen (34) makes a save on a shot by Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl (29) during Wednesday’s game at Enterprise Center.

four-game East Coast road trip.

Avalanche 4, Blackhawks 1 Mikko Rantanen and Ian Cole had a goal and an assist apiece, and Pavel Francouz made 31 saves to lead visiting Colorado to a victory over Chicago.

Nathan MacKinnon and Andre Burakovsky also scored goals while Gabriel Landeskog had two assists for Colorado,

which improved to 9-1-1 over its last 11 games. The Avalanche have won all three meetings with the Blackhawks this season, outscoring them 16-6 in the process.

Ryan Carpenter scored for Chicago, which lost for the fifth time in six games (1-4-1). Corey Crawford stopped 32 of the 35 shots he faced.

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Bills visit Patriots eyeing shot at division title Field Level Media

The Buffalo Bills flourished in one notable showdown. Now they get the chance to prove that they can do it again.

The Bills go on the road to face the New England Patriots for Saturday afternoon’s game that could determine the AFC East Division title.

“There is something on the line. It’s the opportunity to compete, No. 1,” Buffalo coach Sean McDermott said. “It’s another chance for us to continue to grow as a football team. What’s important is we focus on the things we can control.”

The Bills, who conquered the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night, must defeat the Patriots and then have some help. The Patriots would need to lose to the Miami Dolphins the following week while Buffalo defeats the New York Jets in order for the Bills to win the division title. Otherwise, the Bills will enter the AFC playoffs as the first wild card.

That’s quite an accomplishment already.

“The goal is to get yourself into the playoffs to have a shot at the Super Bowl,” Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen said.

This is different territory for the Bills (10-4), who’ve clinched a playoff spot with two games remaining. They hadn’t secured postseason participation that early since 1991.

“They do a lot of things well,” New England coach Bill Belichick said. “That’s reflected in their record and the way they’ve played.”

Meanwhile, the Patriots (11-3) are trying to wrap up their 11th straight divisional title. New

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Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer (21) celebrates his interception with safety Micah Hyde against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the fourth quarter at Heinz Field.

England has defeated the Bills in 34 of the last 38 meetings.

New England won the first meeting this season, a 16-10 road decision Sept. 29 in which the Patriots blocked a punt and intercepted Allen three times.

“There are quite a few differences between now and then,” Belichick said. “Some players we

NFL NOTEBOOK:

Jaguars fire top boss Coughlin Field Level Media

The Jacksonville Jaguars fired executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin on Wednesday evening, a decision that owner Shad Khan announced while saying he initially planned to wait until after the season.

“I thank Tom for his efforts, not only over the past three years but for all he did from our very first season, 25 years ago, to put the Jacksonville Jaguars on the map,” Khan said in a statement. “General Manager Dave Caldwell and Head Coach Doug Marrone will each report directly to me on an interim basis. My expectations, and those of our fans, for our final two games and the 2020 season are high.”

The news comes two days after the NFL Players Association won a grievance against the Jaguars through an NFL arbiter, regarding whether the team had the right to fine players for not rehabbing at team facilities during the offseason.

The NFLPA issued a lengthy statement condemning the Jaguars’ practices and advising future free agents to be wary of the team.

Coughlin, 73, had held his current role with the Jaguars since 2017, helping the team reach the AFC Championship Game in his first season. He also served as the Jaguars’ inaugural coach and posted a 68-60 record over eight seasons.

–Odell Beckham Jr. shot down the notion he wants out of Cleveland amid the Browns’ disappointing season.

“I’m not going anywhere,” Beckham told media members. “I’ll be here. We’ll figure this thing out. It’s just too special to leave.”

Beckham spoke 10 days after Fox Sports reported he told opposing players and coaches to “come get me” out of Cleveland. And that was after the receiver earlier had said, “no one knows what the future holds, like tomorrow.”

–Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott rested his arm as the team prepares for its NFC East showdown against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Prescott is nursing a right shoulder injury sustained in the Cowboys’ 44-21 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. His MRI after the game came back negative, per coach Jason Garrett.

didn’t see then that we’ll probably see now.”

Rookie running back Devin Singletary, now the full-time starter, might be the most significant player among that group.

“He has some speed to the outside, good quickness to make guys miss,” Belichick. “He’s a three-down player.”

The Bills are cast an underdog for this

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Jacksonville Jaguars executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin (green hat) looks on prior to a recent game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at TIAA Bank Field.

“He just banged it up and it’s hard for him to function right now,” Garrett said on Wednesday, “so (I) don’t want him throwing much in practice.”

–New York Giants rookie quarterback Daniel Jones, who missed the past two games because of a high ankle sprain, took part in a full practice with the first unit.

That would put Jones on track to start Sunday at the Washington Redskins, sending veteran Eli Manning back to the sideline. Jones was limited in practice all last week before being ruled out.

Jones, the sixth pick in the 2019 draft, has completed 61.6 percent of his passes (228 of 370) for 2,374 yards, with 18 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

–The Oakland Raiders are placing Pro Bowl offensive tackle Trent Brown on injured reserve and plan to hold out running back Josh Jacobs in Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Coach Jon Gruden announced the decisions three days after the Raiders lost their fourth straight game to fall to 6-8.

Brown, who started 11 games at right tackle this season, missed the two previous games with a pectoral injury sustained in Oakland’s 40-9 loss to Kansas City on Dec. 1.

Jacobs has played with a fractured shoulder since Week 7, missing just one game, in Week 14.

–The New Orleans Saints continued to address their secondary by signing safety D.J. Swearinger to a contract, multiple media outlets reported.

The reported move comes two days after the Saints claimed cornerback Janoris Jenkins off waivers.

Swearinger will be joining his third team this season. He was released by Arizona on Sept. 30 after playing in its first four games of the campaign before signing with Oakland in November, only to be cut last week.

–New York Giants tight end Evan Engram revealed that he will undergo surgery on his injured right foot later in the week.

Engram has been sidelined since New York’s 37-18 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 4.

He was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.

–New York Jets safety Jamal Adams returned to practice and expects to play for the first time in three weeks on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Adams, who was officially limited in practice as he returns from a high ankle sprain, told reporters the chances of him playing are “very high.”

–Chicago Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan was placed on injured reserve for the second time in four seasons, the team announced.

Trevathan injured his elbow while tackling quarterback Jeff Driskel during the Bears’ 20-13 victory over the Detroit Lions on Nov. 10.

–The Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed wide receiver Mike Evans and safety Jordan Whitehead on injured reserve on Wednesday.

Wide receiver Spencer Schnell was elevated from the practice squad to the active roster.

matchup, but the strides they’ve made have been significant.

“To establish more of a culture that we expect to have success,” McDermott said. “Instead of hoping to win or wishing to win, but to expect to win.”

Still, McDermott warns not to jump to conclusions.

“This league is funny,” he said. “Once you think you’ve arrived, you get your butt kicked.”

The Bills should be able to put pressure on Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Buffalo’s defense has registered 42 sacks this season – tied for seventh most in the NFL – with 20 of those coming in the past five games.

“We want our team to count on us in that phase and everybody else does their job, we do our job and that’s how you want it to work,” Buffalo defensive end Trent Murphy said.

The Bills might have more motivation after the Pro Bowl rosters came out this week and their lone representative was cornerback Tre’Davious White.

This is Buffalo’s third road test in a four-week span, beginning with a Thanksgiving triumph at Dallas.

The teams turned in rather limited injury reports early in the week, particularly for this late in the season. Patriots cornerback Jonathan Jones (groin) and Bills offensive tackle Ty Nsekhe (ankle) were the only players to miss practice with an injury.

Elijah Hughes had 23 points and Joseph Girard III added 20 as Syracuse won its first home game in more than three weeks, beating Oakland 74-62 on Wednesday night in Syracuse, N.Y. The Orange (6-5) won for just the second time in six games thanks to great ball distribution. Girard, a freshman point guard, had seven assists to pace an offense that assisted on 20 of 24 made field goals despite only shooting 41.4 percent as a team.

Hughes, a junior forward, was 9 of 19 from the field

including 5 of 10 from threepoint range. Syracuse hit 11 threes, seven in the first half, but attempted 35 from outside compared to 23 shots inside the arc.

Oakland (5-7) was frequently successful breaking Syracuse’s zone, outscoring the Orange 30-20 in the paint and getting to the line to make 20 of 24 free throws, but turnovers and poor perimeter shooting doomed the Golden Grizzles. They turned it over 16 times, leading to 15 Syracuse points, and made only 4 of 18 from 3-point range.

The Orange led by eight at halftime and built the edge to 51-39 with 16:06 left on a 3-pointer by Hughes.

Oakland wouldn’t go away, though, using a 7-0 run to pull within 55-51 on a banked jumper by senior forward Xavier Hill-Mais with 11:23 to go.

Hill-Mais picked up his third and fourth fouls in a 49-second span and had to sit with 9:14 left, and Syracuse responded by scoring six straight points including a Hughes dunk in transition off a feed from Girard to make it 61-51 with 8:26 left.

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ARTICLES of Organization for 1st CHOICE PLUMBING HEATING AND COOLING LLC were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on November 21, 2019.

Office Located in Greene County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon which process may be served and a copy shall be mailed by the Secretary of State to the LLC at 2535 Route 20 Cornwallville, NY 12418. Purpose: for any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the law.

Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. Baker Addiction LLC filed with the SSNY on 11/21/19. Office Columbia county. United States Corporation Agents, Inc.designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY11228 Purpose: Any lawful purpose CATSKILL CRYO LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/24/2019. Office loc: Greene County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 419 Sleepy Hollow Road, Unit 1, Athens, NY 12015. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

G3 PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/22/19.

Office: Greene County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 225 Schoharie Turnpike, Athens, NY 12015. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that the 2019-2020 annual inspection of the Darrow School buildings in New Lebanon, NY for fire hazards which might endanger the lives of students, teachers, employees therein, has been completed and the report thereof is available at the Darrow School Facilities office for inspection by all interested persons.

GREENE - INDEX NO.: 19-0463 – SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates GREENE COUNTY as

the place of trial based upon the location of the premises herein described having tax map Section 21.03, Block 1, Lots 2 & 3, Durham, NY, County of Greene – CITIBANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF NRZ PA S S - T H R O U G H TRUST VI, PLAINTIFF, -againstRALPH COGSWELL A/K/A RALPH E COGSWELL and TERRIE COGSWELL, if living, and if they be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirsat-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through, or under them and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs-at-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, BROOKSDE GREEN ASSOCIATES, LLC, JEFFERY WEILLER, AS TRUSTEE OF T H E L A N D TRUST03072016, A NEW YORK LAND TRUST, GREENE COUNTY CLERK, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, “JOHN DOE #1� through “JOHN DOE #12,� the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff's Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this

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summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered against you and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

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BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Syosset, New York, November 26, 2019.

Roach & Lin, P.C., attorney for Plaintiff, 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, NY 11791.

Tel: 516-938-3100. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Thomas A. Breslin, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated October 1, 2019 and filed with the Greene County Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage held by Plaintiff on the premises known as Section 21.03, Block 1, Lots 2 & 3, Durham, NY, County of Greene as described in the complaint on file and commonly known as 7 MANSARD RD DURHAM, NY 12422.

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Fire District will be held at 7 P.M. on Monday, December 30, 2019 at the Canaan Fire House, 2126 Route 295, Canaan, New York. The purpose of this meeting will be to clear up year-end bills and any leftover business. All persons having claims should have invoices submitted by this date.

The Organizational Meeting will be held at 7 P.M. at the regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at the Canaan Fire House, Route 295, Canaan, New York.

Patricia Liddle Chairperson Legal notice: Hilltop Auto Repair, LLC, filed with SSNY on 6/4/19.

Office: Greene County.

Theresa Sofia as agent for process and shall mail to: 645 Route 67, Leeds, NY 12451. Purpose: Auto mechanic services Mitchell Hollow LLC. Filed 10/28/19. Office: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Steven J. Lincoln, 875 Jay Drive, Wantagh, NY 11793. Purpose: General.

M KING ENTERPRISES, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/20/2019. Office loc: Greene County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Mary King, 285 Route 20 Sunside Road, Cairo, NY 12413. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY HILLS BERKSHIRE SCULPTURE GARDEN, LLC FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is BERKSHIRE HILLS SCULPTURE GARDEN, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company�)

SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on October 15, 2019.

THIRD: The County within the State of New York in which the office of the Company is located is Columbia.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is Matt Thomases, 135 Eastern Parkway 6E, Brooklyn, NY 11238.

FIFTH: The Company is organized for all lawful purposes, and to do any and all things necessary, convenient, or incidental to that purpose.

Dated: November 20, 2019 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 31 RR AVE LLC A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on November 27, 2019.

New York Office Location - Greene County.

Secretary of State of the State of New York is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State of the State of New York shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her at: c/o LLC, 613 Rudolph Weir Jr. Road, Earlton NY 12058.

PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: The Wolfe's Den, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 4, 2019 Office Location: Greene County.

SSNY Designated as Agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC. 2792 County Route 51, Hannacroix, New York 12087.

Keyland Partners II Purpose: Any lawful LLC, Arts of Org. filed purpose. with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/22/2019.

BETHANY VILLAGE Cty: Greene. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against SENIOR CITIZENS may be served & shall mail process to 14 SUBSIDIZED HOUSING Hayes St., Elmsford, 1 Bedroom Apartment NY 10523. General â&#x20AC;˘ Community Room â&#x20AC;˘ Laundry Center Purpose. â&#x20AC;˘ Maintenance Staff, Night Resident Legal Notice â&#x20AC;˘ Manicured Grounds â&#x20AC;˘ Computer Room CANAAN FIRE DISâ&#x20AC;˘ Screened Gazebos â&#x20AC;˘ Service Coordinator TRICT Please take notice that Route 385 West Coxsackie, NY 12192 a special year-end J]flYd G^Ă&#x161;[] -)0%/+)%001( meeting of the Canaan L<< )%0((%,*)%)**(

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER, Plaintiff AGAINST CARRIE L. NAYLOR AKA CARRIE NAYLOR, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 17, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Lobby of the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Village of Catskill, on January 09, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 40 GROVE STREET, CAIRO, NY 12413. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Cairo, Town of Cairo and County of Greene and State of New York, SECTION 101.05, BLOCK 4, LOT 9.

Approximate amount of judgment $150,908.05 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 18-01092.

DENISE F. ESSLIE, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BAR GOOD, LLC FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is BAR GOOD, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Companyâ&#x20AC;?)

SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on November 15, 2019.

THIRD: The County within the State of New York in which the office of the Company is located is Columbia.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is Marie Wong, 2 West 67th Street â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Apt 6C, New York, New York 10023.

FIFTH: The Company is organized for all lawful purposes, and to do any and all things necessary, convenient, or incidental to that purpose.

Dated: November 20, 2019 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534

Notice of Formation of JV HOME & PROPERTY LLC, Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/23/2019. Office location: Greene County.

SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to 9601 SR 32, Freehold, NY 12431.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of Chatham Garden Venue, LLC. Art of org. filed with NY Sec. of State on November 27, 2019, SOS is designated as agent upon whom service should be served, SOS shall mail service of process to the LLC, 54 Main Street, Chatham, NY 12037

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Mayor of the City of Hudson, New York, will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 30, 2019 at 4:00 PM in the Common Council Chambers, City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson, on the following proposed Local Laws which were adopted by the Common Council on December 17, 2019: Proposed Local Law Introductory No. 5 of 2019 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Amending the City Charter Concerning Residency Requirements for the City Attorney.

Proposed Local Law Introductory No. 7 of 2019 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Amending the City Charter to Designate the Majority Leader of the Common Council to Preside Over Meetings in the absence of the Common Council President.

Complete texts of the above proposed laws are on file and may be examined at the City Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, City Hall during regular office hours. The proposed laws may also be viewed on the city website www.cityofhudson.org Tracy Delaney City Clerk NOTICE OF BOND RESOLUTION The following resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted by the Common Council of the City of Hudson, New York, on the 17th day of December, 2019, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an

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Tracy Delaney City Clerk City of Hudson, New York BOND RESOLUTION DATED DECEMBER 17, 2019 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF A LADDER TRUCK AT AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF $1,440,000 AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SERIAL BONDS OF THE CITY OF HUDSON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,087,500 PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW TO FINANCE THE COST THEREOF, AND DELEGATING CERTAIN POWERS IN C O N N E C T I O N THEREWITH TO THE CITY TREASURER Objects or purposes: The Resolution authorizes the acquisition of one Ladder Truck for fire department purposes, at an estimated maximum cost of $1,440,000. The aforesaid purpose constitutes a Type II Action as defined under the State Environmental Quality Review Regulations, 6 NYCRR Part 617, which has been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment.

Period of Probable Usefulness: Twenty (20) years pursuant to subdivision 27 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. Maximum Amount of Obligations to be Issued: The City plans to finance a portion of the cost of said purpose by the issuance of serial bonds of the City in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,087,500, hereby authorized to be issued therefor pursuant to the Local Finance Law. A portion of the cost of said purpose is hereby authorized and directed to be paid from the City’s fire department truck reserve fund in an amount equal to the balance therein of $352,496.19 together with any remaining interest earnings thereon.

Delegation: The power to authorize bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance of the serial bonds authorized by this resolution, determine the form and terms of said serial bonds, and take certain other actions is delegated to the City Treasurer, as Chief Fiscal Officer.

A complete copy of the bond resolution summarized above is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the City Clerk, located at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson, New York.

Dated: December 18, 2019 Hudson, New York

Notice of formation of Old Wagon Woods, LLC Art. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/06/2018. Office Location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC: 160 Fairview Ave Ste 812-140, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Ariel M Blakely a/k/a Ariel Blakely, Heather R Brooks a/k/a Heather Brooks, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 11-6-2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY on January 21, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 14599 State Route 22, New Lebanon, NY 12125. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of New Lebanon, County of Columbia and State of New York, SECTION: 19.2, BLOCK: 1, LOT: 41.

Approximate amount of judgment $94,741.78 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #14224/2019. Henry R. Bauer, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-087515-F01 67084 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificate holders of CWALT, Inc., CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2004-J2 Mortgage pass-through Certificates Series 2004-J2, Plaintiff AGAINST Bryan Mulligan; Barbara Mulligan; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 4, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, New York on January 9, 2020 at 11:30AM, premises known as 665 Hearts Content Road, Cairo, NY 12413. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Cairo, County of Greene, State of NY, Section 100.00 Block 6 Lot 5.1. Approximate amount of judgment $111,127.28 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 180611.

Richard T. Morrissey, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: November 12, 2019 #97978

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Steven Rose 237 LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 6, 2019. New York office location: 237 County Route 7A, Town of Copake, County of Columbia and the State of New York. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: Steven Rose 237 LLC; 372 Central Park West, Suite 11U, New York, New York 10025. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section Notice of Formation – 206 of the Limited Company Old Wagon Woods, Liability Law. LLC

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is Be Colouring, LLC. 2. The Articles of organization of the Limited Liability Company were filed on September 24, 2019 with the New York Secretary of State. 3.

The office of the Limited Liability Company is located in Columbia County. 4. Secretary of State is designated as agent of the Limited Liability Company upon whom process against it may be served. 5. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process served to the Limited Liability Company to 160 Fairview Avenue, Ste 812-113, Hudson, NY 12534. 6. The latest date to dissolve is indefinite. 7. The purpose of the Limited Liability Company is to conduct all lawful activity.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, dba Christiana Trust as Owner Trustee of the Residential Credit Opportunities Trust V,, Plaintiff AGAINST Debra Pignotti a/k/a Debra L. Pignotti; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 8, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, New York on January 8, 2020 at 9:30AM, premises known as 22 Winter Clove Road Extension, Round Top, NY 12473. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Cairo, County of Greene, State of NY, Section 135.00 Block 2 Lot 31 fka Section 135.00 Block 2 Lot 7.12 fka Section 135.00 Block 2 Lot 5.1.

Approximate amount of judgment $179,746.47 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 2017-818.

Angelo Scaturro, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: December 4, 2019 #98071 Organization of MAJESTRIC VALLEY MEDICAL LLC 872 Mountain Avenue Apt 1 Purling, NY 12470 filed June 26, 2019 with SSNY 99 Washington Ave. Albany, NY for General Purpose.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Eco-Site II, LLC (“Eco-Site”) and T-Mobile Northeast LLC (“T-Mobile”) (together “Applicants”) will perform a balloon test at 892 Overlook Road, Hillsdale, NY 12529, also identified as Section 166, Block 2, Lot 4 on the tax map of the Town of Copake (the “Site”). The balloon test is in connection with the Applicants’ proposal to the Town of Copake for approval to locate a wireless communications facility (the “Facility”) at the Site.

The Facility is necessary to remedy a significant gap in reliable personal wireless services in accordance with the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.

The Facility is proposed to include a 145 foot monopole (with a 5 foot lighting rod on top) with antennas thereon, together with related equipment located within a secure fenced area at the base thereof.

The balloon test will be conducted on January 7, 2020 at the Site, or in case of inclement or windy weather, each consecutive day thereafter until the balloon test is completed. The balloon shall be flown from approximately 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. weather permitting.

The purpose of the balloon test is to establish the approximate location and height of the Facility so that computer generated visual renderings can be prepared from various viewpoints.

The balloon test will consist of an approximately three foot diameter brightly colored balloon being floated on a tether line to a maximum height of 150 feet above ground level. Please contact the Applicants’ attorney, Robert D. Gaudioso of Snyder & Snyder, LLP, at 914-333-0700 if you should have any questions in advance of the balloon test.

Polished Rock LLC Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 11/1/19. Office Location: Columbia County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 25 Payn Ave., Chatham, NY 12037. Purpose: any lawful activity.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW ARTICLE 25-AA, SECTION 303-B AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS; INCLUSION OF VIABLE

A G R I C U LT U R A L LAND, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Columbia County Board of Supervisors, State of New York at the Columbia County Office Building, 1st Floor Chambers, 401 State Street, Hudson, NY 12534 on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 4:00 pm on said day to consider requests for inclusion of property of predominantly viable agricultural land within a state certified agricultural district filed with the Columbia County Board of Supervisors. The proposed additions include parcels located in Columbia County, New York in the Towns of Chatham and Gallatin.

The following parcels listed by owner name and tax map number are proposed additions to Agricultural Districts 4 and 10. The request includes: Four (4) parcels owned

by Sigler Road LLC ( G a l l a t i n 219.-1-12.110, 219.-1-12.120, 219.-1-12.200, and 218.-1-40) in Agricultural District 4.

One (1) parcel owned

by Warren Thiel and Dale Lee Thiel (Chatham 25.-1-44) in Agricultural District 10.

The hearing on said applications will be held in the Board of Supervisors Chambers of the Columbia County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson, New York 12534.

Said hearing will be held to consider the requests for inclusion, and the recommendations of the Columbia County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board.

All parties in interest and citizens will be heard.

Dated: December 10, 2019 Clerk of the Board Columbia County Board of Supervisors RSG INTERNATIONAL TAX CONSULTING, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/18/19. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 477 Madison Ave New York NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

SOUL SAMURAI LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/09/19.

Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1650 Broadway, Suite 1106, New York, NY 10019. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF GREENE WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST C Plaintiff, vs.

SARIAN L. SPAIN A/K/A SARAH L. COLVIN, CHARLES J. SPAIN, et al., Defendants NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Greene County on October 18, 2019, I, Veronica M. Kosich, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on January 17, 2020 at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Village of Catskill, County of Greene, State of New York, at 10:00 AM, the premises described as follows: 302 Indian Ridge Road Earlton, NY 12058 SBL No.: 102-4-12.11 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Cairo, Greene County, New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 20171040 in the amount of $143,372.43 plus interest and costs.

Kristin M. Bolduc, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff's Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Rochester, New York 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING AND UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff -againstNICHOLAS ERTLE, LISA ERTLE A/K/A LISA R. ERTLE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated September 27, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY on January 10, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. premises situate in the Town of Gallatin, Columbia County, New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron rod in the northeasterly corner of the herein described parcel, said iron rod being on the westerly line of the old road along the southwest shore of Lake Taghkanic, and on the division line between lands of the Taconic State Park Commission on the northwest and the herein described lands on the southwest; thence on a curve to the right with a radius of 358.0 feet for a distance of 163.07 feet along said road line, the chord of said curve being S W, 161.0 feet; thence with the westerly road line of the Town Highway known as Pond Lily Road #2 the following courses and distances: 1. S W, 317.25 feet; 2.

S W, 42.19 feet; 3. S W, 515.0 feet; 4. S W, 12.44 feet to a railroad spike in the driveway; 5. S W, 23.14 feet to an iron rod; thence N W, 229.21 feet along lands of Donald Coons to an iron rod recovered; thence N W, 126.16 feet along lands of flossie Coons to an iron rod; thence along lands of the Taconic State Park Commission; 1. N E, 293.60 feet; 2. N E, 587.60 feet; 3. S E, 655.62 feet.

Said premises known as 225 WEST POND LILY ROAD AKA 225 POND LILY ROAD, GALLATIN, NY Approximate amount of lien $453,758.19 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 8083/2014.

BARRY D. SACK ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File# 7254.9117 Town of Austerlitz Columbia County New York PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Austerlitz has changed its organizational meeting until January 8, 2020 starting at 8:30 am. Meeting will be held at the Austerlitz Town Hall, 816 Route 203, Spencertown, NY.

By Order of the Supervisor Susan Haag, Town Clerk December 18, 2019

SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF GREENE BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Plaintiff against JAY KALLMAN, WINDHAM-KALLMAN PROPERTIES, INC., et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated October 28, 2019.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, N.Y. on the 9th day of January, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Windham, County of Greene and State of New York bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the approximate center of State Highway Route 296 at the southeasterly corner of this parcel. Being the SUPREME COURT - southwesterly corner COUNTY OF COLUM- of other lands of WindBIA ham-Kallman Proper-

ties, Inc. as described in deed book 984 page 315. Referenced as being located approximately 65 feet westerly of State Route 296 with its intersection with County Road 40.

Proceeding along the approximate center of State Highway; THENCE north 30 degrees 59 minutes 05 seconds west for a distance of 7.97 feet; THENCE north 30 degrees 44 minutes 35 seconds west for a distance of 38.01 feet to the lands now or formerly of Maben and Hunt as described in deed book 681 page 10. Continuing along the lands of Maben and Hunt and party along the lands now or formerly of from as described in deed book 897 page 211; THENCE north 58 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds east for a distance of 212.36 feet to a point found on the line of lands of the Hensonville Community Cemetery Continuing along the Cemetery lands; THENCE south 35 degrees 00 minutes 15 seconds east for a distance of 44.52 feet to a point. Here continues along a new division line along the other lands of WindhamKallman Properties, Inc.; THENCE south 58 degrees 10 minutes 10 seconds west for a distance of 215.66 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. All as shown on a map entitled “Survey Map Prepared for WindhamKallman Properties, Inc. 339 Route 296” prepared by Robert J. Lhlenburg and dated February 01, 2005 and filed March 10, 2005 in the Office of the Greene County Clerk.

TOGETHER with and subject to covenants, easements and restrictions of record.

Said premises known as 399 State Route 296, Hensonville, N.Y. 12439.

(Section: 96.14, Block: 1, Lot: 34 f/k/a part of 23) Approximate amount of lien $ 425,887.17 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 1223-08. Michael Howard, Esq., Referee.

DeRose & Surico Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 213-44 38th Avenue Bayside, N.Y. 11361

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Taconic Hills’ Kirsten Shumsky brings the ball up the floor with Emily Mottoshiski (13) during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game against Hudson.

Girls From B1

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Hudson coach Brice Ivery talks to his team during a timeout in Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game against Taconic Hills.

Marleah Perry and Emily Mottoshiski all had five points for the Titans.

Hudson entertains Albany Leadership and Taconic Hills plays host to Maple Hill on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

HUDSON (59): K. Jepsen 2-2-6, Alert 1-0-2, Jones 3-17, Johnson 3-0-6, Beauford

Taconic hills coach Tom Davis talkes with his team during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game against Hudson.

4-3-11, McDonald 2-1-7, Krager 1-0-2, Coppersmith 6-1-13, Ragland-Oliver 1-3-5.

Totals 23-11-59.

3-pointers: McDonald 2.

TACONIC HILLS (19): Sparacino 1-3-5, Perry 1-25, Mottosiski 1-2-5, Kernan 2-0-4, Shumsky 0-0-0. Totals 5-7-19 3-pointers: Perry, Mottoshiski.

Maple Hill 67, Greenville 27 GREENVILLE — Eleven players reached the scoring

column for MAple Hill in Wednesday’s victory over Greenville.

Jenna Hoffman was the Wildcats’ lone double-figure scorer with 10 points. Natasha Strock and Paige Bleau contributed nine apiece.

Natalie Krasney had a game-high 12 points for the Spartans.

The Wildcats built quarterly leads of 17-5, 35-9 and 53-19.

Maple Hill goes to Taconic Hills and Greenville hosts

Catskill on Friday.

MAPLE HILL (67): Bennett 2-0-6, Barger 3-0-7, Bleau 3-2-9, Brewer 1-0-3, Chevrier 2-0-4, Eckel 1-0-3, C. Haller 2-1-5, Hoffman 1-8-10, Smith 2-1-5, Strock 4-1-9, Tedford 2-2-6. Totals 23-15-67.

3-pointers: Bennett 2, Barger, Bleau, Brewer, Eckel.

GREENVILLE (27): Duncan 1-0-2, E. Haller 0-4-4, Krasney 4-4-12, Rauf 1-0-2, Silk 3-0-7. Totals 9-8-27.

3-pointers: Silk.

Boys From B1

Bervonis Donely 10.

Kyle Delamater was Taconic Hills’ top scorer with seven points.

Catskill travels to Greenville and Taconic Hills vists Maple Hill on Friday.

CATSKILL (100): Christian 4-0-9, Johnson 9-1-20, Gibbs 1-1-3, Lyles 2-3-7, Fernandez 8-0-16, Lowe-Scott 1-0-2, Donely 4-1-10, Scott 4-0-8, Haye 10-4-25. Totals 43-10100.

3-pointers: Christian, Johnson, Donely, Haye.

TACONIC HILLS (26): Van Alstyne 1-2-5, Nowak 1-1-3, Colwell 0-1-1, Preusser 1-1-4, Delamater 3-0-7, Krzeminski 1-0-3, Myers 1-0-3. Totals 8-5-26.

3-pointers: Van Alstyne, Preusser, Delamater, Krzeminski, Myers.

Giants From B1

whom the Giants passed over for Jones.

Jones and Haskins already faced each other in Week 4, but it was Haskins’ NFL debut in mid-game relief of

Yankee From B1

questions about expectations of multiple titles and, in a grand flourish, brandishing the sign he took to the World Series in 2001, when he was 11 and cheering on the Yankees.

For the Yankees, the news conference was confirmation of the ease and confidence that had drawn them to him.

For Cole, it was the culmination of a childhood fantasy.

“I can remember as a little boy dreaming about being a Major League Baseball player, specifically a Yankee,” Cole said. “It’s the right time and the right place to take that step.”

Cole grew up in Southern California worshipping the Yankees, who picked him as a high schooler in the first round of the amateur draft in 2008.

But Cole elected to attend UCLA and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2011. In 2018 he again eluded the Yankees when he was traded to the

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Catskill’s Melik Christian reacts after committing a foul in Wednesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Taconic Hills.

Catskill’s Logan Scott heads up the floor after scoring a bucket in Wednesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Taconic Hills.

Case Keenum. Washington is a run-heavy offense under interim head coach Bill Callahan led by Adrian Peterson.

Fumbles have been Jones’ biggest turnover issue this season, but he threw three interceptions in his last appearance against the Packers, so it’s all the above that he must correct.

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progressing well and doing more and more. It feels good, just have to keep it going that way.” He reiterated that last week “I think I felt good through the week,” as well.

The Giants will visit Washington and close with a Week 17 home game against the Eagles (7-7).

The Giants at the moment sit in the No. 2 draft slot

ahead of Washington and Miami, which have identical 3-11 records. So Sunday’s result will impact the draft order significantly, but as Jones said, the Giants are trying to win.

If Cincinnati (1-13) loses to the Dolphins this weekend, the Bengals will clinch the No. 1 overall pick.

language any new signee might use, calling them “the best organization in the league.” But Cole brought a prop to back up his words: He reached below the lectern to produce the sign he had taken to a 2001 World Series game in Arizona. It read: “Yankees fan today tomorrow forever.”

The pinstripes on the sign had faded, and the letters yellowed, but Cole insisted it was the one from his youth, when he became a fan of the club through the influence of his father, who lived in New York for a time.

“I mean, it’s 18 years old,” Cole said.

But perhaps it was most surprising when Cole took the opportunity to mention Marvin Miller, the longtime head of the players union who led the fight for free agency in the 1970s, and Curt Flood, the player who challenged the reserve clause, another big step in allowing players a chance to test an open market.

“We’ve seen competitiveness blossom and free agency blossom, and he played a

major role in that,” Cole said of Miller. “Curt Flood as well.

Challenging the reserve clause was essential to the blossoming sport we have today.”

Cole explained later that he had learned about the two from John Buck, a teammate in Pittsburgh who would challenge rookies on bus rides in a baseball version of the Socratic method. Buck would demand that the younger players tell him who Miller and Flood were and why they were so important. That rubbed off on Cole, and when he finally had the chance to taste the fruits of their work and sacrifice, he did not forget it.

“I hope that goes on in every bus in the major leagues,” Cole said, “because challenging the reserve clause was one of the first steppingstones to, ultimately, the system we have today, which I believe brings out the most genuine competitiveness that we have in baseball.”

Now that the Yankees have Cole, the balance of that competition tilts a bit more in their direction.

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Houston Astros.

This season with Houston, he went 20-5 with a 2.50 ERA, finished second in the American League Cy Young Award voting and set himself up for a mammoth payday in free agency. He was said to have been pursued by several deeppocketed teams.

The Yankees would not miss him a third time. They secured Cole with a nine-year, $324 million contract — a record amount for a pitcher — and Wednesday was the time to show him off to the world and articulate exactly why they had committed all that money.

“We need to win some world championships,” said Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees’ principal owner, “and I believe we’re going to do that.

Sooner rather than later.”

Steinbrenner was asked to clarify: Did he mean more than one?

“Plural,” he said.

Cole, 29, did not shy away from the pressure of those expectations or from the role he now occupies in that

of 370 passes this season (61.6%) for 2,374 yards (6.4 average), 18 TDs and 11 interceptions. He has rushed 39 times for 241 yards (6.2 ypc) and two TDs. He has been sacked 33 times and has lost his last eight starts, with a 2-8 record overall.

Shurmur maintained a poker face when asked if

Jones was starting Sunday.

“Well, we don’t know yet,” he said. “We just need to see how his ankle responds to the added work he did today, and then we’ll just take it from there. In the event he can’t start, certainly, we have a very experienced backup behind him.”

But Jones said of his ankle: “It’s feeling better. I think I’m

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New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole, center, holds the sign he was photographed holding at the 2001 World Series as a kid as he poses for photos with Hal Steinbrenner, left, and his wife Amy during a press conference at Legends Club at Yankee Stadium.

endeavor, as the ace of a team that just completed its first decade without a World Series appearance since the 1910s.

“It doesn’t scare me,” he said when told of Steinbrenner’s comments. “It’s what I dreamed of. Who wouldn’t want to compete for a championship every year?”

Steinbrenner acknowledged that he had declined to offer such big paydays for free

agents when he had the opportunity in the past. But Cole was too special to pass up, he said. Brian Cashman, the Yankees’ general manager, commended Steinbrenner for adding the ninth year of the deal early in negotiations, saying it had separated the Yankees from the Dodgers and the Angels.

Cole, in turn, praised the Yankees with the type of

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Couple fights over money spent on granddaughter Dear Abby, My husband and I are retired and financially comfortable. I have my spending money, and he has his. The problem is, he doesn’t want me to spend any money on my granddaughter.

I pick her up from school every day, give her an afternoon snack, and on Friday, we stop DEAR ABBY and get something special. My husband thinks my daughter should pay for my gas and provide snacks for her child. I disagree. I love doing things for my granddaughter and buying things for her every once in a while. When I do, he goes nuts, packs up his clothes and goes to his camp. After a few days he will call.

I have lived with this behavior all our married life (55 years). He has fussed so many times and made me so depressed, I just want to die. He says he loves me, but I wonder. If he loved me, he would want me to be happy — doing things with my granddaughter and getting her pretty things every now and then because it makes me happy.

I don’t go out and get my hair or nails done.

I don’t drink or smoke, and we don’t go out to eat at expensive restaurants. His complaining is driving me crazy, and I can’t live like this anymore. She’s 10 and growing up so fast. All I want is to enjoy her the little while I have left. Advice?

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JEANNE PHILLIPS

After 55 years of tolerating your husband’s tantrums and controlling behavior, I seriously doubt you are going to get him to change. You can, however, change the way you react to it. If you have money of your own, he does not have the right to tell you how to spend it. Let him go camping, and while he’s gone, enjoy your time with your

granddaughter. If he “goes nuts” — which I assume means becomes verbally abusive — leave the room.

Ask yourself whether you are better off with this man or without him. And if you truly cannot live like this anymore, talk to an attorney and explore your options.

Dear Abby, My husband and I have a friend of 35 years I’ll call Hank.

Hank had an accident three months ago. His vehicle was totaled, and he has been depending upon us to take him grocery shopping and to various appointments. When we take him, he often adds additional stops without asking ahead of time, which turns a quick trip into a marathon shopping excursion.

We still work part-time, while Hank is retired. He is procrastinating about buying another vehicle, citing various reasons why he can’t find the right one, and we are becoming exhausted from driving him around. We have mentioned several times that he needs to get a vehicle; his response is, “It’s not easy.”

We feel sad that our friendship has taken this turn. We have tried to be as helpful as possible, but our patience is wearing thin. What do you suggest?

Worn Out In The Southwest

DR. KEITH ROACH

I am sorry about your stepfather, and hope he recovers fully.

Even if the tests were performed with the best techniques available, screening tests are unable to identify all risks, especially for stroke. Many strokes come from plaque in the major arteries, especially the carotid arteries, which provide the blood supply to the brain, and are part of the screening. The plaque can also be in the arch of the aorta, which is the blood vessel that supplies all the blood to the body. The arch is the first part of this major blood vessel, and the carotid arteries come off the aorta in the arch. The arch is not normally visualized in screening tests.

However, strokes can come from diseased blood vessels inside the brain, which are also difficult to see. Heart rhythm problems such as atrial fibrillation, which can come and go and might not be picked up on during the screening, can also lead to stroke, as can blood clots elsewhere in the body that go through a septal defect (“hole”) in the heart and from there to the brain.

Screening tests can miss several potential sources of stroke. This can lead to an

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — A creative endeavor is at risk of going a little haywire today if you’re not willing to draw the line and establish a code of behavior.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You can impress someone with your overall understanding of a difficult situation — but that doesn’t guarantee your coming up with a solution.

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inappropriate sense of security, which could keep a person from seeking medical attention quickly in the event of symptoms. Even for areas that the screening test can see, such as the carotid arteries, it is possible to have a false negative test — disease is present but isn’t registered by the test.

The other problem with screening tests, especially in those done in people with low Hagar the Horrible risks, is that the test can say there is a problem when there isn’t.

This is called a false positive test, and can lead to unnecessary follow-up testing and a great deal of worry.

After a stroke, doctors try hard to identify the underlying cause, so it can be treated if possible.

Your stepfather should have undergone a thorough evaluation. If a cause is identified, it would be appropriate to see whether the screening test was wrong or if the stroke was from a cause that was not looked for in the battery of screening tests he got.

There are some people who have strokes for which no cause can be identified. People in this Zits category should still pay careful attention to stroke risk factors, including blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking cessation, if appropriate. Many people will be put on medication, such as aspirin or a statin. Heavy drinkers should cut down their alcohol use. Although often overlooked, regular moderate exercise and a healthy diet, such as a Mediterranean diet, have been shown to reduce risk of stroke and heart attack, which is particularly important in a person who has already had one.

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are compelled to explore as much as you can of the world around you, and this will lead you into one new adventure after another, in all sorts of places, with all different types of people. Especially when young you may seem to others to be a little too footloose and fancy-free, but when you are older, all of that experience you have tucked away will begin to bear fruit as you apply everything you have learned through the years to the endeavor you ultimately choose as a career.

You will fight tooth and nail to ensure that you and those around you are able to see the big picture, and to be tolerant of all those different from yourself. Indeed, you are likely to prove a warrior against any kind of hatred or bigotry; you give everyone a fair shake and insist others do the same.

Also born on this date are: Jonah Hill, actor; Peter Criss, drummer; George Roy Hill, filmmaker; Dick Wolf, TV producer; Harvey Firestone, tire mogul; Irene Dunne, actress; Branch Rickey, baseball manager and civil rights pioneer.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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I suggest you stop making yourselves so available when Hank asks for transportation. If you do, it may stimulate him to look more diligently for a new vehicle, or explore other rideshare options.

Battery of screening tests didn’t predict stepdad’s stroke My stepfather had a series of screening tests done by a commercial company, including tests on his carotid arteries, abdominal aorta, peripheral arteries and heart rhythm. He received a good report. However, two or three weeks after the screening, he suffered a stroke. My confidence in the TO YOUR screening program was shaken!

GOOD HEALTH How accurate are these tests?

Family Circus

Baby Blues AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Your interpretation of an unexpected situation sends ripples among those who know you best. Communication is the key to getting this sorted out.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — While some gravitate toward you today, others are likely to move away from you for reasons that you don’t understand at first.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — It’s essential today that you present yourself and your ideas in the best possible light. Be ready to go in case you’re given the go-ahead.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You’ll want to get as much as possible done quickly, as you have one or two personal issues that will surely take up time late in the day.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — A friend has been trying for some time to come up with a solution to a stubborn problem, but today you get to the heart of the matter right away.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Your inner power will be on display at certain moments today, and you mustn’t hold back. It’s important for others to see you take command.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’ve had a tendency lately to take things far too personally, but today you must be objective if you’re going to remain competitive.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’re likely to receive a “hint” of sorts at just the right time. What happens after that takes you and your allies very much by surprise.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’re struggling to find the “right” thing to do in your situation. Let go of preconceptions and the answer will come before you know it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — While others may be trying to throw their weight around today, you can get better results by being kind, gentle, subtle and persuasive.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

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Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

“C” is for Christmas Level 1

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3

4

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

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(Answers tomorrow)

Yesterday’s

Jumbles: HIPPO HONEY FRIGHT STUCCO Answer: The difficult decision between going with glossy or matte prints was a — PHOTO FINISH

Solution to Thursday’s puzzle

12/20/19 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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Each answer is a Christmas word that begins with “C.” (e.g., Santa’s surname. Answer: Claus.)

Freshman level 1. A Christmas song.

2. His version of “White Christmas” is the best-selling single record.

3. The traditional entry into a house for Santa.

Graduate level 4. A representation of Christ’s nativity in the stable at Bethlehem.

5. A paper roll with a favor inside that pops when the ends are pulled sharply.

6. Many people credit this company’s ads with creating the image of Santa Claus.

PH.D. level 7. Feb. 2; a Christian holy day.

8. Term for a small bed for a baby.

9. Title of a 1945 film: “Christmas in _____.”

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Carol. 2. Crosby (Bing). 3. Chimney. 4. Creche. 5. Cracker. 6. Coca-Cola. 7.

Candlemas. 8. Cradle. 9. Connecticut.

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Noisy bird 4 21st-century U.S. president 9 Poison ivy symptom 13 Give a hoot 14 Word before bears or opposites 15 Oxford or loafer 16 Abysses 17 Smile or frown 19 Late great heavyweight 20 Frock 21 Young hoodlums 22 Dog’s misery 24 “__ whiz!”

25 Sci-fi staples 27 Banquets 30 Tooth problem 31 Socrates or Onassis 33 Knock 35 Passionate 36 Smooth and shiny 37 Capsule 38 __ culpa 39 Strikes with an open palm 40 Disney dog 41 On cloud nine 43 All thumbs 44 “I do,” for one 45 Vise 46 __ than; besides 49 Fine mist 51 Warm welcome 54 Drugstores 56 Out of danger 57 All __; listening 58 Spouses 59 Shoelace problem 60 Running shoe brand 61 Florence’s place 62 Common contraction DOWN 1 Lockup 2 Faux 3 Positive reply 4 “Tosca” & “Carmen” 5 Crates

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6 Great place to ski 7 One of the planets 8 “Roses __ red, violets…”

9 Magazine editions 10 Skinny 11 Chef 12 Roosters’ mates 13 Many a tax preparer, for short 18 Utter 20 Refuse to admit 23 Pencil’s core 24 Computer tech, often 25 Actor West 26 Embankment 27 Charges 28 Jubilantly victorious 29 Seasons at the table 31 Elated 32 Elected official: abbr.

34 Stratagem 36 Murdered

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Non Sequitur

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37 Prune, before it’s dried 39 Violent weather 40 Theater event 42 Reluctant; unwilling 43 Elegant 45 Fish basket 46 Uncapped 47 Bangkok native

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48 “__! The Herald Angels Sing” 49 “Take a hike!”

50 Pocket bread 52 Eerie sightings, for short 53 __ it; understand 55 Parisian pal 56 Word before lift or boots

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