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Amedure seeks rematch against Sen. Hinchey

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

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Richard Amedure is seeking a rematch with State Senator Michelle Hinchey in November for their state senate race from 2020.

ALBANY — The man who lost to freshman Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Saugerties, in 2020 is gearing up for a rematch to represent the newly drawn 48th Senate District.

Amedure, a Republican from Rensselaerville, officially announced his candidacy this week and sits poised to secure the GOP

nomination.

“I have the support of the nominating committees in all five counties, so there’s nobody else throwing their hat in the ring,” Amedure said Wednesday.

The new district drawn and adopted by the Democratic-controlled Legislature will encompass all of Greene County and the western half of Columbia County, including

the city of Hudson and towns of Greenport, Livingston and Stockport.

No other challengers have emerged seeking the GOP nomination, clearing the path for Amedure, 57, who attended the Dutchess County Republican nominating convention Tuesday night — the last to be See AMEDURE A2

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Six candidates bid for 3 Catskill trustee seats

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — Three seats on the Catskill Village Board are on the line in Tuesday’s election with six candidates competing for the slots. A pair of three-year terms and one unexpired term of two years will be decided. Voting will be from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Jeffrey Holliday and Michelle Williams will face off for the twoyear term, while the remaining four candidates will compete for the two three-year terms that are up for grabs.

NATASHA LAW Age - 39 Occupation - Owner and operator of The Juice Branch in Catskill and Hudson.

How long have you lived in Greene County? - Has lived in the town of Catskill since the age of 2 and has lived in the Village of Catskill for the past 25 years.

Incumbent or Challenger? Incumbent, finishing her first three-year term.

Party line on ballot Democratic and Action Have you held previous elected office? - Catskill Natasha Law Village Board College No Military Service - No Why did you decide to run?

- “I decided to run three years ago because I love Catskill,” Law said. “This is where I grew up.

This is where I graduated. This is where I decided to raise my family and where I decided to open my first business. I am invested in our community. I honestly wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.”

What would your priorities be if elected? - “Union contracts for the next four years for the village police and our DPW are underway and in the final stages,” Law said. “Working with a great committee, we’ve created a filming ordinance and I hope to get it adopted once elected after a public hearing is set. This ordinance provides protection

of the quality of life of residents but also welcomes filming companies and provides much needed revenue for the village of Catskill. I

Michelle Williams

am working on getting a team together to apply for a DRI (Downtown Revitalization Initiative) grant which could bring millions Jeffrey Holliday of dollars to our community. I believe we are a shoo-in for this. It’s our time.”

Law named expansion of workforce housing and recreational programs for the youth as additional priorities.

What is your message to voters? - “I have a good track record at completing tasks,” Law said. “If you know me or if you’ve been paying attention,

you know I go hard for the village of Catskill. I will continue to lead with my heart and an open mind.

I hope I have

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the village of Catskill’s votes on March 15.

Don’t just vote the party line because they tell you Jamie to. It’s imHyer-Mitchell portant that you vote for people that you know will show up and put in the work. I show up every day because I love the job.”

MICHELLE WILLIAMS Age - 43 Occupation - Owner of Mermaid Cafe/Bittersweet in Catskill.

How long have you lived in Greene County? - Williams was

born in Palenville and returned to Greene County nine years ago and has lived in the village for six years.

Incumbent or Challenger? Challenger Party line on ballot - Democratic and Action Party lines Have you held previous elected office? - No College - Certification for Ornamental Horticulture from BOCES Questar III, two years at Diane Petrianni- Green MounMarch tain College for Creative Writing and Milfred for Real Estate Sales Military Service - No Family Members — Sisters, Andrea Harvey, Heather Williams, Melissa Williams, Andrea Williams, Amanda Banks, Jillian See and Lili Williams. Mother, Deborah Stanborough, stepfather Clifford Stanborough Why did you decide to run?

- “I decided to run because having two businesses on Main

Street I hear and see what’s happening in the village daily,” Williams said. “I am raising my 9-year-old daughter in the village and also see the struggles of fellow parents trying to find things to do as a family.”

What would your priorities be if elected? - “I have learned and watched as village businesses hire grant writers and utilize the funding that is available for them to improve and grow,” Williams said. “I also have many friends that live up the mountain who will be benefiting from the $10 million that was awarded to Tannersville to improve their town from the DRI Grant, a grant that Catskill could also get, if the effort and energy was put into it. There are many things that can be done to improve and help the village, (i.e. affordable housing, revitalizing Main Street and village businesses, a community center, children and resident activities, affordable day care) but it all comes down to funding and allocating the money to make these things a reality. I want to be elected so we can put more emphasis on See SEATS A2

Greene nears 10,000 COVID cases

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — Greene County is on the verge of passing 10,000 COVID-19 cases two years since the unofficial start of the pandemic.

On March 11, 2020, news of the proliferation of COVID reached new heights with the near-simultaneous news of actor Tom Hanks contracting the virus and the National Basketball Association suspending its season due to the spread of COVID. Two years later, COVID numbers are on the wane in Greene County, with only eight new cases identified on Thursday by the

Greene County Department of Health. There have been 9,986 confirmed COVID cases in Greene over the past two years.

“That two-year stretch seems like an eternity,” Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said Thursday.

“It seems like it’s been nothing else in the last 10 years but COVID, COVID, COVID. We went from that being the commencement of the real worldwide pandemic and now here we are the backside of it. I guess now we’re looking in the rearview mirror rather than looking out the front windshield and I’d much rather be looking at this in the rearview

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The county has recorded two more deaths tied to COVID since March 4, with an unidentified man in his 90s and an unidentified woman in her 80s who had not been vaccinated against COVID-19 at the time of her death representing the latest casualties in the county.

There have been 27 deaths in the county since the start of the year.

“In just this first quarter of 2022, we’ve experienced 20 percent of our total deaths in this two-year period,” Groden said. “When I look back at them, most of them were elderly and most of them

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held in the district.

Amedure does not anticipate a formal primary vote for the Republican Party’s nominee.

“Unless somebody comes out of the woodwork, but they didn’t show up at any of the conventions,” he said.

Amedure lost to Sen. Hinchey by more than 3,000 votes, but secured 60% of the votes in Greene County in 2020.

The seat was a traditional Republican stronghold until Hinchey flipped the district blue, adding to the Democrats’ new veto-proof supermajority

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doing so to help improve the village for residents and their families.

What is your message to voters? - “My message to voters is get out and vote,” Williams said.

“Every vote counts in village elections. Let’s work together to move forward and improve our village!”

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Age - 59 Occupation - Founder/ Executive Director of Catskill Food Pantry and private vocal teacher.

How long have you lived in Greene County? - Since 2019 Incumbent or Challenger? Challenger Party line on ballot - Democrat and Action Party lines Have you held previous elected office? - No College - Oberlin Conservatory of Music/Manhattan School of Music Military Service - No Why did you decide to run? “I was asked to run,” Henry said.

“I was asked to run because I am able to see both sides of a situation, even if I don’t agree with it. I am able to bring all parties to the table and think critically about what needs to be done.

Also, I was raised in a small town in New Jersey, smaller than Catskill. It was a small farming town. I watched it get taken over by developers with abandon. Most of the people I grew up with had to move because of the outrageous taxes and the poor public schools. The biggest issue was that local citizens had no idea what was happening in their town. These deals had been done and planned for years. By the time citizens found out what was happening it was too late for them to do anything constructive. I then watched other towns take a lead and manage development in a thoughtful way. They benefited and most were able to stay and watch their families grow.”

What would your priorities be if elected? - “Getting more citizens in the village engaged in the local politics and issues

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senior community the hardest. I don’t want to lose sight of that fact. All of the precautions that we put into place, the Monday morning quarterbacking allows us to look back and ask if we went too far or did too much? God forbid if we have another event like this, are we going to change the emergency management side of the house?”

The county administrator said that he’s hopeful the pandemic is finally on the wane.

“That’s the hope, but is something else going to come

in the upper house.

This time around, Amedure said he’ll need to run up the margins in the Twin Counties to emerge victorious in the new district, which also includes Hinchey’s home county of Ulster and portions of Albany County.

“That’s the only way we win,” Amedure said. “Greene and Columbia have to come out for us. Because we have the river towns in Columbia, too, this year. We have to work the hilltowns of Albany County, which is where I live, and my kids went to school in Greenville, so we’re right on the line.

But we have to get the vote out.”

More people vote in a presidential election year, not

gubernatorial, he noted.

Amedure, a U.S. Army veteran who worked as a New York State Trooper for 31 years, is the former executive director of the Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers and served as the Rensselaerville Planning Board chair for 15 years.

The Republican hopeful is retired and resides on a 70-acre farm with his wife, Anne.

A spokesperson with Hinchey’s campaign said the state senator is ready to run on her first term’s record of achievements this fall.

“Two years ago, Michelle Hinchey promised to be a strong voice and advocate for upstate New York in the state Senate and she’s delivered

— providing record funding for our schools, expanding broadband access, securing $1 billion in small business support and elevating the issues that matter most to our upstate residents,” Michelle Hinchey for New York spokesperson Alex Elmasri said in a statement. “Instead of focusing on politics, Sen. Hinchey remains committed to what really matters, fighting for common sense solutions to lower costs and raise wages for people across our community.

She is looking forward to earning voters’ support again this fall.”

Reining in state spending and stopping the exodus of young adults from the state are also major priorities for Amedure’s campaign, he said.

for better understanding about how things work,” Henry said.

“After school programs for children and our teens, as well as programming for adults and seniors. We need daycare centers that are affordable. Right now we have nothing and our community is suffering from this. A better water system. We are on our way but it needs to get finished. I’d like to see our community be more kind to one another and better understand one another. We don’t have to agree, but we can be thoughtful in our words to one another.

I’d like us all to learn to listen to each other!”

What is your message to voters? - “Get engaged,” Henry said. “Run for office. Make your elected officials listen to your desires for the town. Be kind, compassionate. If I am elected, make sure I work for you.

sure we find a place for our community center,” Holliday said.

“We lost it a couple of years ago and we need something for our youth. I want to see our kids have an opportunity to be able to do something and right now they don’t have their option. So that’s a big priority.”

What is your message to voters? - “With my running mates, we are fully committed to doing the work that will continue to allow the village to cost effectively provide public services while ensuring a safe environment for all village residents,” Holliday said. “I’m just asking for people to come out and support me. I’m an open book. I think everybody should Google the candidates and see what they’ve done. I’m invested in the village, being a lifelong resident here. I value integrity and getting the job done is job number one.”

What is your message to voters? - “The reason why I’m doing this is to be their voice in this level of government in our village,” Hyer-Mitchell said. “I want to be their voice and advocate for our future and for the betterment of the village so we can prosper.”

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Age - 57 Occupation - Retired State Police Officer How long have you lived in Greene County? - Lifelong resident Incumbent or Challenger? Incumbent Partyline on ballot - Republican and Village Visions Have you held previous elected office? - Was elected last July in a special election as Catskill Village Trustee, now competing for a two-year term.

College - Associate degree in accounting from ColumbiaGreene Community College Military Service - No Family Members - Wife Laurie; daughter Kaylyn; and son Andrew Why did you decide to run?

- “I’ve always believed in supporting my community,” Holliday said. “I’ve lived here my whole life. I grew up here and went to high school here. I got married and raised my family here. All of the years I worked for the state police I was prohibited from doing it because of the possible conflict, so it’s my opportunity to give back and try to continue to grow the village. I believe we’ve done some really good work and I’d like to continue to get that work done.”

What would your priorities be if elected? - “I want to make

Age - 52 Occupation - Director of Admissions and Marketing for Greene Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Pine Haven and the founder of a the nonprofit animal rescue organization Hyer Ground Rescue How long have you lived in Greene County? - Lifelong resident Incumbent or Challenger? Challenger Party line on ballot - Republican and Village Visions Have you held previous elected office? - No Military Service - No Why did you decide to run? “Because I believe in the betterment of our community and the best way I can do that is to serve the community directly,” HyerMitchell said.

What would your priorities be if elected? - “To provide fiscal responsibility and to ensure that services like fire, police and sewer and water are maintained efficiently and proficiently,” Hyer-Mitchell said. “I want to improve the infrastructure in the village and maintain village roadways. I want to advocate for humane education in schools to promote emotional growth and critical thinking in our youth. I definitely want to support the completion of the Local Waterfront Rehabilitation Project.”

out of some lab or some country,” Groden said. “I’d hate to think that this is the new way of life. Historically there have been worldwide pandemics and they didn’t exactly repeat themselves year in and year out. So I’m going to default to this being a historic event more than being the routine or the mundane.”

There are 34 active COVID cases in Greene County, with 10 residents hospitalized with COVID-related illnesses.

Groden said that the county is using hospitalizations as a major benchmark for the status of the virus in Greene. “(Greene County Director of Public Health) Kimberly Kaplan has ingrained me to the concept of the severity of the

illness,” he said. “We should look at hospitalizations instead of just whether you’re ill and you’re going to be home sick for five days.”

Groden said he and Kaplan held a weekly conference call with area school district superintendents on Wednesday, a week after Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate ended for schools statewide.

All Greene County school districts have made face coverings optional for teachers and students.

“They all pretty much agreed that they have a small percentage of both kids and staff who continue to mask up,” Groden said of the superintendents.

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DIANE PETRIANNI-MARCH Age - 54 Occupation - Works for the Catskill Central School District How long have you lived in Greene County? - Lifelong resident Incumbent or Challenger? Challenger Party line on ballot - Republican and Village Visions Have you held previous elected office? - No College - Columbia-Greene Community College Military Service - No Family Members - Children Nicholas and Alexandra Why did you decide to run? “I feel like there’s a lot of changes happening and I’ve lived here all of my life,” Petrianni-March said. “A lot of new people are coming into the area and I really just want to do the right thing and be out there for everybody and put things in the right direction. I just feel like we’re losing faith in family and I want to make the community a better place for everybody to be welcome. Growing up here, it was great going down Main Street and to the movie theater. Nobody had to worry about anything. Now I just feel sometimes that we’re getting kind of lost.”

What would your priorities be if elected? - “I’d like to improve the parks,” Petrianni-March said. “I want to make them safe for kids to play. I want to continue to improve the sidewalks and create housing opportunities in the village. We need strong communication with the village and residents so we can have meetings and people can understand a lot of this stuff.”

What is your message to voters? - “We’d like to have the voters’ support,” Petrianni-March said. “For five generations my family has lived here and we listen to their concerns. We want to make a difference. I’m here to listen and if I can change things I absolutely will.”

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CALENDAR EDITOR’S NOTE: Most events and meetings are cancelled or have been moved online due to the virus outbreak. Please call ahead to confirm.

Monday, March 14 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518943-3830 n Greene County Legislature county services; public works; economic development and tourism; gov. ops.; finance; and rep and dem caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Tuesday, March 15 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, Meeting Room, 2 First St., Athens 518-9451551 n Coxsackie Village Election Day 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, March 16 n Catskill Central School District Board of Education regular business 6:30 p.m. CHS Library, CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill 518-9432300 n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board committee meeting/public meeting 6:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518943-2141 n Greene County Legislature meeting No. 3 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, March 17 n Coxsackie Planning Board 6

p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718

Monday, March 21 n Athens Town Board 7 p.m. Ath-

ens Volunteer Firehouse, 39 Third St., Athens 518-945-1052 Changes will be on the Town of Athens web page n Greene County Legislature public works executive session 5 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Tuesday, March 22 n Catskill Town Planning Board

6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518943-2141

Wednesday, March 23 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

Athens Fire Department, 39 Third St., Athens Consult the village website for updates the day of the meeting n Catskill Town Zoning Board of Appeals 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2141 n Catskill Village Board of Trustees 6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-943-3830

Thursday, March 24 n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m.

Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718

Monday, March 28 n Catskill Village Planning Board

7 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518943-3830

Thursday, March 31 n Coxsackie Village Board Bud-

get Work Session 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518731-2718

Clarification In the story “Cairo frees old HUD funds” on page A1 of Wednesday’s edition of The Daily Mail, the Cairo Town Board voted 4-0 with Town Councilman Tim Powers absent to approve the dispersal of $61,860 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding at its meeting March 7.

Police: Felony drug charges in Greenville

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

GREENVILLE — An Albany County man was arrested on felony drug possession charges following a traffic stop on Tuesday night in Greenville.

At about 10:14 p.m., a 2010 Volkswagon Jetta driven by Michael L. Russo, 42, of Delmar, was stopped by state police on Route 32 for vehicle and traffic violations, said Steven Nevel, public information officer for state police Troop F on Thursday.

Police located drugs and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. Nevel did not specify what type of drugs were found, but the state police blotter identifies the drugs as stimulants.

Russo was charged with fourth-degree criminal

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Route 32 in Greenville, where an Albany County man was arrested Tuesday night on drug possession charges.

possession of a controlled substance, a class C felony,

first-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia, a class

D felony, seventh-degree criminal possession of a

controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, and thirddegree aggravated driving without a license, a class U misdemeanor, Nevel said.

After being charged, Russo was issued appearance tickets for Greenville Town Court.

New York Penal Law defines fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance as knowingly and unlawfully possessing narcotics, methamphetamine, a stimulant, lysergic acid diethylamide, a hallucinogen, a hallucinogenic, methadone, ketamine, phencyclidine or gamma hydroxybutyric acid.

If convicted, the sentence can range from 3 1/2 to 15 years in prison. Fines for this charge can be up to $15,000.

Greene County villages to hold elections

By Raymond Pignone

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Villages in Greene County will hold elections Tuesday. The only contested races are in Catskill and Tannersville.

There is no election in Hunter this year. Voting is generally noon to 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Here are the villages, candidates and

ATHENS Trustees (2): Gail A. Lasher (Democratic) and Robert A. Scott (Democratic).

CATSKILL Trustees (6): Natasha L. Law (Democratic and Action), Megan R. Henry

(Democratic and Action), Michelle F. Williams (Democratic and Action), Jamie Hyer Mitchell (Republican and Village Visions), Diane Petrianni March (Republican and Village Visions) and Jeffrey C. Holliday (Republican and Village Visions).

COXSACKIE Trustees (2): Katlyn E. Irwin

(Democratic) and Rebecca O. Vermilyea (Republican).

TANNERSVILLE Trustees (3): John P. Gallagher (Democratic and Republican), Mary Susan Timpson (Democratic) and Kimberly O. Thompson (Republican).

Justice (1): George C. Bain Jr. (Republican).

GREENE COUNTY POLICE BLOTTER Editor’s note: A charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.

STATE POLICE n John H. Brennan, 24 of Du-

mont, New Jersey, was arrested Feb. 27 at 12:52 a.m. in Hunter and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 first offense and driving while intoxicated first offense, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Christina A. Miller, 45 of Palenville, was arrested Feb. 27 at 1:06 a.m. in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 first offense and driving while intoxicated first offense, both unclassified misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Demar G. Neal, 36 of

Catskill, was arrested Feb. 27 at 2:39 a.m. in Hunter and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 first offense and driving while intoxicated first offense, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Cheryl E. Baxter, 35 of Catskill, was arrested Feb. 27 at 10:01 p.m. in Cairo and charged with second-degree unlawful surveillance, class E felony and endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor.

She was issued an appearance ticket. n Gabriel Desequeira, 36 of Tampa, was arrested Feb. 27 at 5:01 p.m. in Lexington and charged with driving while intoxicated with a previous conviction in the last 10 years, a class E felony. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Francis E. Carter, 34 of Hannacroix, was arrested Feb.

28 at 2:50 p.m. in Athens and charged with manufacture of drug related paraphernalia and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, both class A misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Robert Lang, 60 of Palenville, was arrested March 1 at 12:01 a.m. in Catskill and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony; fourth-degree criminal mischief, a class A misdemeanor and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 first offense and driving while intoxicated first offense, both unclassified misdemeanors. His arrest status is unknown. n Rebecca R. Randa, 39 of Catskill, was arrested March 1 at 12:10 p.m. in Catskill and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, a class D

felony and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and manufacture of drug related paraphernalia, both class A misdemeanors.

She was issued an appearance ticket. n Andrew H. Yonnetti, 29 of Hunter, was arrested March 2 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunter and charged with second-degree obstruction of governmental administration, resisting arrest and acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17, all class A misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Dylan C. Pascariello, 28 of Norton Hill, was arrested March 2 at 7:33 p.m. in Greenville and charged with second-degree criminal impersonation of another person, a class A misdemeanor and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket.

n Tommie R. Parker, 37, of Valatie, was arrested March 5 at 12:07 a.m. in Athens and charged with driving while intoxicated, first offense, an unclassified misdemeanor. Following arraignment, he was released on his own recognizance. n Andrew J. Taranto, 37, of Jewett, was arrested March 5 at 10:46 p.m. in Hunter and charged with driving while intoxicated, first offense, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Vasyl Yosypiv, 44, of Stamford, Connecticut, was arrested March 6 at 2:47 a.m. in Hunter and charged with driving while intoxicated, first offense and aggravated driving while intoxicated per se with no priors, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket.

DMV to release redesigned driver license, non-driver Visit us at www.HudsonValley 360.com ID featuring enhanced security features ALBANY — The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced that it will begin issuing new driver license, permit and non-driver ID (NDID) cards that incorporate upgraded security features. DMV customers who apply for a new license or ID and those who renew or replace an existing document on or after March 10, will receive the new document. Security features on these documents are used to verify the document’s authenticity and to prevent tampering and counterfeiting.

“At the DMV, we pride ourselves on providing secure identity documents to millions of New Yorkers and we introduce enhanced features every few years to stay at the cutting edge of emerging trends,” said DMV Commissioner Mark J.F. Schroeder.

“We are confident in the security features on our current ID documents, however, the new security features on our redesigned documents will keep us one step ahead of potential

counterfieters.”

The new security features can be verified with the naked eye and by touch. Some of the text and images are embossed and can be felt. On the Enhanced Driver License and NDID, the embedded chip is now exposed. Both the clear windows within the document and the state seal have been redesigned using a process called multiple laser imaging. The process involves engraving two images into the card so that the image being seen changes when viewed at different angles. In addition to the motorist’s photo, the image now displays their birth month and year when viewed at a different angle.

DMV last unveiled a new design in 2013, introducing the polycarbonate card with numerous elements aimed at preventing tampering, identity theft and fraudulent duplication.

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Significant breakthrough in Shepherd’s Run logjam Let’s label Hecate Energy’s decision to file its permit application to build the proposed 220-acre, 60-megawatt Shepherd’s Run solar farm at Route 23 and Route 7 in Copake with the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting a significant breakthrough, not a total victory.

The proposal ignited a firestorm of debate and developed enmity between the town and Hecate for the last two years, mainly because of the project’s original size, in a community where zoning laws limit solar farms to 10 acres. Its impact on the environment, property values and viewshed was another hurdle.

A citizens group representing different views of the project, Sensible Solar for Rural New York and Friends of Columbia Solar, along with members of the Columbia Land Conservancy, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and volunteer landscape architects outlined an extensive list of recommendations for the project.

The recommendations included: improvements and investments by Hecate Energy in the project’s siting, ecology and

landscaping including the elimination of proposed forest clear-cutting; integrating agriculture between the solar panels including regenerative sheep grazing; creating new community-accessible green spaces with enhanced environmental restoration and stewardship; extending the Harlem Valley Rail Trail and creating new trail access to the Rheinstrom Hill Audubon Sanctuary; creating educational programs for Taconic Hills Central School students and youth organizations; creating access to lowcost renewable energy purchasing for the community; local hiring and purchasing; responsible sourcing for solar panels; full tax payments for the county, town and school district and for impacted nearby homeowners to be fairly compensated.

“While the Working Group is disappointed that Hecate Energy will not delay its application until more recommendations can be fully incorporated into the project, the Group is committed to working with Hecate to further develop its vision with community input,” according to a group

statement.

The Working Group called on the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting not to deem Hecate’s application complete until the company has fully incorporated the working group’s recommendations.

Although the Working Group and Hecate still seem to be circling each other warily, the group said Wednesday it is committed to working with Hecate. The Columbia Land Conservancy called on Hecate, the town of Copake and the Office of Renewable Energy Siting to join the organization to implement the Working Group’s vision. Hecate, in another statement, said most of the recommendations made by the Working Group have been integrated into the project.

If the people of Copake and Hecate Energy want this stalemate to end, the opportunity to call a truce and work cooperatively toward creating a viable and long-producing green energy source is at hand. With fossil fuel and electricity prices heading through the roof, the importance of Shepherd’s Run at this moment cannot be understated.

Trump is still too hot to discuss coolly, as his Russia comments reveal

Gary Abernathy The Washington Post

On the topic of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, former president Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin “smart” and “savvy,” referred to U.S. leaders as “dumb,” and joked about attacking Russia with U.S. fighter jets flying Chinese flags. His critics exploded.

But Trump also said that the invasion was “an outrage and an atrocity that should never have been allowed to occur,” and insisted it would not have happened if he was still in the White House. His supporters wholeheartedly agreed.

It is often noted that people either love Trump or hate him. Nuance is in short supply. Books on Trump are plentiful, but they tend to crucify him or sanctify him.

There is a yawning chasm awaiting the kind of analytical and dispassionate review of Trump and his presidency that history requires. But a balanced examination is a distant dream. For now, supporters and detractors insist that sides must be chosen, or there is hell to pay.

I know whereof I speak.

While I spent the bulk of Trump’s ascendancy defending Trump voters from accusations of ignorance and racism, I was more ambivalent about Trump himself. I defended him on Russian collusion, his overtly politicized first impeachment and other unfounded attacks from the left and many in the media. But I regularly pointed out his failure to inspire, his schlocky B-picture persona, and his narcissistic and boorish behavior.

I criticized his performance in his first debate with Joe Biden, and immediately accepted his 2020 election defeat while urging him to do the same. I called

out his refusal to accept the election results and his part in igniting the U.S. Capitol riot as attacks on democracy that disqualified him from my future support.

Others - unfortunately far too few - have also tried to fairly weigh Trump’s good qualities against the bad, but they, too, were assuredly accused of being too antiTrump and falling into the swamp, and too pro-Trump by those who demand nothing less than complete repudiation of the man and his presidency.

Trump generated such heat that we remain lightyears away from discussing him coolly. A hot topic now among Democrats is how much to blame Trump for Russia attacking Ukraine.

It’s a way to deflect from Biden’s tepid response.

Sanctions are appropriate, but let’s refrain from calling them “tough” while Putin literally kills, maims and steamrolls his way through a sovereign state filled with demonstrably tough people.

Sanctions are a diplomatic response. It’s defending one’s homeland against missiles, mortars and tanks that’s tough.

Blaming Trump, a favorite pastime no matter the subject, appears desperate in this case. He might not be entirely faultless, but the lengths some are going to pin Russia’s attack on a president more than a year removed from office are comical. One of the strangest examples came courtesy of John Bolton, a former national security adviser, who during a recent Washington Post Live event expressed his belief that Trump might well have withdrawn the U.S. from NATO had he won a second term.

That was interesting and even logical, considering Trump’s open disdain for NATO, until Bolton added, “I

think Putin was waiting for that.” Really? As we all recall, Biden became president well over a year ago, ending any chance of the U.S. withdrawing from NATO. Putin invaded Ukraine anyway.

Clearly, his plans were not impacted by Trump’s intentions with NATO. As Trump boasted at a recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), he is “the only president of the 21st century on whose watch Russia did not invade another country.” Reinforcing that notion is a Harvard Center for American Studies-Harris Poll finding that 62% of Americans believe that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump was still president. Who knows.

To Trump’s shame, he spent much of his presidency expressing admiration for autocrats such as Putin and North Korean President Kim Jong Un. Trump’s recent comment that he wished that “my people” would cower in his presence as Kim’s do in his might have been made in jest, but when such things are said so often they lend credence to the notion that Trump’s tacit nods emboldened Putin to test the West’s resolve.

All this unfortunately clouds a public debate that could actually be useful in assessing the causes of Putin’s aggression. Would Trump’s presence in the White House have caused Putin to think twice before launching a war? Or did Trump’s expressed admiration for autocrats and his post-election attacks on U.S. democracy make Putin’s path that much smoother?

It’s a topic worthy of a discussion featuring lots of reflection and nuance - impossible now, but beneficial at some point. Sadly, that’s likely to be in the far distant future.

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Yes, condemn Putin’s evil, but remember Russia wants freedom Dallas Morning News Editorial The Dallas Morning News

Many of us in America feel a need now to somehow confront the Russian government and its strongman leader Vladimir Putin over the unjust and illegal invasion of Ukraine.

And we are gratified to see measures at every level of government do so, from serious economic sanctions leveled by the Biden administration to city-led resolutions to condemn the invasion.

We also applaud American companies that have withdrawn their business from Russia and sports organizations that have canceled games where athletes represent Russia.

It is absolutely crucial that Americans and the West stand united against this threat to human freedom and democracy.

We know, at the same time, that it can be hard to recognize where the line of condemnation ends.

Just as we did throughout

the Cold War, it is important to condemn the evil that Putin has visited upon Ukraine even as we remind Russians that they too deserve to be a free people.

Where to end the condemnation and open the embrace is sometimes hard to determine. The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, for example, recently announced that it will remain open to Russian pianists. The feelings right now over what is happening in Ukraine are so raw that many might conclude this was the wrong decision.

But we also understand the desire to welcome artists who likely have nothing whatsoever to do with their power-mad leader and who have worked their entire lives to bring beauty into the world through their instruments. And it’s worth remembering that Van Cliburn himself was a symbol of the victory of

individual artistry over the power of the Soviet state.

We pray for victory by Ukraine, even as we realize that hope is dimmer with each passing day. We are likely to awaken to a world divided once again between the West and a Russian power.

As we enter that time, we will need to negotiate these very questions many times over -- how we both reject Russian aggression and open ourselves to the Russian people.

Our country’s founders understood that freedom is inherent in the human soul, and we believe that the Russian people want freedom from the increasingly tyrannical government they live under.

Sending them the message that we support the full realization of their freedom will be just as important as condemning the darkness that is now spreading in Europe.

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The Cairo-Durham Elementary student council presented a patriotic picture puzzle they made to Greene county Veterans Service Agency on March 4. Director Michelle Deyo accepted it on behalf of the Agency. It will hang in the Veterans Agency office in Catskill. Attending the presentation were Senator Michele Hinchey, in center of picture; Assemblyman Chris Tague; Greene County Administrator Shawn Groden; Greene County Legislators Harry Lennon and Ed Bloomer; Greene County Veteran of the year Tom Andreassen; US Marine Ciaran Black, Michele Deyo’s son. Holding the picture puzzle are three members of the student council. From the left are Isabella, Navad and Michael; kneeling on left is Heather Fitzgerald, fifth grade teacher and student council adviser. On left and right are Jessica & Tyler from the agency.

DEC reminds New Yorkers the annual residential brush burning prohibition starts March 16 ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning will begin March 16 and run through May 14. Since 2009, DEC has enforced the annual brush burning ban to prevent wildfires and protect communities during heightened conditions for wildfires each spring.

“The start of spring in New York comes with an increased risk of wildfires,” Commissioner Seggos said. “Starting March 16 and ending May 14, New York State prohibits residential brush burning to protect our communities and our natural resources. Since 2009, New York’s burn ban has reduced the number of wildfires in our communities and we’re looking forward to continuing that trend in 2022.”

Even though some areas of the state remain blanketed in snow, warming temperatures can quickly cause wildfire conditions to arise. Open burning of debris is the singlelargest cause of spring wildfires in New York State. When temperatures warm and the

past fall’s debris and leaves dry out, wildfires can start and spread easily, further fueled by winds and a lack of green vegetation. Each year, DEC Forest Rangers extinguish dozens of wildfires that burn hundreds of acres. In addition, local fire departments, many of which are staffed by volunteers, all too often have to leave their jobs and families to respond to wildfires caused by illegal debris fires. DEC will post the Fire Danger Map for the 2022 fire season on DEC’s website once there is a moderate risk anywhere in New York.

New York first enacted strict restrictions on open burning in 2009 to help prevent wildfires and reduce air pollution.

The regulations allow residential brush fires in towns with fewer than 20,000 residents during most of the year, but prohibit such burning in spring when most wildfires occur.

Backyard fire pits and campfires less than three feet in height and four feet in length, width, or diameter are allowed. Small cooking fires are allowed. Only charcoal or dry, clean, untreated, or unpainted wood can be burned.

People should never leave these fires unattended and must extinguish them. Burning garbage or leaves is prohibited year-round. For more information about fire safety and prevention, go to DEC’s FIREWISE New York website.

Some towns, primarily in and around the Adirondack and Catskill parks, are designated “fire towns.” Open burning is prohibited yearround in these municipalities unless an individual or group has a permit from DEC. To find out whether a municipality is a designated fire town or to obtain a permit, contact the appropriate DEC regional office. A list of regional offices is available on DEC’s website.

Forest Rangers, DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs), and local authorities enforce the burn ban. Violators of the State’s open burning regulation are subject to criminal and civil enforcement actions, with a minimum fine of $500 for a first offense. To report environmental law violations, call 1-833-RANGERS, or report online on DEC’s website.

Writers in the Mountains presents poetry workshop April 5 through May 10 ROXBURY — Writers in the Mountains (WIM) presents The Animals in Our Lives, a six-week poetry workshop with Lynn Domina, April 5 through May 10. The class will be held online 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays. Once they register and pay, participants will be given instructions on how to join the class.

Remember that gerbil you had as a child, how you took him outside one morning, how he ran off, and how anxious you were until you found him? Or think about that hummingbird you saw whirring outside your window last summer — what metaphors could you use to describe that hummingbird? Or, how is the

hummingbird a metaphor for you and your life? When you hear the word “animal,” do you first think about all of the animals that are gone from our lives through extinction?

In this workshop, we’ll write poems in response to animals — the cuddly and the fierce, the awesome and the ugly, those here now and those here no more. We’ll focus particularly on how concrete imagery and figurative language can improve our craft. The instructor will provide optional prompts as well as many sample poems.

Domina is the author of numerous books, including two collections of poetry, Corporal Works and Framed

in Silence. Her recent poetry appears or is forthcoming in The Alaska Quarterly Review, The Museum of Americana, The New England Review, Stone Canoe, and many other periodicals and anthologies.

After living for many years in Delhi, she moved to Marquette, Michigan in 2015. She currently serves as head of the English department at Northern Michigan University and as Creative Writing Editor for The Other Journal. Read more at www.lynndomina.com.

To register for this class, email writersinthemountains@ gmail.com. To register online, visit writersinthemountains. org. Class fee is $120. Registration deadline is March 22.

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ASHLAND — The Windham Rotary, through their foundation, The Windham Rotary Foundation, is hosting the Cancer Patient Aid Car Show Aug. 14 at the Ashland Town Park, 12187 Route 23, Ashland. Pre-registration is $10 now through April 15.

Day of show registration is $15. The show is will be held rain or shine. For information, call 518-734-7303 ext. 2 or 518-291-0883 or https://www.facebook.com/ events/676104473772374.

Pre-registration forms can be printed off the GCWL website at http://greenecountywomensleague.com/2022/01/ cancer-patient-aid-carshow-2/

MARCH 11 COXSACKIE — The Coxsackie-Athens Drama Club presents Into the Woods at 7 p.m. March 11 and March 12 at Coxsackie-Athens High School Auditorium, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie. Adults, $12; students, $6.

DELMAR — Q.U.I.L.T. Inc. is a not-for-profit guild of quilters interested in learning about the art of making quilts. Members live in the Capital Region and surrounding communities. All levels of quilters are welcome. Meetings are held the second Friday of each month September through June. The Annual Service Meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. March 11 at the Delmar Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Ave., Delmar. At this meeting we will assemble quilts to be donated to those in need. Masks are required. All are welcome.

This will be an experimental hybrid, in person/virtual, meeting. Visit www.quiltinc. org for more details.

MARCH 12 CAIRO — The Cairo Development Foundation will hold a Chili Cook-Off noon-3 p.m.

March 12 at Gallagher’s Banquet Hal, 513 Main St., Cairo.

Cook and compete or just come to eat. Entry fee, $25; taster fee, $5; beer available.

There will be prizes. All chilis and chili eaters are welcome.

All proceeds benefit the Cairo Development Foundation’s revitalization of Main Street.

Register online at website https://www.cairodf.com/ TROY — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County will hold its 24th annual “Spring Garden Day” virtually on March 12. Using Zoom, the cloud-based video communications format, we’ll have a webinar-type program from 9:45 a.m.noon. Garden designer, consultant and writer Robert Clyde Anderson will discuss how to revolutionize your garden in his talk, “Perennial Planting The New Wave Way.” For friends of trees and shrubs, Fred Breglia, Executive Director of the Landis Arboretum, will talk about “Promoting Plant Health Through Proper Pruning.” A great selection of garden-related door prizes will be given away. You’ll need to download the free Zoom app to participate. For registration information, visit http:// ccerensselaer.org/ or contact Cornell Cooperative Extension at 518-272-4210 or mmp74@cornell.edu.

ALBANY — The Albany Figure Skating Club will hold a Spring Skating Showcase ice show 4-6 p.m.

March 12 at the Bethlehem YMCA, 900 Delaware Ave., Delmar. This event will feature figure skaters from all over the Capital District in solo, group and synchronized skating performances. Admission is $5; free for children 5 and younger.

Masks are required for all

attendees. For information, visit the Albany Figure Skating Club’s website at www. albanyfsc.org, or email info@ albanyfsc.org.

MARCH 13 CATSKILL — The Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 Jefferson Heights, Catskill, will serve a choice of Corned Beef Dinner or Sandwich, pick up only, 3-6 p.m. March 13 at the lodge.

Menu includes corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and Irish soda bread dinner for $16 or a corned beef on rye sandwich with chips and pickle for $8.

Must call by March 9 to reserve, 518-945-1179.

MARCH 14 DELMAR — The Delmar Community Orchestra, under the direction of Vincent Bonafede, will present a March Concert performed by the Orchestra’s string section at 7:30 p.m. March 14 at the Delmar Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Ave., Delmar.

The concert, which will include classical selections and pops, is free and open to the public. For information, contact DCO President Janet Behning at delmarcommunityorchestra@gmail.com or 914-271-2055, or visit the DCO website at www.delmarcommunityorchestra.org.

MARCH 16 HUDSON — Dr. Rebecca Pinder, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, will be leading an “amphibian monitoring” night at the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Siuslaw Model Forest at 5:30 p.m. March 16. Participants will receive a brief training about research protocol and then head into the woods to search for amphibians. For information, and to register for the program, visit https:// reg.cce.cornell.edu/Salamanders2022_210.

MARCH 17 COXSACKIE — The First Reformed Church, 285 Mansion St., Coxsackie, will be serving corned beef and cabbage dinners with dessert 4:30-6 p.m. March 17, take out only, until sold out. Tickets are $15. Advance ticket purchase preferred. Call 518731-7503 to order tickets. www.firstreformecoxsackie. com.

TANNERSVILLE — Mountain Top Cares Coalition, headquartered in Windham, is hosting its monthly, virtual naloxone/Narcan® Training at 7 p.m. March 17. Help us defeat opioid use disorder by volunteering for training and distribution of naloxone/ Narcan®. Register by going to mountaintopcarescoalition.com.

MARCH 18 GREENVILLE — The Clematis Garden Club will meet at 1 p.m. March 18 at the American Legion Post 291, 54 Maple Ave., Greenville. President Terry Buel will present the many exciting monthly programs planned for the year including the popular Spring Social on May 20 with well known speaker Peter Bowden and the huge Plant Sale at GNH on June 4. Guests are very welcome. The Clematis Garden Club, a member of District, State and National Federated Garden Clubs,

provides education, resources, networking and friendship to promote the love of gardening and is a part of the largest volunteer gardening organization in the world.

Clematis Club members appreciate plants outside and inside and are from Greene, Albany and Schoharie Counties.

MARCH 19 ASHLAND — The Ashland Fire Department, State Route 23, Ashland, is holding a chicken barbecue starting at 11:30 a.m. March 19, take out only. First come, first served, no reservations. Chicken halves are $8. Chicken is coming off the grill by 11:30 a.m.

All proceeds from this event will be donated to the family of Deputy Kevin Haverly, Greene County Sheriff’s Department, E.O.W., Feb. 28, 2017.

MARCH 20 WEST ATHENS — The West Athens-Lime Street Fire Co. will serve an all you can eat breakfast 8 a.m.-noon March 20 at the West Athens Firehouse 2, 933 Leeds-Athens Road, Athens. A free-will offering will be accepted.

MARCH 24 HUNTER — The Mountain Top Historical society presents “Three Extraordinary Ordinary Women of the Mountain Top” at 7 p.m.

March 24 via Zoom. In celebration of Women’s History Month, join the Mountain Top Historical Society for an evening on Zoom to celebrate three exceptional Mountain Top women: Justine Hommel, Hunter Historian for three decades and co-founder of the MTHS; Bernadine Wesley, engineer and civil rights activist, as well as a member of the Hunter Planning Board for 10 years; and Sidonia Palace, managing editor of the Windham Journal for 28 years and a community volunteer extraordinaire.

Deborah Allen, Johanna Titus and Cyndi LaPierre will speak about these three Mountain Top women from very different backgrounds whose leadership, accomplishments, and legacy helped to make the Mountain Top what it is today. Admission is free. Register in advance for this webinar at mths.org/events.

MARCH 26 COEYMANS HOLLOW — Trinity United Methodist Church, 1313 Route 143, Coeymans Hollow, will serve a baked ham dinner, take out only, 4-6 p.m. March 26.

The menu will include baked ham, potatoes, vegetable, applesauce, rolls, and pie.

Adults, $13; children, $6.

Reservations suggested by March 23 by calling 518-7562629. You may check the day of the dinner to see if there are extra dinners available at 518-756-2091.

OAK HILL — The Oak HillDurham Volunteer Fire Company, 103 County Route 22, Oak Hill, will serve a spaghetti and meatball dinner 4-7 p.m.

March 26 to benefit Charles ‘Charlie’ Fremgen, eat in or take out. The cost is $12. For information and to schedule take out, call 518-239-4837.

Now Hiring:

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR A. Colarusso & Son, Inc. is seeking An experienced Equipment Operator for the Quarry Division. Overtime is required.

The employee will be responsible for loading trucks using a front-end loader as well as loading barges at our Hudson dock. Must work overtime as necessary.

A full time Bin Truck Driver; CDL not required. Responsibilities will include monitoring and delivering material to asphalt bins during production, as well as various other labor duties. Must work overtime as needed.

An experienced Working Mechanic Supervisor for our quarry division. This position is responsible for the daily maintenance of our fleet of equipment and will be hands on, as needed. Good mechanical knowledge of diesel/gas engines, hydraulic brakes, electronics, electrical systems, and parts inventory required.

Must have management and supervisory experience, work well with others, and possess strong attention to detail and organization.

A Ground Person/ Laborer.. We are willing to train the right candidate.

Duties will include greasing and maintenance of equipment, changing screens, shoveling, and various duties around the plant. Must work overtime as needed.

EOE. Full benefits provided, including health, dental, and vision insurance as well as a pension/profit sharing plan. Salary commensurate with experience.

Send resume to PO Box 302, Hudson, NY 12534, ATTN: Human Resource Department, or email to acampion@acolarusso.com

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Helen Fine (Helen Basen) August 10, 1935 - March 1, 2022 Helen Fine (Helen Basen) passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Helen was born on August 10, 1935 in Hudson, New York, to Abe and May Basen as their first child and daughter. She graduated Hudson High School in 1953 and entered Vermont College for Women. She was in its Chorus with a “Billy Holiday” voice and ensemble.

She worked at Gimbels and Advertising in New York City.

Helen was married to Daniel Fine of Hampton, Virginia, in 1956 in Albany New York and is the mother of William and Sharon Fine. She was an innovator in breeding Cavalier King Charles Dogs at a new fertility hospital for dogs in Massachusetts. Helen was an avid reader of mysteries and a world traveler. She spoke for African women and children in Zambia for blankets and compartments equality in a rail train derailment because of independence war.

Abe Basen, her father, a much-loved cigar store owner in Hudson, died in 1998 after a 90th Birthday at Kozels Restaurant in Columbia County. Helen moved to New Mexico from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 2015 with her husband, Dr. Daniel Fine and later her beloved son, William. Her daughter, Mrs. Sharon Zebede lives in Sunny Isles, Florida, raising her Grandson, Hudson.

Helen will be buried in the Temple Albert Cemetery in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Monday, March 7, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

In lieu of flowers the family is requesting acts of tzedakah or charity to honor the memory of Helen, 112 Vista Montana Lp, Placitas, NM 87043.

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Goldman Sachs to exit Russia in Wall Street’s first pullout Sridhar Natarajan Bloomberg

Goldman Sachs said it plans to close its operations in Russia, the first major Wall Street bank to leave in response to the nation’s invasion of Ukraine.

“Goldman Sachs is winding down its business in Russia in compliance with regulatory and licensing requirements,” the company said Thursday in an emailed statement. “We are focused on supporting our clients across the globe in managing or closing out pre-existing obligations in the market and ensuring the well-being of our people.”

The Wall Street powerhouse has maintained a presence in Russia in recent years, but the country doesn’t amount to a meaningful portion of its global banking business. At the end of 2021, the firm’s total credit exposure to Russia was $650 million, most of which was tied to non-sovereign

counterparties or borrowers.

While Goldman is exiting Russia, the firm is still trading corporate debt tied to the country without the bank itself making wagers on price movements.

“In our role as marketmaker standing between buyers and sellers, we are helping our clients reduce their risk in Russian securities which trade in the secondary market, not seeking to speculate,” New York-based Goldman Sachs said in the statement.

Goldman earlier this month began moving some of its Moscow-based staff to Dubai, responding to requests by some of its Russia staff to work from a different location.

While Goldman is the first Wall Street firm to announce a departure, Citigroup said Wednesday that it’s assessing operations in the country.

The New York-based company has the largest presence in Russia of any U.S. bank.

Texans lined up for hours to support Ukrainian-owned bakery: ‘It was like all of San Antonio showed up’ Cathy Free The Washington Post

Since the Russian invasion began in Ukraine, Anna Afanasieva has been heartsick with worry for her parents and sister who live in Odessa, in southern Ukraine.

“I felt desperate to do something,” said Afanasieva, 28, who grew up in Odessa but has lived near San Antonio, in recent years.

She and the small staff at the cheesecake bakery she coowns decided there was one thing they could do: buy all the ingredients they could, and work around-the-clock making cheesecakes. Then donate the money from the sales back home to the war effort.

“Our kitchen is super tiny, maybe 200 square feet,” said Afanasieva of her bakery, Laika Cheesecakes and Espresso.

“We have 20 employees and we were baking nonstop to keep up.”

Once she put out the word on Facebook, people came by the thousands.

“I couldn’t believe it - it was like all of San Antonio showed up,” she said.

Afanasieva and her employees spent day and night baking and decorating miniature cheesecakes, which customers buy by the jar, by the slice or in six-packs.

Within hours, the cheesecake line wrapped around several blocks, and by late afternoon, people were waiting for up to four hours, she said.

Customers were glad to do it.

“Tried today and sold out, but I’ll be back tomorrow! Love to you and your families!” one woman commented on the cafe’s Facebook page.

“There are still compassionate people in this world,” wrote another customer. “Beautiful job you are doing and delicious cheesecake - my book club definitely enjoyed it.”

“This is so beautiful - please let us know if you need any physical help too,” commented a local pub owner. “I can work a cash register for a few hours if need be or whatever.”

Afanasieva said she was stunned by the response, and glad she decided to funnel her angst into action.

“I couldn’t go home to Ukraine to fight,” Afanasieva said. “But I could bake cheesecake.”

For two years, Afanasieva has co-owned Laika, a popular dessert spot in the San Antonio suburb of Alamo Heights. The cafe is known for miniature cheesecakes in jars that come in more than 20 flavors, including raspberry white chocolate, toffee turtle and tiramisu.

Afanasieva opened the bakery and cafe with a friend about eight years after she came to the United States as a foreign exchange student and decided to apply for legal residency.

“When I learned that Ukraine was under attack, I realized the only real way for me to help my parents and others

VIKTOR KRIZMA

Customers line up outside Laika Cheesecakes and Espresso on Feb. 25.

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Cheesecakes at Laika Cheesecakes and Espresso in Alamo Heights, Tex., outside San Antonio. In one weekend, they sold more than 4,500 items to help Ukrainian soldiers.

in Ukraine was to buy more ingredients, sell more cheesecakes and donate the money,” she said.

Afanasieva and her business partner, Viktor Krizma, contributed the earnings from everything they sold in the cafe between Feb. 25 and 27 to a fund for soldiers’ resistance efforts.

By the time she and Krizma closed the shop on the 27th, about 3,000 San Antonians had purchased more than 4,500 jars or slices of cheesecake and had donated money on top of their purchases, bringing the total to more than $72,000 to help Ukrainian soldiers.

That number has since climbed to about $100,000, as people continue to donate on the Laika website, said Afanasieva, who says she has forwarded the money to a fund in Ukraine earmarked for military supplies.

“I never imagined it would be so successful and that so many people in San Antonio would turn out,” she said.

“They stood in line because they wanted more than a slice of cheesecake. They wanted to do everything they could to help.”

“Even after we’d sold out of cheesecake and coffee, they continued to show up,” she added. “They were happy to give to the cause even if they received nothing in return.”

Afanasieva said she has fond memories of growing up with her older sister in Odessa, a port city of 1 million on the Black Sea. “It’s such a beautiful place and I am so worried that now it will be destroyed,” she said.

“Until the pandemic, I was going home to visit every two years. I almost have no words to express how I feel. It’s heartbreaking.”

War in Ukraine puts shipping’s recovery in jeopardy K. Oanh Ha, Ann Koh, Devika Krishna Kumar and Verity Ratcliffe Bloomberg

Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has the shipping industry bracing for new shocks to its labor force, which relies on experienced crew from both countries.

Ukrainian and Russian seafarers make up nearly 15% of the industry’s 1.9 million seafarers and a high proportion of its officers and ranked crew. Now Ukraine has conscripted men under 60 and forbidden them to leave the country, while some of those who are on board already have asked to go home to fight or reunite with their families. Flight bans have made it hard for Russian seafarers to get to their ships or to return home, and are interfering with crew rotations.

Fears over the safety of crews and soaring insurance premiums are discouraging ship owners from sending vessels to Ukraine or Russia, according to the International Chamber of Shipping. Trade flows of goods from wheat to crude oil are expected to face disruption, it said in an e-mailed statement.

Meanwhile, global sanctions against

Russia and limited access to hard currency have made it difficult for seafarers to collect the wages they’re owed or to send money home to family.

“The combined effect of Covid and the war is a disaster for shipping,” said Columbia Shipmanagement chief executive officer Mark O’Neil. “The restrictions on Russian and Ukrainian seafarers caused by the war, combined with Covid disruption, will wreak havoc on supply chains as well as driving seafarer wages ever higher.”

Nearly all of the world’s economies have seen a drop in international trade as a result of disruptions triggered by the war, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The impact on shipping, one of the world’s oldest industries, was almost immediate after the invasion started.

At least five commercial vessels have been damaged by explosions off Ukraine’s coast. At least one seafarer died, and the Panamanian-flagged cargo ship Helt sank last week outside the port of Odesa after an explosion. More than 140 ships with more than 1,000 seafarers on board have been trapped in

Ukraine waters since the Russian invasion began. The nearby ports are closed, and ships aren’t leaving out of fear they’ll be hit by missiles or underwater mines in the Black Sea. Some ship managers are advising Ukrainian crew to remain on board, saying it’s dangerous to return, and some workers have asked to extend their contracts rather than return to the conflict zone. Many seafarers live in Kherson or Mariupol, southern cities that are now under heavy Russian attack, said Kuba Szymanski, secretary general of InterManager which represents ship managers. Those who wish to return home are often taken to nearby European countries such as Poland and Romania to reunite with families or wait it out, he said.

Most of the crew on board ships for BBC Chartering, a shipper based in Germany, are Russian or Ukrainian. Now the company is concerned a high number of its Ukrainian crew want to get home to families, and any potential replacements in Russia can’t fly out of the country.

“We carry heavy-lift cargo, so there’s a question of who is going to replace these

crew members,” said Denis Bandura, a managing director for the firm’s Mideast unit. “The knowledge of lifting and storage of the cargoes comes from Russian and Ukrainian crews.”

The crewing challenges are manageable for now, with some shipping companies sending Russians seafarers to the Middle East where Russian flights can still land. A.P. Moller-Maersk, said it’s stopped crew changes in Ukraine due to security concerns and has set up Ukrainian mariners who were returning home temporary in Poland.

There’s also the problem, for workers, of getting paid. Most Ukrainians banks have imposed limits on daily withdrawals of cash to protect from a run on banks, and many of the Russian financial institutions that process seafarers’ pay have been sanctioned. In the meanwhile, seafarers are getting paid in cash or having their salaries transferred to debit cards or credit cards, which will likely be hit with sanctions soon too.

Bloomberg’s Jack Wittels and Clara Hernanz Lizarraga contributed to this report.

While her mother and sister were safely evacuated to Moldova, then Turkey, her father stayed behind to care for her grandmother in Odessa and to help defend the city, Afanasieva said.

“I can’t stop thinking about them - what is happening in Ukraine is the worst thing that could possibly happen,” she said.

Afanasieva said she was 18 when she came to the United States as a foreign exchange student in 2013.

“When my studies were over, I wanted to travel a bit and see the country, so I drove to California,” she said. In San Diego, she said she met Krizma and they started a marketing and photography business together. Five years ago, they decided to expand their company and relocate to San Antonio.

When her homemade cheesecakes were a hit with friends about three years ago, she developed a passion for baking and decided to open the bakery and cafe with Krizma.

They named the shop Laika after a stray dog from Moscow that was launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957.

The terrier was the first living creature to orbit the Earth, but sadly died shortly after launch in Sputnik 2.

“The irony that it was a Russian dog is not lost on me,” Afanasieva said.

“We opened during the pandemic in December 2020 - not the best time to start a business,” she added. “But people in San Antonio really love cheesecake and they supported us.”

The same people who bought six-packs of “to go” cheesecakes then are among the most generous contributors to her cause now, she said.

“They know that I am hurting,” Afanasieva said. “I don’t know if I will see my friends and my father again.”

She said the support she feels from her adopted country brings tears to her eyes.

“Here in San Antonio, people have big hearts,” she said.

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HUDSON — Pianist-composer Armen Donelian emerges from the COVID-caused shutdowns with the launch of his new album, Fresh Start, at Hudson Hall on Saturday, March 18 at 7pm. Set to be released on April 1 on Sunnyside Records, the album is the recorded premiere of Donelian’s new trio featuring bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Dennis Mackrel.

Healing and stimulating, it’s music that both soothes the soul and sparks the imagination.

Tickets are $25/$35 with a copy of the album and are available now at hudsonhall.org.

According to Donelian, Fresh Start evolved mysteriously over many years. At times, exciting compositional ideas emerged from nowhere, only to lead back there. Inspiration came equally from jazz standards, great composers, doing gigs with other musicians, teaching, and from the roller coaster of life, but these moments were separated by months and at times years of fruitlessness. In responding to the calamity of the pandemic, this trio offers a balm in troubled

Left to right: Dennis Mackrel, Armen Donelian, and Jay Anderson

times.

“The pandemic … was an opportunity for me to reexamine my approach to the piano and composing,” says Donelian. “I was looking to deepen how we listen and interact with each other in a responsive way, taking every particle of time as an opportunity to connect with and support each other, contributing in some way to a more beautiful sound.”

Bassist/composer Jay Anderson is among the most versatile and respected jazz artists performing today. He has performed/recorded with a wide range of jazz artists including Woody Herman, Carmen McRae, Michael Brecker, and Jay Clayton and non-jazz artists like The Australian Chamber Orchestra, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Chaka Khan, Allen Ginsberg, and Celine

Dion.

Drummer Dennis Mackrel performed with the Count Basie Orchestra alongside Freddie Green from 1983 to 1987. In 2010, he returned to direct the Basie band - the first drummer to do so. Dennis has shared the stage with jazz legends including Lionel Hampton, Joe Williams, Tony Bennett, Nancy Wilson, Quincy Jones, Carla Bley, and many others.

ABOUT HUDSON HALL Hudson Hall (www.hudsonhall.org) is a cultural beacon in the Hudson Valley, offering a dynamic year-round schedule of music, theater, dance, literature, workshops for youth and adults, as well as family programs and large-scale community events such as Winter Walk.

Located in a historic landmark that houses New York State’s oldest surviving theater, Hudson Hall underwent a full restoration and reopened to the public in April 2017 for the first time in over 55 years. Purchase tickets at: https://hudsonhall. org/event/armen-donelianfresh-start/

‘19th Century Photography in Columbia County’ DISCUSSION VIA ZOOM

BY DAVID SOKOSH AND LISA WEILBACKER TICKETS & MORE INFO Stereo-Daguerreotype CCHS presents the third our 2022 Spring Lecture Series: ‘19th Century Photography in Columbia County,’ a zoom discussion by David Sokosh & Lisa Weilbacker Join Lisa Weilbacker and David Sokosh as they examine early photographs from the CCHS collection, discuss their place in the history of photography and share information about the County residents shown in the pictures. Sokosh will also show examples of his newly-made images, created using 19th Century photo processes ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: David Sokosh Artist David Sokosh is a photographer living and working in Claverack, NY. He creates photographs using the 19th

Daguerreo type

Century processes of Cyanotype and Wet-Plate Collodion (tintype) and makes artist’s books using letterpress printing and Cyanotype. His current project: “Things That Look Like the MOON (but are not the moon), consists of portfolio prints and a hand-made, limited edition, artist book printed entirely with cyanotype. Other projects include: “Objectified in the Time of Covid” and “John Rogers

in the 21st Century, Contemporary Issues Seen Through a 19th Century Lens”. In Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Sokosh was formerly director of the gallery, Underbridge Pictures, which specialized in painted and photographed images of architecture. While in Brooklyn Sokosh worked with a number of nonprofits including the Fort Greene Park Conservancy and Clinton Hill Society, and served

on the boards of both groups.

Sokosh’s artistic work is included in the permanent collections of Polaroid Corporation; the Kinsey Institute; Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, FL; Shelburne Museum, VT; Pfizer; and others; his work is represented in Hudson by Carrie Haddad Gallery.

Lisa Weilbacker Lisa Weilbacker is Curator of Collections and Historic Properties at Columbia County Historical Society. Currently she serves as Interim Executive Director of CCHS. The lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer conversation.

Saturday, March 19th @4:30 pm via ZOOM TICKETS: $10 Members (CCHS) $ 15 Non-Members ** NOTE: TICKETS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED ZOOM LINK will be emailed after Payment

Lightform art and spirit HUDSON — On Friday, March 11th from 7 to 8 p.m. the multimedia, avant-garde music/art duo Black Lake will present a public performance at the Lightforms Art Center, at 743 Columbia St. in Hudson.

Donations welcome (suggested $0-$25). Black Lake consists of vocalists, guitarists, and multiinstrumentalists S. Moss and Susan Jennings. On February 25 the group re-released their 4-song album “Shake” on New Reality Records [https:// dsitrokid.com/hyperfollow/ blacklake2/shake]. Their Facebook page [facebook. com/ BlackLakeArt] tells audiences to expect an “immersive, otherworldly art music experience.”

The March 11 performance is offered in conjunction with and amidst the ongoing art exhibition at Lightforms of new artworks on paper, paintings, and sculpture by S .Moss, titled The

Black Lake Multimedia Performance

Lightness of Winter showing from March 4 through April 10..

In Black Lake, Moss (who is also known as Moss, Moss Crayton, and Slink G. Moss) plays guitar and percussion and is the lead vocalist and songwriter. Jennings, who graduated from Yale and Hunter Colleges and lives in

western Massachusetts, plays guitar as well as her handmade “sound-sculpture” instruments, and is also an awardwining and widely exhibited visual artist.

About the duo’s name, Jennings has said, “We’re all about nature and consciousness. The

name is so perfect for us, since when a lake is still at night, it reflects the heavens.”

Moss attended the Art Institute of Chicago, moved to New York City in 1997, and then to Hudson in 2000.

While in New York City, Moss worked in advertising and fashion, acted in films, and formed the Slink Moss Orchestra. Black Lake has been awarded multiple artist residencies for their solo and collaborative art and has performed at various art museums, galleries, and other venues. Moss’s previous bands havereleased several CDs. He is currently working on multiple musical projects including Black Lake, Wild Weeeds, Unfinishd Bizness, and Magick Stonz. The Slink Moss Explosion received national attention and has a compilation of recordings being released in 2022 on HiStyle Records.

Dorothy Wickenden in conversation with Winifred Gallagher Dorothy Wickenden in conversation with Winifred Gallagher Saturday, March 12, 2 p.m.

Tickets: $10, Registration Required by Friday, March 11 Don’t delay, there are just a few spots available, tickets will not be sold at the door!

Spencertown Academy Arts Center, in collaboration with Chatham Bookstore, presents Dorothy Wickenden, author of The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s

Rights, in conversation with Winifred Gallagher, author of New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story.

Books by both authors will be for sale and the authors will be available for signing after the conversation. Ticket holders will receive 10% off books purchased at the event. For more information, please visit our website.

Proof of vaccination or proof of a negative Covid 19 test will be required for admission, seating will

be distanced and limited, masks are recommended.

The Academy has installed

Blueair HealthProtect 7470 air purifiers in the auditorium.

THIS AND THAT FOOD TRUCK Saturday, March 12, noon - 6 p.m.

This & That Food Truck is back with their classic offerings and vegan menu such as grilled artichoke, cauliflower wings, empanadas, falafel, quesadillas, and more! (V + GF options) Saturday, March 12, noon - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/325861486113874 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 SATURDAY LITERARY SERIES: MAYUKH SEN Saturday, March 12, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.

FREE James Beard award-winning author Mayukh Sen will read from his book “Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America,” at this weekend event presented by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and The Amelia Hudson.

Following the reading, Sen will be joined in conversation by staff from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, to discuss his creative and journalistic process, current projects, and all things food. Light refreshment will be served.

Saturday, March 12, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m., https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ saturday-literary-series-awardwinning-food-writer-mayukh-sentickets-266849763827 The Amelia Hudson, 339 Allen Street, Hudson, 518-768-7900 OPENING RECEPTION: D’ARCY SIMPSON ART WORKS PRESENTS: WORLD BUILDING BY JOSEPH STABILITO Saturday, March 12, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works is thrilled to exhibit the lyrical abstract worldscapes by artist Joseph Stabilito.

Stabilito’s canvases are densely layered with poured acrylic paint, bold gestural lines and intricate ink drawings that dance together to create dreamy, poetic, sinuous compositions. In these paintings, large biomorphic forms coexist with cybergrids, architectural designs, skulls and other tiny hidden images.

They are simultaneously macro and micro. These works will be on display through April 7th.

Stabilito’s work has been widely shown and collected throughout the US and Europe since his first show in 1982. His work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Art in America, NY Spaces, and The New York Times. His painting Candy Kiss appeared in the Jennifer Lopez film Hustlers. Stabilito lives in Hillsdale NY. D’Arcy Simpson Art Works is an emerging commercial gallery in Hudson NY that promotes the rich variety of quality contemporary art created in the Hudson Valley Region. Gallery owner Ellen D’Arcy Simpson strives to encourage new collectors to understand and

trust their intuitive reactions to art through discussion and education.

The program consists of monthly artist takeovers and a rotating collection of work by those artists throughout the year. The gallery also works to build community in support of local art and artists through the development of initiatives including the annual Art Works Senior Award to Hudson High School art students, the Hudson Second Saturday Gallery Crawl, and a variety of public and activist art projects.

Saturday, March 12, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m., https://www.darcysimpsonartworks.com/ D’Arcy Simpson Art Works, 409 Warren Street, Hudson, 2014527101 MONTHLY STAR PARTY Saturday, March 12, 6:30 p.m.

The Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association hosts a monthly stargazing party in the West Beach parking lot. Bring your own telescopes and binoculars or use those provided by our members. RSVP is required at least one day beforehand. You will be asked to provide your license plate number and make/model car, so Park Management and Police have a record of who will be in park after hours.

Saturday, March 12, 6:30 p.m., https://www.meetup.com/mhastro/events/275468188/ Lake Taghkanic State Park, 1528 Route 82, Ancram, (518) 851-3631 LIVE: BUSHWACKERS Saturday, March 12, 7 p.m.

Come out and enjoy some live music and local beer!

Saturday, March 12, 7 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/970097837270866 Hudson Brewing Company, 99 South 3rd Street, Hudson, 518-6975400

MARCH 13 THIS AND THAT FOOD TRUCK Sunday, March 13, noon - 6 p.m.

This & That Food Truck is back with their classic offerings and vegan menu such as grilled artichoke, cauliflower wings, empanadas, falafel, quesadillas, and more! (V + GF options) Sunday, March 13, noon - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/325861522780537 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 SUNDAY SESSIONS: MUSIC BY PAYNE’S GREY SKY Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

So excited that Payne’s Grey Sky will be bringing their American roots rock music back to the barn.

Come enjoy a pint and some great tunes for Sunday Sessions!

Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/1008791603327114 Vosburgh Brewing Company, 1065 County Route 19, Elizaville, 518-5377652

Concordia University Choir comes to Cairo CAIRO — The Kapelle of Concordia University Chicago, under the direction of Dr. Charles P. Brown, will present “Created-RedeemedBlessed,” a concert on Thursday, March 10th at 7:00pm at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 186 Main St, Cairo, as part of the ensemble’s spring tour to the eastern US. The concert is open to the public, and admission is free. A free will offering will be accepted to benefit the choir.

This distinctive choral program’s theme confesses the faith of the church, featuring works by Howard Helvey, Alexander Kastalsky, Melchior Vulpius, Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann

Sebastian Bach, Stephen Caracciolo, Anne Krentz Organ, Elaine Hagenberg, Fred Gramann, and highlighting works by composers from Concordia University Chicago: Richard Hillert, Ben Culli, and Jonathan Kohrs. Beyond touring the United States, the Kapelle has performed for audiences in Argentina, the Baltic nations, Canada, Chile, France, Poland and Russia—and most recently in Scotland and England in 2019. For more information about The Kapelle’s upcoming tour, seehttps:// www.cuchicago.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-arts/ music/music-ensembles/kapelle/tours/.

BKO salon concert CHATHAM — In a live BKO salon concert on Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20, 3-4 pm (in his studio at 40 Church St., Chatham), pianist Uel Wade will be joined by cellist Robert Reed in a riveting program of Latin-American music.

“Más Hispánicos” takes its cue from the enthusiasm that greeted BKO’s “Colores Hispánicos” last October.

The excitement of the guitarbased Spanish dance rhythms pervade much of this music. These are countered by

emotional stretches of characteristic Spanish melancholy, as well as luscious harmonies.

All their styles are distinct but equally colorful. For example, the Ginastera “Pampeano No. 2” proceeds from the heavy steps of the gaucho dancers to the haunting bleakness of the Pampas, with a hair-raising ending.

Admission is $25, free for students 18 and under. Masks and vaccinations required.

Reserve at uel@uelwade.org or 518-392-4697.

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Hooray! Peppa Pig Live! Peppa Pig’s Adventure TO TOUR ACROSS THE US WITH A SPECIAL STOP IN SCHENECTADY SCHENECTADY – Round Room Live and Hasbro are thrilled to announce that Peppa Pig Live! Peppa Pig’s Adventure will bring the loveable, cheeky little piggy to live audiences across the United States, with a stop in Schenectady on Tuesday, April 12. Tickets for the live, family-friendly musical experience will go on sale March 11 with pre-sales beginning March 8. For tickets and additional information, visit proctors.org.

Come join Peppa Pig on an exciting camping trip in the woods with George and her school friends, including Pedro Pony, Suzy Sheep and Gerald Giraffe. With lunchboxes packed and Daddy Pig driving the bus, Peppa and friends are excited about their outdoor adventures, full of singing, dancing, games and surprises. Little piggies everywhere will love this 60-minute live musical experience!

“We can’t wait to bring this delightful and captivating show, featuring such beloved characters, to audiences across the country,” says Stephen Shaw, tour producer and co-president of Round Room Live. “We’re proud to offer the most engaging and memorable family experiences for live entertainment fans of all ages.”

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, Peppa Pig Live! Peppa Pig’s Adventure tour producers and venue management teams continue to work diligently on localized plans to ensure the safety of all audience members, touring personnel, and venue staff. For the COVID-19 protocols at Proctors, visit proctors.org before the show.

Fans can visit peppapigliveus.com now for tour dates, ticket information and oneof-a-kind photo experience packages. Follow Peppa Pig Live! social media for pre-sale access and exclusive tour content.

Tickets are available through the Box Office at Proctors, in person or via phone at 518-346-6204 Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or online at proctors.org. Press tickets are also available, contact Jessica Sims jsims@proctors.org. They will be processed in the order they are received.

Peppa Pig’s Adventure

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ABOUT ROUND ROOM LIVE, AN EONE COMPANY: Round Room Live is a producer and promoter of live entertainment, that specializes in transforming both new and iconic intellectual property into engaging and thrilling live events. Round Room creates unique live

experiences tailored to the distinct character of each property and produces the highest quality productions for audiences around the world.

Their current roster of touring theatrical shows includes: Baby Shark Live!, Blippi The Musical, Peppa Pig Live, and PJ Masks Live!

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The show, featuring the globally beloved character of Peppa Pig, will delight audiences on Tuesday, April 12 Tickets on sale Friday, March 11 via proctors.org

This week at the Crandell Crandell Theatre requires filmgoers, including children over the age of 12, to show proof of full vaccination along with a valid I.D. (can be a school I.D.) for all screenings and events.

Ticket purchase includes seat selection which automatically buffers each patron or party to provide social distancing. Masks are required indoors except when seated.

This week, the Crandell Theatre presents a stunning variety award-winning and nominated films such as Flee, an animated docudrama that tells the extraordinary true story of Amin, about to marry and reveal his hidden past. In case you missed these Oscar contenders, we’re playing encores of Belfast, director Kenneth Branagh’s irresistible cine-memoir about his boyhood in 1960s Northern Ireland, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, and Dune, starring Timothée Chalamet. Next up is the modern dramedy from Oslo The Worst Person in the World, which critics are lauding as “the best film of the year.”

Our Sunday matinee is Luana: A Yak in the Classroom, Nominated for an Oscar in Best International Feature Film from Bhutan.

Now available at the Crandell Theatre - popcorn!

Enjoy fresh popcorn, candy, and soft drinks while watching a film on the big screen.

March 10-13 showtimes are listed below.

MARCH CALENDAR

Pamela Salisbury Gallery is pleased to announce

Donna Moylan: Flowers for the Time Being HUDSON – Pamela Salisbury Gallery is pleased to announce Donna Moylan: Flowers for the Time Being. This exhibition opens Saturday, March 5, 2022 and will continue through Sunday, March 27, 2022.

This exhibition is concurrent with Elaine Reichek: A Swatch Sampler, featuring 19 examples of Reichek’s 2006–07 Swatches, which simultaneously mimic and parody the marketing of modern and contemporary works of art.

Elaine Reichek has been using thread as a core element in her work since the early 1970s, and was an early pioneer among conceptual artists in rethinking the role of craft in the fine arts, and in investigating alternative narratives and histories.

Donna Moylan writes, “To begin, I took a bunch of flowers, stuck them in an empty jar and thinking it would be restful, started painting. What flourishes, what elegance! The color combinations; how a brush stroke mimics a petal.

Donna Moylan, Anemones on the Table, 2020, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches

Well, very funny. A wise man told me many years ago that there’s no such thing as an easy painting. Soon enough the paintings began edging toward

emotions that usually I shun in my work.

Mourning, grief, loss; celebration, joy, love; renewal, recognition, gratitude. Flowers

carry such emotions from person to person.

Meanwhile, I was fascinated with the problems of painting them. Backlit, on a table, in a room, perhaps with a window behind. The way a bouquet sits in silence as we buzz around it; the way stillness coexists with the passage of time. To me the classical indifference of ‘nature’ in contrast to our urgency has always been a theme.”

Donna Moylan has exhibited her work extensively in the United States and in Europe.

After living in Rome, Italy, for 23 years, she came to New York City in the early 1990s. Her shows have been reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Newsweek, ArtForum, Art in America and other publications. Moylan’s paintings are included in The Collezione Maramotti, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the New York Public Library Collection as well as numerous private collections.

Murder Café and Le Chambord at Curry Estate present MYSTERY WEEKEND HOPEWELL JUNCTION — In celebration of its 24th year in operation, and its return to live and safe performances, Murder Café will partner with Le Chambord at Curry Estate in Hopewell Junction on MYSTERY WEEKEND, March 25 – 27, 2022.

The weekend of mystery and fine dining, and Murder Café’s original production, “The Mystery of the Alien Invasion”, begins on Friday March 25th when you’ll be treated to a fine dining experience and the first part of the alien invasion. When you return on Saturday morning, The cast of Mystery Weekend March 26th, for part two of the mystery you will uncover more murderer is revealed! clues while enjoying a breakfast Murder Café owner-operator buffet. Saturday night diner is Frank Marquette explains the served while you start to put all plot as follows: “It’s 1954 and the pieces together for this who- Curry Estate is hosting a condunit. And on Sunday, March vention for Americans Against 27th you’ll enjoy Le Chambo- Saucer Secrecy. As Dr. E. T. Mars rd’s celebrated brunch while the makes his opening remarks he is

met with conflict and the eerie sound of a crash. He soon discovers a flying saucer has landed on nearby Mount Beacon.

According to an Air Force colonel who disrupts the convention, an alien is one of the guests.

And to make matters worse a

murder occurs. Be a part of an out-of-this-world experience as you encounter 7 suspects, one of whom is the alien and the murderer!”

Prizes will be awarded along with memories that will last a lifetime. The entire weekend, filled with mystery, fun and fine dining, is only $325 per person.

Upgrade the weekend with an overnight stay at Le Chambord by calling 845-221-1941 for room reservations.

For purchase your tickets for mystery weekend visit www. curryestate.com/events The cast of “The Mystery of the Alien Invasion” includes: Jim Keenen, Ellen Pavloff, Lauren Roberts, Tom Roberts, Nanette Ayers, Dan Anderson, Jessica Boyd and Marisa Gorsline.

The play was written and directed by Frank Marquette.

Flee

FLEE Thursday, March 10, 7 p.m.

Rated PG-13 | 89 minutes Documentary, Animation An animated documentary telling the true story about a man’s need to confront his past in order to truly have a future. Amin arrived as an unaccompanied minor in Denmark from Afghanistan.

Today, at 36, he is a successful academic and is getting married to his long-time boyfriend. A secret he has been hiding for over 20 years threatens to ruin the life he has built for himself. For the first time, he is sharing his story with his close friend.

Belfast

Dornan, Ciarán Hinds and Jude Hill.

The Worst Person in the World

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD Friday, March 11, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 12, 4 p.m.

Rated R | 127 minutes Comedy, Drama, Romance Nominated for two Oscars including Best Original Screenplay. A modern dramedy about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It chronicles four years for Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who

West Side Story

she really is.

WEST SIDE STORY Saturday, March 12, 1 p.m.

Rated PG-13 | 156 minutes Musical, Drama, Crime Nominated for seven Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story. Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City.

Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks — two rival gangs vying for

Dune

control of the streets.

DUNE Saturday, March 12, 7 p.m.

Rated PG-13 | 155 minutes Action, Drama, Adventure Nominated for ten Oscars including Best Picture.

A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, Dune tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

BELFAST Friday, March 11, 4 p.m.

Sunday, March 13, 4 p.m.

Rated PG-13 | 98 minutes Drama Nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. An irresistible film carved from Academy Award nominated director Kenneth Branagh’s own experience in the tumultu- Luana: A Yak in the Classroom ous late 1960s in Northern Ireland. A nine-year-old boy must chart a path towards LUANA: A YAK IN THE adulthood through a world CLASSROOM that has suddenly turned Sunday, March 13, 1 p.m. upside down. His stable 110 minutes and loving community and Drama, Family Nominated for an Oscar in everything he thought he understood about life is Best International Feature changed forever but joy, Film, and only the second laughter, music and the for- Oscar entry from Bhutan. mative magic of the movies A young teacher from Bhuremain. Winner of the To- tan’s capital, Thimphu, is ronto Film Festival and Peo- assigned to work at a remote ple’s Choice Award. Nomi- mountain school against nee of 11 Critic’s Choice his will. He dreams of quitAwards including Best ting his government job, Picture. Starring Caitríona emigrating to Australia and Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie pursuing a career as a singer.

Sports

Knicks win again

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Chelsea Janes The Washington Post

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball took another week of regular season games off the schedule Wednesday, pushing Opening Day to April 14 at the earliest with the owners and players still unable to come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement.

Commissioner Rob Manfred has canceled the first four series of the season, but a deal may not be too far out of reach.

“We worked hard to reach an agreement and offered a fair deal with significant improvements for the players and our fans. I am saddened by this situation’s continued impact on our game and all those who are a part of it, especially our loyal fans,” Manfred said in a statement.

“We have the utmost respect for our players and hope they will ultimately choose to accept the fair agreement they have been offered.”

Another week of spring training dissolved into discussions of details and dollars that could have been going on for months, instead of weeks, had MLB not let 43 days pass without contacting the union.

Another set of proposals changed hands, evolved and seemingly edged the sides toward an agreement, only to leave both declaring their dissatisfaction.

“The owners’ decision to cancel additional games is completely unnecessary. After making a set of comprehensive proposals to the league earlier this afternoon, and being told substantive responses were forthcoming, Players have yet to hear back,” the MLB Players Association said in a statement.

“Players want to play, and we cannot wait to get back on the field for the best fans in the world.

Our priority remains the finalization of a fair contract for all Players, and we will continue negotiations toward that end.”

Those negotiations continued into Wednesday night, according to people familiar with the plans - a positive sign suggesting that MLB’s decision to cancel games was not a signal that talks had deteriorated beyond the point of no return.

That decision came after the owners told the union Wednesday that it needed to choose an

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Major League Baseball pushes back Opening Day again as lockout continues

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PATROON CONFERENCE 2021-22 BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-STARS

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Chatham’s J.B. Brantley was named the 2021-22 Patroon Conference boys basketball Coach of the Year.

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MVP Matt Thorsen - Chatham COACH OF THE YEAR J.B. Brantley - Chatham FIRST TEAM Isaiah Maines - Hudson Ben Marra - Maple Hill

Jay Chaplin - Watervliet Jack Motta - Greenville Jacob Baccaro - Chatham SECOND TEAM Jordan Cunningham - Hudson Sean Haye - Catskill Trey Smith - Greenville Tyler Holloway - Watervliet Azar Brantley - Catskill

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Chatham’s Matt Thorsen was named the 2021-22 Patroon Conference boys basketball Most Valuable Player.

2022 Ron Gabriel Foundation Scholarship

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TPC welcomes back fans in full force to watch best field in golf Edgar Thompson Orlando Sentinel

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Championship in many ways has become as much as about the fans, just not lately.

The PGA Tour’s showcase event will once again pair one of golf’s best fields and spectating experiences this week at the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course.

Designer Pete Dye created large, sloping mounds to give onlookers unobstructed views of the action. Over the years, fans have witnessed final-round flourishes, fantastic finishes and plenty of

heartbreak.

Yet in 2021, the hillsides at the iconic 17th hole island green — normally packed with people sitting shoulder to shoulder — were sparse with spectators, many wearing masks. The COVID-19 shutdown in sports canceled the 2020 Players after just 18 holes.

The 40th Players staged at Pete Dye’s distinguishable design will once again feature tens of thousands of fans spread across the property.

Yet many patrons and players could be seeking cover.

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At the 2022 spring Columbia-Greene Umpires Association meeting, four members received the Ron Gabriel scholarship. Those members were; David Robinson, Patrick Knapp, Garrett Montgomery, and Rob Hall. Ron would have been proud of all their hard work to become a varsity umpire. If anyone is interested in donating to the Ron Gabriel scholarship, you can send it to Richard Gabriel at 29 Gabriel Road Hudson, NY 12534. Each year the foundation will award scholarships to students pursuing a teaching career and to individuals pursuing umpiring opportunities. For more information about the foundation you may contact Sean Connors at sconnors24@yahoo.com or visit the Columbia Greene umpires at cguaumpires/Facebook.com

Mitchell Trubisky to Giants makes little sense for everyone involved Pat Leonard New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Mitchell Trubisky’s name increasingly is being connected to the Giants.

And it isn’t exactly clear why.

Trubisky, 27, the Chicago Bears’ former No. 2 overall pick, backed up Josh Allen with the Buffalo Bills last season. So Giants GM Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll know him, and Trubisky knows Daboll’s offense.

But Trubisky coming to New York doesn’t make much sense for either side.

The quarterback should have better chances at starting and getting paid well in a thin quarterback market, where the Colts, Seahawks, Panthers, Steelers, Saints and

Buccaneers are all in need.

And the Giants, who are cap-strapped, shouldn’t be undercutting their professed belief in Daniel Jones unless it’s for a markedly better veteran or a first-round pick in the NFL draft.

That’s exactly what they’d be doing if they acquired Trubisky, though. They’d be creating a quarterback competition in training camp with no inspiring or differencemaking result.

As it is, Yahoo! Sports reported that one team in the backup QB market expects Trubisky to land with the Giants. And ESPN reported the Giants are expected to make a run at him, too.

The Giants undoubtedly need to improve on last year’s backup QB situation of Mike

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Mitchell Trubisky of the Buffalo Bills looks on prior to the AFC Wild Card playoff game against the New England Patriots at Highmark Stadium on Jan. 15 in Buffalo.

Glennon and Jake Fromm, which basically cost head coach Joe Judge his job. But they could sign anyone on the market and do that.

Jacoby Brissett and Tyrod Taylor are among the capable veteran options on the open market at this point. O-line overhaul begins

Schoen made his first move to improve the offensive line on Wednesday. He locked up Atlanta Falcons tackle Matt Gono to a one-year contract that will become official next week, a source confirmed.

Gono, 25, spent all of last season on the physically unable to perform list after shoulder surgery during the 2021 offseason. He played in 21 games for the Falcons over the previous two years, including four starts and 16 games in 2020.

He can play both tackle and guard, though 232 of his 309 snaps in 2020 came at right tackle, per Pro Football Focus.

Atlanta granted Gono his release in January.

Gono played at Cinnaminson (N.J.) in high school and Division III Wesley (Del.)

College before signing with the Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2018. These are the kind of bargain signings Schoen has to make to complement the draft in trying to fix the O-line in year one.

Engram good as gone Evan Engram is unlikely to re-sign with the Giants. Never say never, but Engram is likely priced out of returning even if he wanted to. He’s basically at the top of the free agent tight end market after three quality tight ends were franchise-tagged on Tuesday: the Cowboys’ Dalton Schultz, the Browns’ David Njoku and the Dolphins’ Mike Gesicki.

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Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Philadelphia 40 24 .625 Boston 40 27 .597 Toronto 35 30 .538 Brooklyn 33 33 .500 New York 28 38 .424 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 42 25 .627 Chicago 40 26 .606 Cleveland 38 27 .585 Indiana 22 45 .328 Detroit 18 48 .273 Southeast W L Pct Miami 44 23 .657 Charlotte 32 35 .478 Atlanta 31 34 .477 Washington 29 34 .460 Orlando 17 50 .254 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Utah 40 24 .625 Denver 39 26 .600 Minnesota 38 29 .567 Portland 25 39 .391 Oklahoma City 20 46 .303 Pacific W L Pct Phoenix 53 13 .803 Golden State 44 22 .667 L.A. Clippers 34 33 .507 L.A. Lakers 28 37 .431 Sacramento 24 43 .358 Southwest W L Pct Memphis 45 22 .672 Dallas 40 26 .606 New Orleans 27 39 .409 San Antonio 25 41 .379 Houston 17 49 .258 Wednesday’s games Boston 115, Charlotte 101 Chicago 114, Detroit 108 Phoenix 111, Miami 90 Milwaukee 124, Atlanta 115 Houston 139, L.A. Lakers 130, OT Minnesota 132, Oklahoma City 102 Orlando 108, New Orleans 102 New York 107, Dallas 77 Toronto 119, San Antonio 104 Portland at Utah, 10 p.m.

Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Denver, 10 p.m.

Field Level Media GB — 1.5 5.5 8.0 13.0 GB — 1.5 3.0 20.0 23.5 GB — 12.0 12.0 13.0 27.0 GB — 1.5 3.5 15.0 21.0 GB — 9.0 19.5 24.5 29.5 GB — 4.5 17.5 19.5 27.5

Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 57 39 13 2 3 83 Tampa Bay 56 37 13 2 4 80 Toronto 57 37 16 3 1 78 Boston 57 34 18 3 2 73 Detroit 57 24 27 5 1 54 Ottawa 56 20 31 4 1 45 Buffalo 58 18 32 7 1 44 Montreal 56 15 34 7 0 37 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Carolina 56 39 12 5 0 83 NY Rangers 57 36 16 3 2 77 Pittsburgh 58 34 15 4 5 77 Washington 59 31 18 8 2 72 Columbus 57 28 26 1 2 59 NY Islanders 53 21 24 3 5 50 New Jersey 57 21 31 1 4 47 Philadelphia 56 18 28 6 4 46 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 58 41 12 4 1 87 St. Louis 56 32 17 5 2 71 Minnesota 55 33 19 0 3 69 Nashville 56 32 20 2 2 68 Dallas 56 32 21 1 2 67 Winnipeg 57 25 22 6 4 60 Chicago 58 21 29 6 2 50 Arizona 56 17 35 0 4 38 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Calgary 56 34 15 7 0 75 Los Angeles 58 32 19 5 2 71 Vegas 58 32 22 3 1 68 Edmonton 58 31 23 4 0 66 Anaheim 59 27 23 5 4 63 Vancouver 57 28 23 3 3 62 San Jose 56 24 25 5 2 55 Seattle 59 17 37 4 1 39 Late Tuesday’s games Washington 5, Calgary 4 Wednesday’s games Edmonton 4, Washington 3, OT Montreal at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m.

Vegas at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Columbus at NY Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

NY Rangers at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Knicks lead Mavs start to finish to record third straight win

GF GA 237 167 196 162 213 171 173 155 165 212 147 180 154 209 137 212 GF GA 191 134 171 144 188 156 193 166 190 210 137 152 176 205 141 193 GF GA 230 168 195 155 208 179 176 156 166 162 174 178 152 201 141 203 GF GA 197 139 172 162 185 169 189 186 175 187 164 165 145 179 152 213

College basketball WEDNESDAY’S SCORES MEN EAST Colgate 74, Navy 58 Coppin St. 59, Howard 57 La Salle 63, Saint Joseph’s 56 Norfolk State 74, Delaware State 66 Penn St. 60, Minnesota 51 Rhode Island 79, Duquesne 77 Rider 71, Iona 70 St. John’s 92, DePaul 73 UMBC 80, Hartford 60 Vermont 74, Binghamton 42 Virginia Tech 76, Clemson 75, OT SOUTH Boston College 82, Wake Forest 77, OT Houston Baptist 74, Incarnate Word 64 Louisiana Tech 77, Marshall 67 McNeese St. 80, Northwestern St. 67 Rice 73, Charlotte 61 Sam Houston St. 65, California Baptist 35 Syracuse 96, Florida State 57 Texas Southern 54, Jackson State 50 Texas-El Paso 74, Old Dominion 64 Vanderbilt 86, Georgia 51 MIDWEST Butler 89, Xavier 82, OT Missouri 72, Mississippi 60 Northwestern 71, Nebraska 69 West Virginia 73, Kansas State 67 WEST Eastern Washington 78, Northern Arizona 75 Fresno St. 69, San Jose St. 67, OT Nevada 79, New Mexico 72 Oregon 86, Oregon St. 72 Portland St. 66, Idaho State 52 Sacramento State 57, Idaho 54 Stanford 71, Arizona State 70 Utah St. 83, Air Force 56

ACC TOURNAMENT At Barclays Center Brooklyn First Round Tuesday Boston College 66, Pittsburgh 46 Clemson 70,NC State 64 Louisville 84, Georgia Tech 74 Second Round Wednesday Syracuse 96, Florida State 57 Boston College 82, Wake Forest 77, OT Virginia Tech 76, Clemson 75, OT Virginia 51, Louisville 50 Quarterfinals Thursday Duke vs. Syracuse, Noon Miami vs. Boston College, 2:30 p.m.

Notre Dame vs. Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.

North Carolina vs. Virginia winner, 9:30 p.m.

Semifinals Friday Duke-Syracuse winner vs. Miami-Boston College winner, 7 p.m.

Notre Dame-Virginia Tech winner vs. North Carolina-Virginia winner, 9:30 p.m.

Julius Randle scored 26 points Wednesday night for the visiting New York Knicks, who extended their winning streak to three games by leading wire-to-wire in a 107-77 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.

Alec Burks (15 points, 11 rebounds) and Mitchell Robinson (11 points, 11 rebounds) had double-doubles for the Knicks, who pulled within 3 1/2 games of the Atlanta Hawks in the race for 10th place in the Eastern Conference and the final spot in the play-in tournament.

The Hawks fell to the Milwaukee Bucks 124-115 earlier Wednesday night.

RJ Barrett (18 points), Taj Gibson (11) and Evan Fournier (10) also scored in double figures for the Knicks, whose winning streak is their longest since a three-game run from Jan. 10-15.

Luka Doncic scored 17 of his 31 points in the third quarter for the Mavericks, who struggled badly from outside as their five-game winning streak was snapped. Dallas missed its first 19 3-point attempts and finished 6-for-44 (13.6 percent) from beyond the arc.

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New York Knicks forward Julius Randle (30) drives to the basket past Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith (10) during the second half at American Airlines Center on Wednesday.

Doncic also picked up his 14th technical foul of the season in the fourth

quarter, which leaves him two shy of earning a one-game suspension.

Spencer Dinwiddie (13 points) was the only other player to reach double figures for the Mavericks.

Robinson scored six points as the Knicks immediately took control with a game-opening 13-2 run. The Mavericks closed within seven points four times, the last at 19-12, before New York mounted a quarter-spanning 22-5 run that included 10 unanswered points to open the second.

The Knicks led by as many as 28 points and entered the half with a 61-34 lead. New York held a pair of 28-point leads in the third before the Mavericks mounted their surge. Doncic score seven straight points to cut the deficit to 67-46 and later ended a 9-0 run with a 3-pointer that pulled Dallas within 7460 with 2:54 left.

But Randle hit a layup out of a timeout to snap an 0-for-7 stretch by the Knicks, who scored eight of the final 13 points of the quarter. New York led by at least 17 points throughout the fourth and extended its advantage to 32 points three times.

NBA roundup: Suns clinch league’s first playoff spot Field Level Media

Devin Booker returned from a fourgame COVID-protocol absence and had a near triple-double, helping the Phoenix Suns clinch the NBA’s first playoff spot with a 111-90 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night.

Booker finished with 23 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, while Phoenix also got 21 points from Mikal Bridges and 19 points and 10 rebounds from Deandre Ayton. JaVale McGee added 11 points and a season-high 15 rebounds off the bench.

The game was a matchup between the team with the best record in the Eastern Conference (Miami) and the squad that leads the Western Conference (Phoenix).

Miami, which has won 12 of its past 15 contests, was led by Duncan Robinson (22 points), Tyler Herro (17 points) and Bam Adebayo (17 points). Kyle Lowry added five points and a game-high 10 assists.

Raptors 119, Spurs 104 Fred VanVleet poured in 26 points in his return after a five-game absence because of injury and Scottie Barnes added 20 points, 18 of them in the second half, as visiting Toronto rolled to a win over San Antonio.

The loss kept Spurs coach Gregg Popovich tied with Don Nelson at 1,335 atop the list of career regular-season NBA coaching wins.

Pascal Siakam also scored 20 points for the Raptors, with Gary Trent Jr. hitting for 17 and Precious Achiuwa adding 13 points as Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak. The Spurs’ Keldon Johnson led all scorers with 27 points while Dejounte Murray racked up 25 points and 12 assists.

Rockets 139, Lakers 130 (OT) Rookie Jalen Green scored 13 consecutive Houston points bridging the fourth quarter and overtime, and the Rockets pulled away for a win over visiting Los Angeles.

Green scored a season-high 32 points but he had ample help as seven Rockets scored in double figures. Fellow rookies Josh Christopher and Alperen Sengun scored 21 points apiece, with Sengun adding 14 rebounds to his season-best point total. Kenyon Martin Jr. (17 points, 11 rebounds) also recorded a doubledouble for Houston, which was missing two starters and entered on a 2-17 skid.

LeBron James posted his fifth tripledouble of the season with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists for Los Angeles.

Russell Westbrook added 30 points, eight rebounds and six assists, but the Lakers allowed the Rockets to shoot 51 percent from the floor, including 17 of 40 (42.5

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Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) shoots over Miami Heat forward P.J. Tucker (17) during the second half at FTX Arena on Wednesday.

percent) from 3-point range.

Nuggets 106, Kings 100 Austin Rivers gave Denver the lead for good on a 3-pointer with 3:52 remaining and Nikola Jokic capped a 38-point, 18-rebound performance with a key three-point play as the visiting Nuggets recorded a victory over Sacramento.

In winning, Denver took advantage of the suspension of Sacramento standout Domantas Sabonis, who was banned for one game after being cited for charging aggressively at an official during an ejection in Monday’s home loss to the New York Knicks. Monte Morris saved seven of his 20 points for the final 5:25, helping the Nuggets sweep the season series from Sacramento for the second time in the last four years.

De’Aaron Fox had a team-high 32 points for the Kings. Harrison Barnes backed Fox with 17 and Trey Lyles chipped in with 14 to complement a team-high nine rebounds.

Clippers 115, Wizards 109 Reggie Jackson scored 31 points and Marcus Morris Sr. added 27 as Los Angeles put together yet another rally to defeat visiting Washington.

Luke Kennard scored 19 points for the Clippers, who won after trailing by as many as 10 points. It was mere shades of Los Angeles’ 35-point comeback victory Jan. 25 at Washington, which tied for the second-largest rally in NBA history. Kennard scored seven points in the final nine seconds of that one.

Kristaps Porzingis scored 19 points and Rui Hachimura added 18 as Washington lost for the fourth time in its last six games.

The Wizards fell short in their bid to win consecutive games for the first time in nearly two months and lost on the road against the Clippers for the 14th consecutive time.

Bucks 124, Hawks 115 Giannis Antetokounmpo poured in 43 points to lead Milwaukee to a victory over visiting Atlanta to extend the Bucks’ winning streak to six games.

The Hawks had no answer for the twotime MVP, who went 15-for-22 from the field and grabbed 12 rebounds. Bobby Portis chipped in with 23 points and 15 rebounds, and Khris Middleton supplied 23 points and eight assists.

Trae Young led Atlanta with 27 points on 8-of-15 shooting and added 11 assists.

De’Andre Hunter chipped in 17 points, Kevin Huerter had 16 and reserve Danilo Gallinari contributed 14.

Celtics 115, Hornets 101 Jayson Tatum pumped in 44 points as visiting Boston recovered from a midgame slide to run away from Charlotte.

Tatum shot 16-for-24 from the field, making 6 of 9 3-point attempts. He was 6-for-6 on free throws. Jaylen Brown racked up 15 points and Marcus Smart had 12 points and nine assists for the Celtics, who won their fourth game in a row.

Boston’s Robert Williams III (11 points, 11 rebounds) and Al Horford (10, 10) both registered double-doubles, and Derrick White added 11 points. P.J. Washington and Miles Bridges scored 17 points apiece for the Hornets.

Bulls 114, Pistons 108

DeMar DeRozan pumped in 36 points as visiting Chicago ended a five-game losing streak and continued its dominance over Detroit.

DeRozan made 12 of 25 field goal attempts and 12 of 13 free throws. He added eight rebounds, four assists and two steals as the Bulls defeated the Pistons for the 11th consecutive time and swept the fourgame season series.

Cade Cunningham led the Pistons, who had their three-game winning streak snapped, with 22 points and six assists.

Timberwolves 132, Thunder 102 Malik Beasley scored 33 points by making a franchise-record 11 3-pointers as Minnesota beat visiting Oklahoma City to extend its winning streak to six.

Beasley sank 11 of his 17 field-goal attempts – all of them from beyond the arc.

Karl-Anthony Towns registered 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Timberwolves.

Taurean Prince scored 17 points off the bench, and Anthony Edwards contributed 16.

Aaron Wiggins led the Thunder with 25 points on 9-for-19 shooting, including 5-for-8 success from long distance, and he grabbed nine rebounds. Isaiah Roby finished with 15 points and Darius Bazley scored 14 for Oklahoma City, which lost its fourth game in a row.

Magic 108, Pelicans 102 Cole Anthony scored 19 points and Terrence Ross had 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter as visiting Orlando held off New Orleans.

Gary Harris added 16 points, Franz Wagner scored 15 and Wendell Carter Jr. had 13 for the Magic, who snapped a twogame losing streak.

CJ McCollum scored 32 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 30 points and 15 rebounds and Herbert Jones scored 15 to lead the Pelicans, who took their third straight loss. New Orleans played its second straight game without leading scorer Brandon Ingram (hamstring).

Jazz 123, Trail Blazers 85 Bojan Bogdanovic continued his hot streak, scoring 27 points with six 3-pointers, to lead Utah to a thumping of Portland in Salt Lake City.

Bogdanovic, who sat out the fourth quarter with the rest of the Jazz starters, sizzled the nets with four treys and 14 points in the third quarter. The forward has averaged 27.7 points on 61.4 percent shooting with 21 3-pointers in the past three games.

Trendon Watford scored a team-high 22 points off the bench for the Blazers, who dropped their sixth consecutive game. Five of those losses have been by 30 or more points.

Nets-Sixers is an instant rivalry, no matter what Durant says Kristian Winfield New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Kevin Durant says Nets vs. 76ers isn’t a rivalry — even though his former costar James Harden forced a trade from Brooklyn to Philly less than a month ago.

Even though Ben Simmons, too, forced a trade from Philly to Brooklyn, refusing to take part in training camp or play in a game for the Sixers this season after his teammates and head coach threw him under the bus following their playoff loss to the Hawks last year.

Even though the Sixers reportedly aren’t planning a video tribute for Simmons despite his role in lifting the franchise from the bottom of the conference in his first four seasons.

Even though Doc Rivers traded his own son-in-law as part of the deal.

Even though both teams are now led by precisely two superstars.

Even though Durant and Joel Embiid have a history of trolling each other on the basketball court.

Even though the Nets and Sixers are already rivals, both geographically and divisionally, and thus will play four regular-season games every year; and even though both share a common goal: winning an NBA championship, which means the road to the trophy has a decent likelihood of going through either Brooklyn or Philly.

No. This can’t be a rivalry.

That stuff is for the fans. That

stuff is for the media. It can’t possibly be for the players. At least not this soon. That’s Durant’s mindset. Or at least what he says publicly, which we know can be the opposite of what is truly felt privately. After all, Steve Nash declared just hours before the Nets traded Harden that Harden wasn’t going anywhere, his third time echoing such a sentiment.

Ahead of one of the most anticipated games of the NBA season -- Thursday’s matchup between the Nets and 76ers at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center -- Durant said this particular matchup can’t be a true rivalry until it stands the test of time. The game comes exactly a month to the day after the Feb. 10 blockbuster deal that altered

the mid-season fates of two division rivals.

“If we play like three, four years in the playoffs against each other, yeah,” Durant said after Kyrie Irving’s 50-point masterclass against the Hornets on Tuesday. “Until we do that, I don’t think playing a team one time in the playoffs is a rivalry.

Not even two. I’d say three or four times makes you a rivalry, and the players got to stay on the same teams.”

Here’s a reminder: Time is a man-made construct. As great a player as Durant is, he doesn’t get to define it.

Under Durant’s criteria, after all, it couldn’t have possibly been an instant rivalry when he left the Oklahoma City Thunder for the same Golden State

Warriors team that came back from a 3-1 series deficit to eliminate him in the Western Conference finals. Thunder fans holding “cupcake” signs surely felt otherwise, as did his former costar, Russell Westbrook.

Just like it couldn’t have been an instant rivalry when LeBron James announced his “Decision” to leave his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat in 2010. Those fans didn’t need three or four years to start burning James’ jersey in the middle of the streets.

In fact, under Durant’s criteria, the only true rivalry in recent memory would be LeBron’s Cavaliers vs. Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, because they met in four consecutive NBA Finals.

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Novak Djokovic says he won’t play Indian Wells because CDC hasn’t changed regulations Cindy Boren and Des Bieler The Washington Post

Novak Djokovic said Wednesday that he won’t be competing at this week’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed to his camp that existing coronavirus-related regulations will remain in place.

The longtime men’s No. 1, who fell to No. 2 last month amid a prolonged stretch of inactivity to start this season, has said he would not get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Djokovic was listed in the draw for the BNP Paribas Open, considered one of the biggest nonmajor tournaments on the tennis calendar, but it was uncertain whether he would be allowed to enter the United States for the ATP Tour event.

He would have first had to clear a hurdle similar to one that created a weeks-long saga before the Australian Open in January that ultimately led to his deportation. Those who are not U.S. citizens or immigrants are required to show proof of full vaccination as well as a negative coronavirus test to enter the United States by air.

DANIEL POCKETT/GETTY IMAGES The Serbian star, a 20-time Grand Slam singles Novak Djokovic a forehand during a practice session ahead of the 2022 Australian Open at champion and a five-time winner at Indian Wells, Melbourne Park on Jan. 14 in Melbourne, Australia. said on Twitter on Wednesday that he “knew it would be unlikely I’d be able to travel” to the Moments later, the BNP Paribas Open shared Daniil Medvedev, a 26-year-old Russian who event in California and one in Miami later this news of Djokovic’s withdrawal and announced supplanted Djokovic for the top spot on the ATP month. that Grigor Dimitrov, a Bulgarian ranked 35th in Tour, is seeded first at the BNP Paribas Open.

“The CDC has confirmed that regulations the world, will move into Djokovic’s place in the Medvedev is playing in Indian Wells with no won’t be changing so I won’t be able to play in the draw. The berth in the tournament field vacated country affiliation because of professional tenUS,” Djokovic tweeted. “Good luck to those play- by Djokovic will be filled by a “lucky loser” from nis’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ing in these great tournaments.” qualifying.

Late last month, Djokovic said he was aware he

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Last week, the hot and dry conditions produced a fast, firm and treacherous test at Orlando’s Bay Hill Club and Lodge. At TPC Sawgrass, golfers could face a rain-soaked slough during another unpredictable late winter in northeast Florida — one of the riskreward calculations of moving the tournament from May back to March.

“You run into this potential of the weather that it looks like we might have this week, but hopefully we’ll get lucky,” defending champion Justin Thomas said. “Although it’s just two months apart, it does feel like two totally different

golf courses.”

Forecasts predict at least a 90% chance of rain Friday and early Saturday as a cold front arrives. A crisp, breezy Sunday could create similar conditions to the final-round at Bay Hill, where two of 78 players broke 70 and Scottie Scheffler’s winning total was just 5-under-par.

Thomas said he’s heard “horror stories” from twotime Players champions Tiger Woods and Fred Couples.

Blustery conditions can force CLIFF HAWKINS/GETTY IMAGES a player to club up to a 6-iron Scottie Scheffler speaks during a news conference prior to THE or even a 5 at the 135-ish yard PLAYERS Championship on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass 17th. on Tuesday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

“When you get wind and Thomas now aims to becold temperatures like that, conditions, Thomas dismanit’s just a different animal,” tled TPC Sawgrass last March, come the first repeat winner Thomas said. “It’s really just a going 12-under during the in tournament history. In fact, weekend for a 1-shot victory since 2004 winner Adam Scott survival-type thing.”

During f a v o r a b l e over Lee Westwood. tied for eighth in 2005, no

might not be allowed to play in the Indian Wells event. “I can’t enter [the] United States. As of today I’m not able to play. But let’s see what happens,” he told reporters. “Maybe things change in the next few weeks.”

Djokovic has remained opposed to being vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying that he is unconvinced by the science and is careful about what he puts in his body. However, he added in a recent BBC interview that it was a “misconception” that he is part of the anti-vaccine movement and he knows the matter is personal.

“I was never against vaccination,” he said. “I understand that, globally, everyone is trying to put a big effort into handling this virus. . . . But I’ve always represented and always supported the freedom to choose what you put into your body, and for me that is essential.”

The issue is so important to him, he said, that sacrificing the chance to play in future Grand Slams such as the French Open and Wimbledon was a price he was “willing to pay.” He had been tied with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer for the most men’s singles titles all-time with 20, but Nadal broke the tie with his victory in the Australian Open, the first Slam of the year.

In his first tournament of the year after he was forced to leave Melbourne, Djokovic lost in the quarterfinals last month to Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic in the Dubai Tennis Championships. He nearly completed a calendar sweep of the Grand Slam events last year, which was last accomplished by Rod Laver in 1969, before losing to Medvedev in the final of the U.S. Open.

defending champion has finished in the top 10.

“It’s just really hard to win a golf tournament when you have most of the top 100 players in the world,” Thomas said.

Thomas nevertheless is enjoying the spoils of victory.

Upon his arrival, the 28-yearold got turned around on his way to the locker rooms. He made his customary right turn until realizing to the left is the small locker area reserved for champions.

“A nice adjustment that I’ll be able to make going forward,” Thomas quipped.

Another change was the Tour’s decision to turbocharge the richest purse on Tour to $20 million — an increase of $5 million. The winner will take home $3.6 million, or $2 million more than

the entire purse at this week’s Honda LPGA Thailand tournament.

A lucrative new TV deal is the impetus. The windfall also fostered the Player Impact Program, a competition rewarding players on their ability to engage fans.

This week, though, three of the top-five finishers in the PIP will not compete at TPC Sawgrass — winner Tiger Woods, runner-up Phil Mickelson and fifth-place finisher Bryson DeChambeau. Woods is recovering from a life-threatening car accident in February 2021 while DeChambeau continues to struggle with a left hand injury.

Meanwhile, Mickelson is trying his heal his reputation after his involvement with a proposed Saudi Golf League.

Tiger Woods inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame Field Level Media

Riding the emotional and poignant comments of his daughter, Sam, 15-time major champion Tiger Woods was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Wednesday night at PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Tiger Woods, 46, entered the storied hall as part of the Class of 2022 along with retired PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, U.S. Women’s Open champion Susie Maxwell Berning and Marion Hollins, a U.S. Women’s Amateur champion and golf course architect who was recognized posthumously.

Sam Woods, 14, saying she inducted her father “into the Dad Hall of Fame a long time ago,” proudly presented Tiger Woods into this Hall of Fame.

She referenced Tiger’s car crash last year in her closing comments.

“We didn’t know if you’d come home with two legs or not,” she said. “This is why you deserve this, because you’re a fighter. You’ve defied the odds every time, being the first Black and Asian golfer to win a major, being able to win your fifth Masters after multiple back surgeries, and being able to walk just a few months after your crash.”

Tiger Woods subsequently said, “I just lost a bet to (Steve) Stricker that I wouldn’t cry. ...

“All the inductees, all the people who – all the past Hall of Famers who are here, players, the World Golf Hall of Fame committee, thank you for inducting me and passing me in here. Jay (Monahan, PGA Tour commissioner), thank you for moving the age down from 50 to 45.”

Woods began his narrative at 6 years old, a time he says

he “was getting hooked to the game of golf” with his father, Earl, who died in 2006. From

there he told the story of a young Tiger Woods learning, playing – and becoming one of

the best golfers to ever play the game.

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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Notice of Complete Application Date: 02/10/2022 Applicant: Chittenden Falls Hydropower Inc 1401 Walnut St Ste 420 Boulder, CO 80302 Facility: Chittenden Falls Hydroelectric Project 217 Rossman Rd Stockport, NY 12171 Application ID: 4-1050-00018/00006 Permits(s) Applied for: 1 - Section 401 - Clean Water Act Water Quality Certification Project is located: in STOCKPORT in COLUMBIA COUNTY Project Description: The Department has made a determination to issue a Section 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) for the Chittenden Falls Hydroelectric Project (project). The WQC is being issued as part of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relicensing process. The project is located within a 26-acre area on the Kinderhook Creek, about 3 miles upstream of the Hudson River confluence. The existing dam has a total length of 320 feet and consists of a 4-foot-high reinforced concrete overflow spillway with up to 2-foot-high flashboards and impounds a 10-acre reservoir with approximately 40 acre-feet of storage capacity. Other project features include: a power canal, two penstocks that feed two separate powerhouses (one on each bank) and transformer yard. There are a total of three turbine/generating units, two of which located in the primary powerhouse situated on river left (looking downstream). The third generating unit located in a secondary powerhouse situated on river right. The generating units have an authorized capacity of 850 kilowatts.

The applicant proposes the continuing operation of the project in a “run-of-river” mode with a continuous minimum flow of 25 cfs, or inflow, whichever is less, to the project’s bypass reach. This is a year-round 67% increase over the historic requirement of 15 cfs to ensure that the bypassed reach habitat remains adequately watered and to mitigate potential project impacts. As further mitigation, the applicant proposes to install new fish passage and protection infrastructure, including an eel ladder, and a downstream eel passage system at each powerhouse consisting of seasonal trash racks with a 0.75-inch clear spacing and a submerged orifice-style bypass pipe to provide a non-turbine route of passage for downstream migrating eels that are excluded by the seasonally placed 0.75-inch trash racks. The applicant will also develop and maintain a Stream Flow and Water Level Management Plan, complete supplementary water quality data collection, and implement an Invasive Species Management plan and a Bat and Bald Eagle Protection Plan.

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Against UNKNOWN HEIRS OF SCOTT JAMES WITKO, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 8/2/2021, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, Columbia County Courthouse, Front Steps, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534, on 4/15/2022 at 9:00 am, premises known as 12 James St, Hudson, NY 12534 ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Greenport, Columbia County, New York, Section 100.18 and Block 3 Lot 17

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TAKEOUT THURSDAY MARCH 17TH, 2022 $14.00 PICK UP NOON TO 6PM ADVANCE TICKETS CALL 518-828-0342 DAY OF EVENT 518-828-8775 442 FAIRVIEW AVENUE (RTE 9) HUDSON

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $204,255.98 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # E012018013828 Janet Kealy, Esq., Referee. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 2802832 SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Dated: 2/20/2022 File Number: 35140 Jessica Lanza

Availability of Application Documents: Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection during normal business hours at the address of the contact person. To ensure timely service at the time of inspection, it is recommended that an appointment be made with the contact person.

Availability For Public Comment Comments on this project must be submitted in writing to the Contact Person no later than 03/03/2022 or 15 days after the publication date of this notice, whichever is later.

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Contact Person PATRICIA M GABRIEL NYSDEC 1130 N Westcott Rd Schenectady, NY 12306 (518) 357-2069

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But “deadlines” have come to mean something different

in a forward-thinking offense.

Engram, 27, would also benefit from being in a more positive and appreciative environment, though he handled the pressure and vitriol maturely the last couple years in New York. Many Giants fans turned on him following his costly drop in Philadelphia in 2020. He was booed by the home crowd this season. And all he’s ever known here is losing. Latest on Flores case

The Miami Dolphins recently filed letters with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell seeking to have Brian Flores’ claims against Miami pushed into a secret arbitration proceeding to which the public would not have access.

Experts previously have told the New York Daily News that the case likely will proceed into private arbitration due to Flores’ inclusion of the Dolphins in his lawsuit, since his

contract with Miami as their former head coach included an arbitration clause.

Flores and his attorneys pushed back Wednesday against the use of arbitration in this case, arguing that the gravity of Flores’ claims demands a public forum and that hiding the facts would set a poor precedent.

“The claims that we filed involve important issues of systemic race discrimination and

the integrity of NFL football games,” Flores said in a statement released Wednesday by his attorneys. “Unfortunately, the Dolphins and their attorneys, Quinn Emanuel and Paul Weiss, are trying to push the claims against the Dolphins into secret arbitration proceedings that lack transparency.

“There are currently ongoing legislative efforts to end forced arbitration for claims

of race discrimination, which I fully support,” Flores added. “I would hope that the NFL and Dolphins would also support those efforts. Commissioner Goodell now has a choice to make. Will he allow this case and future race discrimination claims to play out in a transparent and public legal process, or continue along the same unacceptable path?”

in these negotiations - they’re more fluid than certain, more symbolic than consequential.

The owners and their negotiators had told the union that agreeing to a deal by Tuesday would save the full 162-game season and, just as importantly, a full season of player pay and service time. If they missed that deadline, MLB believed it would be able to implement a shorter schedule and cut player pay accordingly. The union believes the schedule and pay remain negotiable, regardless of MLB’s cutoffs. So far, the union has been right.

Just a week ago, Manfred had ruled out the possibility of playing 162 games. He and the owners implemented a Feb. 28 deadline, extended it when negotiations went into the early hours of March 1, then announced the cancellation of each team’s first two series when they couldn’t agree to a deal that afternoon.

Last week, Manfred cited complications created by interleague play as the reason for canceling games as opposed to postponing them.

A few days later, his negotiating team told the union that if the players agreed to a deal

by Tuesday, the owners would be able to secure a full season and restore full pay. As late Tuesday night turned into

early Wednesday morning, the sides kept talking.

By then, a new pivotal issue had emerged: the creation of an international draft, a longdebated concept that grew in importance at what seemed like the 11th hour. MLB foisted the international draft into the spotlight late Tuesday when it informed the union that the owners would be willing to drop direct draft pick compensation for top free agents - which the players see as a deterrent to free agent spending - in exchange for replacing the current free-for-all international signing system for players from outside the United States, Canada, Japan and South Korea with a more structured, centralized draft, according to people familiar with the talks. Again, MLB extended its deadline by a day to allow for further talks.

As of Wednesday morning, many Latino players - including former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz and current San Diego Padres all-star Fernando Tatis Jr. - had spoken out against replacing the traditional teenage signing frenzy with a draft, a position echoed by multiple people with experience in international player development who argued that the current system allows players to choose the franchise for whom they will move to a

new country and spend their late teenage years. A draft, they argued, institutes a form of cost control that doesn’t exist currently.

But multiple agents and executives asked Wednesday joined MLB in arguing that a draft would help eliminate some of the corruption that runs rampant in the signing system. MLB also claims that its proposal was built to ensure the same number of players would be signed each year and that draft pick slot values ensure more money is invested in Latino players annually.

As public dialogue about the idea seized those in the industry outside the negotiating room, it came to dominate talks at the table, too. After receiving a proposal from the union Wednesday, MLB’s negotiating team held a call with club owners. They decided they needed an answer on the international draft before they could move forward with other parts of a proposal, so negotiators presented the union with three options, according to an MLB official.

The first was to accept the implementation of an international draft and end the qualifying offer system; the second was to keep the status quo, meaning the international signing system would not change but the qualifying

offer setup would remain; and the third option would include the owners agreeing to drop draft pick compensation in exchange for time to consider the international draft starting in 2024.

If the union agreed to the draft by Nov. 15, the deal would be done, just as if it had agreed to it Wednesday. But if the players didn’t agree, MLB would gain the right to reopen the CBA after the 2024 season, effectively reducing a five-year deal to three and allowing MLB to renegotiate any parts of the deal it felt weren’t working in its favor.

That MLB was in position to request a response on any one issue demonstrated how far the sides had come from last week in Jupiter, Fla., where negotiating sessions amounted more to wide-ranging discussions than a focused whittling of options, people familiar with the talks said.

The owners began introducing the international draft into proposals as early as July 2021, according to an MLB official. MLB argues that, though the union repeatedly rejected the draft, redirecting negotiations and the public conversation to issues such as the competitive balance tax and minimum salaries, the international draft was always important to the owners.

But to the union, pitting the international draft against draft pick compensation represented a strategically timed negotiating ploy, one that forces the players to choose between something they believe suppresses free agent spending and a draft setup many of its members do not support.

“I was in [Florida]. We never offered the Int’l Draft. We did discuss it, but MLB told us they were NOT going to offer anything for it,” MLBPA executive subcommittee member Max Scherzer tweeted.

“At that point, we informed all players & agreed to no draft.

This is MLB muddying the waters & deflecting blame. Fans, pls hang in there with us.”

The union was frustrated that MLB promised a full counterproposal and withheld most of it with that ultimatum. But hours later, representatives from both sides were in touch again, trying to work around the international draft issue to clear the way to move on to the rest of the issues in the days to come.

But time is crucial now.

The cancellations announced Wednesday pushed Opening Day to April 14 - the day before MLB plans to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut.

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MLB agrees to streaming deal with Apple as players remain locked out Deesha Thosar New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Say goodbye to Gary, Keith and Ron on select Friday nights.

Apple and Major League Baseball have agreed to a streaming deal that will feature a doubleheader of Friday night games exclusively on Apple TV+ beginning in 2022, the technology company announced on Tuesday. The multi-year agreement is worth $85 million annually over seven years, according to Forbes.

The “Friday Night Baseball” concept will include a weekly doubleheader with pregame and postgame shows as soon as the upcoming season begins. Similar to ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, Apple and MLB’s new agreement means local broadcasts, like SNY’s legendary announcing trio in Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling, will be free from any responsibility on select Friday nights.

Apple TV+ will also feature a program called “MLB Big Inning,” a live show featuring highlights and look-ins airing every weeknight during the regular season, and a 24/7 stream with MLB content.

The Friday night games will be available to stream on the Apple TV app in the U.S. and other countries.

Baseball fans who are frustrated by MLB.TV’s blackout restrictions, and those who already have an Apple TV+ subscription, will enjoy the new steaming agreement.

But fans who are already overwhelmed by the amount of streaming services available today, and revel in their local broadcast announcers’ connection to the game, will detest Apple and MLB’s latest kinship.

Monthly payments for yet another streaming service to watch baseball games is sure to disenchant a sector of MLB’s fan base.

Apple TV+ will join Youtube and Facebook as other streaming services that MLB has welcomed for live-game broadcasts in recent years. In doing so, MLB is watering down its own streaming options and further driving fans away from cable.

“Apple is the ideal partner to bring ‘Friday Night Baseball’ to fans around the world,” said Noah Garden, MLB’s chief revenue officer, in a Tuesday press release.

The holdup over a new collective bargaining agreement is centered around core economic issues. MLB owners are reluctant to meet the players’ requests for higher thresholds on the competitive balance tax, a pre-arbitration bonus pool and other financial topics. On Monday, Yankees president Randy Levine said, “Nobody’s crying poverty,” but “We need to be appropriate and proportional in how much money is out there so it’s realistic and not unrealistic.” On Tuesday, the highly lucrative Apple deal was announced. According to Forbes, MLB’s new agreement with Apple contributes to a 26% annual increase over the

league’s previous national media deals. MLBPA launches $500k fund for non-profits The Major League Players Association will provide $500,000 to nonprofits impacted by the owners’ lockout, the union announced this week. The news arrived after the union last week launched a $1 million fund to support stadium workers and others who are facing financial hardship due to the lockout.

Specifically, the MLBPA’s $500,000 fund will support “qualifying nonprofits that provide youth development programs and services to young people throughout the spring training communities in Arizona and Florida, and have historically benefitted from spring training games through fundraising and promotional activities.”

Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded, and applications are open until 5 p.m. on March 31 for nonprofit organizations that meet eligibility requirements listed on the Player Trust’s Fastball Fund website. MLB commits $1 million for stadium workers Four days after the MLBPA announced its $1 million initiative to financially help stadium workers, MLB followed suit with a $1 million fund to support ballpark employees affected by missed spring training games.

MLB’s fund will be available to all part-time and seasonal workers, including concessionaires, grounds crew, security, clubhouse and general ballpark and game operators. The league said an additional fund will be created for seasonal and part-time workers affected by missed regular-season games with details to be announced at a future date.

“We know that our sport is facing a challenging time as we work toward a new collective bargaining agreement,” said MLB commissioner Rob Manfred in a statement. “Regrettably, the people who make Spring Training a first-class experience for our fans have been affected through no fault of their own. As an institution, Major League Baseball and our Clubs remain committed to supporting our most vulnerable staff. We hope this fund will alleviate some of the financial concerns they have faced due to missed Grapefruit and Cactus League games this spring.”

A chunk of spring training games have already been canceled because MLB locked out the players on Dec. 2. Manfred last week postponed opening day indefinitely and canceled the first week of regular season games.

With the lockout passing its 98th day, players and owners have continued labor talks this week, and MLB has proposed a scenario where the full 162-game schedule can still be played this season if a deal is reached within an immediate time frame.

Why Russell Wilson’s breakup with the Seahawks became inevitable Bob Condotta The Seattle Times

SEATTLE — On April 17, 2019, after signing a new fouryear contract that made him the highest-paid player in the history of the NFL, Russell Wilson stood with his family at a celebratory news conference at the VMAC in Renton wearing a Sonics jacket and proclaiming “I want to be a Seahawk for life.”

“The guys I’ve always admired in sports, the guys that played at (their) locations for 15-20 years, guys like Derek Jeter, I want to be like that,” Wilson continued. “I want to be remembered in that sense of what we want to do here in Seattle. So we’re just getting started.”

On Wednesday at 9:04 a.m., less than three years later, Wilson tweeted his goodbye to Seattle, a day after his stunning trade to Denver.

“SEATTLE, I Love You. Forever Grateful. 3,” Wilson wrote.

So what changed?

Tuesday’s breakup — and that feels like the proper term since from a purely football standpoint trading a Hall of Fame quarterback still in his prime was never something the Seahawks wanted to do — was in retrospect many years in the making.

Some turning points in the fraying of the relationship between Wilson and the team now seem obvious: — The loss to Dallas in the wild-card round following the 2018 season when Wilson’s camp bristled that the Seahawks took too long to deviate from a run-dominated game plan in a 24-22 loss, proof, Wilson’s camp felt, that Pete Carroll would forever stay devoted to winning through a running game and defense; — Wilson’s agent, Mark Rodgers, giving the team an April 15 deadline on April 2, 2019, to get a new contract completed, a move that caught some as needlessly contentious given that the Seahawks had every desire to get a contract with Wilson done that year anyway; — Carroll’s decision midway through the 2020 season, after Wilson had passed as never before the first two months, to revert to a more conservative offensive philosophy following three losses in four games in which Wilson had 10 turnovers, which Wilson’s camp viewed as Carroll putting the blame on Wilson; — and most obvious, Wilson’s public airing last February of his frustration over being hit as often as he has and his wish to have more say in team personnel matters, Wilson stating what some in his camp had whispered for years, that they felt the team wasn’t doing all it could to max out his prime years.

In the wake of Wilson’s comments and subsequent trade rumors, Carroll said last spring he’d had a “heart-to-heart” with Wilson and portrayed their relationship as being as “stronger than ever” heading into the 2021 season.

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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson scrambles for a touchdown during the third quarter against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium on Oct. 3 in Santa Clara, California.

But just two games in, signs emerged that truce was temporary at best.

Following a 33-30 overtime loss in which the Seahawks blew a 15-point halftime lead, Carroll said he wished Wilson had been more conservative with his passes on Seattle’s only OT possession instead of twice attempting deeper throws that fell incomplete and then taking a sack, giving the ball quickly back to the Titans.

“I wish Russ could have helped us there and just made completions for us,” Carroll said on his radio show the next day.

The comment immediately caught the eye of Wilson’s camp, and Wilson was ready with a response when asked about it during his weekly news conference a few days later.

“I think what I agree with is, find a way to win the game, whatever that is,” Wilson said.

“I’m not going to change my mindset. I know how to win a lot of those games. We’ve done it before. And you’re not going to win every single one of them.

But you believe you can. I think that’s the key to our football team, always believing that you can.”

The Seahawks were blown out the following week at Minnesota, Wilson hurt two weeks later against the Rams, and a season that Seattle hoped would end in the Super Bowl — and mend any lingering wounds with Wilson — instead devolved into the worst of the Wilson era.

But while the first three years with Wilson were an unexpectedly magical ride to two Super Bowls and one Lombardi Trophy, in some ways things never really felt the same after the interception that cost the Seahawks a chance at NFL immortality against New England.

Negotiations on a new contract the following offseason seemed surprisingly contentious and drawn-out, with Wilson at one point floating the idea of still hoping to play baseball after his annual appearance at spring training with the Texas Rangers (appearances he

continued to make through the years).

The move was viewed by some as an attempt by Wilson to gain leverage in his negotiations with the Seahawks at a time when there was little question the team would do whatever it took to keep him anyway -- he ultimately signed a deal worth $21.9 million a year making him the second-highest paid player in NFL history just behind the $22 million of Aaron Rodgers.

As the years progressed, some around the team grew tired of the constant rumors swirling around Wilson’s future and rumblings of his discontent with the team, and that every game seemed to increasingly be viewed as a referendum on how the team was using him.

And if it also seemed at times as if Wilson was having a midlife-football crisis, he’d been down a similar road before.

Wilson, recall, was essentially asked to leave North Carolina State after his fourth year by coach Tom O’Brien in 2010, eventually transferring to Wisconsin.

O’Brien has been widely pilloried for the move, generally condensed as simply choosing two years of Mike Glennon for one year of Wilson (O’Brien had worries that the highly-recruited Glennon would transfer if Wilson stayed).

But as a six-part podcast by 99.9 The Fan in Raleigh, N.C., last year detailed, the issue was far more nuanced and the parting a result of a relationship between Wilson and O’Brien that frayed over several years due not only to Wilson’s desire to play baseball but also long baseball-related absences from the team and subsequent communication issues between the two, and O’Brien questioning Wilson’s commitment to the football team.

“He just never saw it the way I did,” O’Brien was quoted by WRAL. As the years progressed, Carroll likely increasingly had the same thought, even if early in Wilson’s Seattle career, the prevailing viewpoint was that

Carroll and the organization did everything to protect him.

It’s thought one reason Seattle didn’t sign Colin Kaepernick in 2017 was out of concerns whether Kaepernick might prove a threat to Wilson’s standing in the locker room, with Wilson at the time coming off his worst season.

The move to Wisconsin, though, worked out perfectly for Wilson. Regarded as a middling NFL prospect at best at the time, Wilson set an all-time college football record in passing efficiency in his one year with the Badgers in leading them to the Rose Bowl and ending up a third-round pick of the Seahawks the following spring.

In other words, he has experienced the grass indeed proving greener on the other side.

And as the years went on in Seattle, he seemed to want to try to experience that again.

“He wanted out,” one source said after the trade.

Some might question, of course, if the organization couldn’t, or shouldn’t, have chosen Wilson instead of Carroll and general manager John Schneider.

But that bridge may have been crossed when Carroll and Schneider each got new contracts a year ago — Carroll through the 2025 season and Schneider through the 2027 draft — and with the knowledge that no matter who was in charge, another likely-to-becontentious contract negotiation with Wilson loomed a year from now.

So Wilson gets the fresh start he saw work out well for him once before.

Carroll and Schneider get a fresh start they’d become increasingly resigned to understand the last year or two was almost certainly in the offing.

Now, like a football version of Kobe and Shaq, each will try to prove they can win it all without the other, knowing their NFL legacies — a word Wilson increasingly used the last few years — are on the line like never before.

One season was all it took for Colts to move on from Carson Wentz Mark Maske The Washington Post

The refrain is far too familiar to the Indianapolis Colts. They are back in the quarterback market after agreeing Wednesday to trade Carson Wentz to the Washington Commanders.

Wentz lasted only one season with the Colts after they obtained him last offseason in a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Wentz played reasonably well but failed to recapture the near-league-MVP form of his early days with the Eagles. His reunion with Colts Coach Frank Reich, formerly his offensive coordinator in Philadelphia, failed to live up to expectations amid early injuries, scrutiny over Wentz’s vaccination status and the late-season disappointment of failing to reach the AFC playoffs.

So the Colts will be searching for their fifth starting quarterback in five seasons after Andrew Luck in 2018, Jacoby Brissett in 2019, Philip Rivers in 2020 and Wentz last

season.

“Here we go again!” Colts linebacker Darius Leonard wrote Wednesday on Twitter. “About to be 5 years with the Colts and 5 different QBs! Thank you Carson for everything this year my guy! Wish you nothing but the best!”

The Colts’ noncommittal stance toward Wentz during the NFL combine last week in Indianapolis seemed to signal they were ready to move on. General Manager Chris Ballard said then that he and Reich would make the decision in consultation with owner Jim Irsay.

“I know I’m going to get a lot of questions about Carson right now,” Ballard said at the combine. “I don’t have a direct answer for you. We’re working through it. ... Mr. Irsay and Frank and I will sit down over the next 10 days and figure out where it’s going. Ultimately we’ll do what’s best for the team, for the Colts, both in the short term and in the long term.”

Some observers said Wednesday that the Colts did well to get what they got from the Commanders. The Colts will receive two third-round draft picks, one of which can be converted to a second-rounder. The teams also are swapping second-round draft positions this year. The trade cannot be official until next Wednesday, when the NFL’s free agent market opens and trade activity can resume.

“Who did Washington think they were bidding against[?]” former Eagles and Cleveland Browns executive Joe Banner wrote on Twitter. “What tape did they watch[?] It’s literally almost 5 years (2017) since Wentz looked like he could be a quality starter, not to even mention that he can’t stay healthy for long.”

The Colts sent two lofty draft picks, a third-round choice last year and what became a first-rounder this year based on Wentz’s 2021 playing time, to the Eagles for Wentz in last year’s trade.

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Man’s behavior centers only on himself at home Dear Abby, I refer to my husband as “the most single married man” I know. He turns off the lights, turns off the heat and turns off the TV while I’m still watching or still plan on being home.

His latest “single” thing is that he planned a birthday DEAR ABBY dinner out with our son and other family members. Guess what? I found out about it from the birthday boy. We have been married almost 50 years. All our children are in their 40s. I have spoken to him numerous times about his forgetting my presence in a room, but I have never been excluded from a family birthday until now. I am thinking of writing a book titled, “The Most Single Married Man I Know.” What should I be doing differently?

Forgotten Woman In New Hampshire

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If this has been going on since you and your husband were married, accept that he is someone who is unusually centered on himself. If this is something relatively recent, he may need to be physically and neurologically evaluated by his physician.

If there is nothing “wrong” with him, recognize it’s time to fend for yourself. Remember to monitor the thermostat, keep a flashlight handy and be prepared to explore activities you enjoy in case your husband “forgets” to include you in the future.

Dear Abby, My best friend’s father recently passed away. A memorial has been planned on the day of a wedding I had agreed to attend with my girlfriend. In this situation involving two significant one-time life events, is it more

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courteous to defer to the living or the dead?

Unsure In Southern California Much depends upon your relationship with both of these people. Because your best friend may need emotional support during this sad time, I am inclined to suggest that you go to the memorial — and have your girlfriend attend the wedding so you will be represented. If you explain the circumstances to the person who sent the wedding invitation, there should be no hurt feelings.

Dear Abby, I recently received a board game as a present. The problem is that I don’t like the game. I live alone on disability with a very limited income and don’t have anyone to play it with me anyway.

When I mentioned to the giver that I was thinking of returning it, they almost burst into tears. The giver is a relative of a close friend and lives with her. I really could use the money. What should I do?

Wondering In Wisconsin I have said this before, and it’s worth repeating: Once a gift is given, it belongs to the recipient to do with as they please. Because you don’t like the game, have no one to play it with and need the money, return the darn thing. Your mistake was announcing your intention to the giver.

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Horoscope

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are compelled to be in charge of things, and even at an early age you could be counted on to be the ringleader of your circle of friends, the one to come up with all manner of ideas to fill the time and steer the energies of those around you toward accomplishment and satisfaction. Little will change as you grow to maturity; you still enjoy being the one to lead others toward goals that you had a great deal to do with establishing — for yourself and everyone else.

Your creative energies may not always result in creative endeavors, and when this happens, you may become quite frustrated — not with yourself, necessarily, but with a world that doesn’t allow you to do what you want to do when you want to do it. To dwell on this, however, is to waste energy — and it’s better to continue focusing on what might happen tomorrow.

Also born on this date are: Terrence Howard, actor; Lawrence Welk, bandleader and TV personality; Rupert Murdoch, media mogul; Bobby McFerrin, vocalist; Sam Donaldson, journalist; Lisa Loeb, singer.

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.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12 PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may not see all the warning signs that stand before you today, but one or two will be enough to check any unwise movement you may make.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A friend or loved one is eager to steer you in a new direction, but you feel fine the way things are. How can you prove that all is well?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Some of your

interests are not likely to be understood by others — even those closest to you. This is yet another thing that sets you apart!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You don’t want to have to rely on something that has proved unreliable in the past. You can take steps today to ensure that progress is made.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You will have to take a close look at one or two of your more “colorful” relationships today. Circumstances favor honest talk.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — At work and at play you’ll find that your unique method of getting closer to people serves you well — though some of your critics may balk.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — There’s more to your day than facts and figures, but you must know what you’re talking about before entering a highly competitive arena.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Now is the time for you to take that “once in a lifetime” chance — before someone you know steals your thunder.

You can score a real victory.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Your understanding of another’s motives isn’t enough to keep you from falling victim to a cruel deception.

You must get even closer!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Your ideas can be shared with others today with little or no risk at all. No one is likely to do something to threaten your progress.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You cannot play fast and loose with the facts today; you must deal with things as they are, not as you wish they would be. The truth counts!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You can try to peddle the same old falsehood today, or you can change tactics and tell the truth. Only one option will be successful.

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Daily Maze

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A CHALLENGE East-West vulnerable, North deals NORTH ♠965 ♥ KQ3 ♦ KQJ72 ♣ Q 10 WEST EAST ♠KQJ4 ♠873 ♥ 865 ♥ 72 ♦ 10 5 ♦ A63 ♣KJ84 ♣97632 SOUTH ♠ A 10 2 ♥ A J 10 9 4 ♦ 984 ♣A5 NORTH 1♦ 2♥

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identify and then solve a declarer play problem.

West starts with the king of spades and continues with the queen of spades. South wins the second round as East contributes the three and the eight. It looks like the spades are splitting 4-3 and West has the jack, or else he would not have continued spades.

A doubleton ace of diamonds would make this an easy hand. Assume one opponent has three to the ace. Should you draw the trumps before knocking out that ace, the opponent will hold up until the third round and you will go down. Should you force out the ace before drawing trumps, you risk a diamond ruff.

Looking at all four hands, can you spot the solution?

Draw all the trumps and lead a diamond to the king, then continue with the queen of diamonds. East will, of course, hang onto his ace. Abandon diamonds and lead a spade to your 10 and West’s jack. West will lead his fourth spade, but instead of ruffing, discard your remaining diamond. West will have to lead a club and 10 tricks will be yours.

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35 Utters 36 Living thing 37 Ash or locust 38 Devoured 39 Sonnets & limericks 40 Summer or Reed 41 Elizabeth II’s youngest son 43 Wanderers 44 “Just the Way You __”; Billy Joel song 45 Actor Tyrone 46 Baby carrier?

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

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(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: OPERA MOUND CROUCH SHROUD Answer: If you want more zeros, an addition problem can make it easy to — ROUND “SUM” UP