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From Greenbush to London to the USPS 19th-century Rensselaer County sculptor honored on postage stamp By KENNETH C. CROWE II
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EAST GREENBUSH - As a Native American, Black and Roman Catholic woman, Edmonia Lewis overcame prejudices that saw her rise in the late 19th century to win international fame and become acknowledged as the foremost female sculptor in the United States, although she had to travel to Europe to work. Lewis was born in 1844 in a cottage in rural Greenbush — now the city of Rensselaer and towns of East Greenbush, North Greenbush and Sand Lake. Her mother was an Ojibwa/ Chippewa Native American from Albany known for her work embroidering moccasins. Her father was Black, a man who may have been a freed slave and who worked as another man’s servant. Lewis, who largely disappeared from history after her death in 1907 in the United Kingdom but reappeared in the late 20th and early 21st century in art museum shows, will make another mark Jan. 26: Her portrait will appear on the 45th stamp in the United States Postal Service’s Black Heritage series. “She identified first as a Native American. Later she identified more as an African American. She was in two worlds. She deserves her stamp,” said Bobbie Reno, who since 2016
Democrats seeking changes Rensselaer County party members irked over McLaughlin raise By KENNETH C. CROWE II
Troy - A week after the Republican-controlled Rensselaer County Legislature gave embattled County Executive Steve McLaughlin and other county employees raises, the Democratic minority has called for a bipartisan legislative committee to find ways to “prevent unprecedented salary increases without proper public notification and review.” The six-member Democratic minority on the legislature announced their proposal Please see SEMINAR 10 Thursday morning, hours before McLaughlin, a Republican, was sworn in to a Any Price, Area or Condition second four-year FAST, FAIR OFFERS term at the County Courthouse. McLaughlin P.O. Box 1831, Albany NY 12201 has been indicted 518-441-6376 • rdrehabllc@aol.com on felony charges of misusing campaign funds and falsifying campaign filings.
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McLaughlin saw his annual salary jump $20,700 to $142,000. The state attorney general’s probe began as an investigation of his 2017 campaign for county executive. “The 2022 County Budget was just recently unanimously adopted; there was no mention from the Republican majority that they were considering salary increases for handpicked individuals. It’s disingenuous and duplicitous to then turn around and amend this budget to include pay raises — without any public notification or review,” Minority Leader Peter Grimm, D-Troy, said in a statement. The Democrats filed their resolution to establish the bipartisan committee Tuesday, a week before the legislature holds its reorganizational meeting on Jan. 4. McLaughlin wouldn’t answer a Times Union reporter’s questions after his brief speech at the end of the 75-minute ceremony that saw him sworn in to office with other county, town and city Republicans who were elected in November. McLaughlin rushed out a door in the ceremonial courtroom that’s used only for court proceedings. A man with McLaughlin blocked the reporter from following. McLaughlin apparently left the courthouse through a door that’s used by courthouse employees and is closed to the public.
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Richard Crist, the county director of operations and McLaughlin spokesman, did not respond to a phone call asking for a comment about the Democrats’ proposal. Crist received a raise of $3,883, bringing his annual salary to $118,000. The Democrats want to see salary increases for elected and appointed officials included in the proposed county budget instead of being revealed at the end-of-the year meeting as occurred at the Dec. 21 meeting. Most local governments are required to include raises in their proposed budgets. The county may have to amend the county charter or adopt a local law to put the raises into the budget proposal. “The Democratic Minority is calling for the establishment of a bipartisan Committee to set forth proper procedures that call for salary increases to be part of the comprehensive budget process moving forward,” said Legislator Carole Weaver, D-Troy, in a statement. McLaughlin’s raise outraged some members of the county community, leading to a protest outside the county offices. “There is public outcry about the sheer audacity of a salary increase for the county executive, especially after he was charged with two felonies in recent weeks by the state Attorney General’s Office,” said Legislator Mark Fleming, D-Troy.
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Sewer, water projects a collaborative effort Rensselaer County, Schodack will work on $13.1M improvements
By KENNETH C. CROWE II
SCHODACK - Rensselaer County and the town have announced they will work together on $13.1 million in water and sewer improvements in the town in 2022 after regulatory approvals are received.
Two projects are involved, officials said Thursday. One project of $10.5 million is to extend water and sewer services along routes 9 and 20 near the East Greenbush-Schodack boundary and Route 9 to Columbia County. The other project of $2.6 million expands sewer service along Maple Hill Road to the village of Castleton-on-Hudson sewer plant on the Hudson River.
“The project demonstrates the strong and effective partnership between the county and town. I am very proud to be see this project moving forward as I conclude my service to the town,” outgoing Supervisor David Harris said in a statement. County Executive Steve McLaughlin said in a statement that the work will “provide a platform for future growth and investment in southern Rensselaer County.”
A year of communing with nature and readers By GILLIAN SCOTT
This past year, I shared outdoor stories and adventures in this column. In return, I heard from many readers. Here are some outtakes from a few letters. In January, Sylvia asked about getting an Empire State Trail paper map. At the time, there were no paper maps available. However, just this week, I learned you can request a paper map by sending a message via https://empiretrail. ny.gov/contact. Online maps are at https://empirestatetrail.ny.gov. A January column on diversity (or the lack thereof) in the Adirondack Mountain Club drew several
letters, including one notable for its poor spelling and general racist idiocy. I got more articulate and educated responses from other readers, including Jon, who related an experience on the trail that disturbed him and said, “Thank you for your column, and for the reminder that the elephant in the room is often not seen, but needs to be pointed out and discussed.” After I wrote in February about climbing Black Mountain, George shared his experiences on the same mountain. “My one complaint about the Black Mt. summit is the extent that it has been fenced off right at the top and the elimination of the fire tower to the
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TROY - Rensselaer County’s Republicans and Democrats saw their newly elected candidates sworn into office last Thursday at the Rensselaer County Court House. The Democrats had about 40 people attend their ceremony Thursday afternoon during which county legislators from Troy and the Troy City Council took their oaths of office. Early Thursday evening, the Republicans swore in county-wide officials, county legislators, city council members, the Rensselaer
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Gillian Scott heads south on the Tongue Mountain Range toward Montcalm Point. The journey finished after dark, an experience some readers could related to.
public. That was a spectacular view both north and south as I recall. I think you can only see north now.” Susan said she wished she could
have climbed Black with us. She and others also offered sympathy for my appendectomy in late January, which took me off the trails
mayor and town officials. The Republican gathering of about 150 people was very celebratory as they marked sweeping victories around the county during the November elections. Democratic Minority Leader Peter Grimm, D-Troy, stressed unity for the party’s six members on the county legislature. Troy Councilwoman Sue Steele said the three Democrats on the City Council would work to regain the majority and to elect a new mayor in two years after Mayor Patrick Madden, a Democrat, finishes his second term and under the term limits in the city charter cannot seek a third term. Republicans heard County Legislator Kelly Hoffman of North Greenbush speak about becoming the next chair of the Republican-run
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Legislature. Outgoing Legislature Chairman Michael Stammel spoke about pressing to have good government in Rensselaer where he was re-elected as mayor and has two Republican council members on the city’s Common Council to work with in pushing for legislation. Troy Council President Carmella Mantello said the new Republican majority of four would seek to limit taxes and fees on city residents while providing improved services. County Executive Steve McLaughlin, after being returned for a second term, cited receiving 65 percent of the vote in his re-election bid and reviewed the accomplishments of his administration during the first four years in office.
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click on “Employment Opportunities” or contact our Human Resources Department at (518) 477-3628. Congratulations to Highway Superintendent Ken Holmes who was honored by the Town Board upon his retirement after 20 years of dedicated service to our town. I much appreciated Ken’s cooperation and responsiveness to constituents’ inquiries and requests that I regularly passed along to him over the years. Enjoy your well-deserved retirement, Ken. The Town Board also honored Stuart McKnight upon his retirement after 39 years of dedicated service to the Schodack Police Department. Congrats, Stuart. I was honored to attend the swearing-in ceremony for State Supreme Court Justice-elect Laura M. Jordan, a Schodack resident, at the Rensselaer County Courthouse. Laura’s impeccable legal credentials, sound judgment, and high personal character and integrity will serve her well in this important position. Congratulations, Laura. Wishing you and yours a safe, healthy, and prosperous new year! Tracey Rex, Schodack Town Councilwoman www.traceyrex.com
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A Message from Toni Murphy, East Greenbush Receiver of Taxes EAST GREENBUSH Tax Bills have been mailed. If you do not receive yours and you are not in escrow, please call my office. Tax Office: 518-477-4810. Email: tmurphy@eastgreenbush. org. Tax bills can also be found online at: egov.basny. com. Payments can be put in the box outside Town Hall. The box is to your left as you enter the building. Please enclose Checks (no Cash) with your ENTIRE bill and a receipt will be mailed to you. If you choose to pay in person a MASK is required! Please make checks payable to: Toni Murphy Receiver of Taxes. Please stay safe and have a great 2022.
Church of the Redeemer RENSSELAER - Service on January 9 will be at 9 AM. Join us at this special service as we celebrate the baptism of Juliette McBride. NYS mandates require everyone wear a face mask in all public venues, regardless of vaccination status. Masks are available if you need one. Hot Mess Crafters will meet on Wednesday January 12 at 10 AM. Bible Study is meeting on Wednesday, January 12 at 4 PM. Thrift Shop is now closed until Thursday, February 3 from 3-6’, Our annual meeting is scheduled for January 30 at 10 AM. If you wish to be nominated for Vestry, let Father Haskell or one of the Vestry members know. The Church of the Redeemer is an Episcopal church located on CDTA bus route #214 at the corner of Third and Catherine Streets. There is handicap parking, a ramp in front, and a parking lot in the rear. Fr. Robert Haskell may be emailed at rhaskell2@ nycap.rr.com
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AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY SUNY Potsdam Names Area Students to Dean’s List POTSDAM, NY - The State University of New York at Potsdam recently named 235 students who excelled academically in the Fall 2021 semester to the College’s Dean’s List. To achieve the honor of being on the Dean’s List, each student must have satisfactorily completed 12 numerically-graded semester hours, with a grade point average of between 3.25 and 3.49 in the given semester. The students included: Keana Heim of Hoosick Falls, NY, whose major is Literature/Writing Quinn Kinney of Hoosick Falls, NY, whose major is Music Education Shayna Lenney of East Greenbush, NY, whose major is Environmental Studies Ryan Orcutt of E Greenbush, NY, whose major is Biology Brandon Smith of East Greenbush, NY, whose major is Music Education Zian Taylor of Troy, NY, whose major is Music Performance
completed 12 numerically-graded semester hours, with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. The students included: Tori Bubie of Poestenkill, NY, whose major is Childhood/Early Childhood Education Sarah Davidson of West Sand Lake, NY, whose major is Psychology Michael Digman of Rensselaer, NY, whose major is Music Education Abigail Garrison of Troy, NY, whose major is Music Education Andrew Gorman of Wynantskill, NY, whose major is Music Education Gabe Morris of Averill Park, NY, whose major is Music Education Logan Ploss of E Greenbush, NY, whose major is Exercise Science Rishi Ramsingh of East Schodack, NY, whose major is Music Performance Anita Reitano of Averill Park, NY, whose major is Childhood/Early Childhood Education Johanna Saint-Vil of Schaghticoke, NY, whose major is Music Education Colin Zieske of Rensselaer, NY, whose major is History
Sand Lake Local SUNY Potsdam Kiwanis News SAND LAKE - Kiwanis Students Named to Club of Sand Lake was President’s List very busy this Holiday
POTSDAM, NY - The State University of New York at Potsdam recently named 887 students to the President’s List, in recognition of their academic excellence in the Fall 2021 semester. To achieve the honor of being on the President’s List, each student must have satisfactorily
Our club members then distributed all the food items to insure a bountiful Thanksgiving for the families. As Christmas approached Kiwanis again rolled up our sleeves and filled more “food baskets” and partnered with Toys for Tots and others to provide toys and food to brighten the Christmas holiday for 69 families in our community. Kiwanis “elves” at the same time also distributed toys and gift bags from Santa to 155 children and teens in our community. To learn more about the Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake and perhaps join us in service to our community check us out at www. SandLakeKiwanis.org.
CTP Season Passes are Now Available for Sand Lake Center for the Arts! SAND LAKE - Don’t miss Circle Theatre’s Player’s magical 43rd season! Individual passes are only $85 and provide you with tickets for our entire 2022 season: January – Admissions, by Joshua Harmon, March – The Last Romance, by Joe Dipietro, July – Sleuth, by Anthony Shaffer, September – The Lyons, by Nicky Silver and November – [title of show],
Season. In November each and every school family in the district was invited to receive a Thanksgiving meal from our club. Kiwanis members and children at all five schools in the Averill Park Central School District collected food and packed “food baskets” that went to the 58 families who accepted our offer.
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Sand Lake Community “Show and Tell” SAND LAKE - The community is invited to the Sand Lake Historical Society’s January program, Tuesday, January 11th, “Sand Lake Show and Tell - II”. What’s in your attic, cellar, closet, junk drawer? Old bottles and such from Sand Lake Springs, Village Shop gift boxes, glass slag from Glass lake, photos, posters, and ??? Who knows what might turn up? It’s part of your history — but it’s also part of Sand Lake’s! If you have it, bring it to share. SLHS monthly programs are open to the public and are held monthly at the Sand Lake Town Hall Courtroom, 8428 NY 66, Averill Park, beginning at 7 pm. COVID protocols are as determined by the Town for the use of their facility (masks are currently required). SLHS programs are also simulcast on Spectrum Channel 1303 and archived video can be accessed at the SLHS website (http://sandlakehistory. org).
Please send your news and photos to bulletinboard@crwnewspapers.com. Please include contact information. New members are always welcomed. Like us on Facebook or visit Sandlakehistory.org for more information. Any questions, please contact Jackie Tremont, President (518-527-9926).
Q.U.I.L.T., Inc. Monthly Guild Meeting on Zoom CAPITAL DISTRICT Q.U.I.L.T., Inc. is a notfor-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 at the Delmar Reformed Church the second Tuesday of each month (September through June.) Due to the pandemic, meetings are currently held virtually. For the January 14, 2022 meeting, members and guests join on Zoom at 9:30am to greet fellow quilters. A brief business meeting begins at 9:45 which will be followed by Mini-Workshops and Show and Share. Preregistration is required on the Q.U.I.L.T., Inc. website https://www. quiltinc.org/ to receive the Zoom link. Please join us!
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AVERILL PARK - This week’s Scholar Athlete is John ONeillKnassick (OK). John is a sprinter for the Varsity indoor track team, where he also participates in pole vault and high jump. John also plays soccer in the fall and participates in outdoor track and field in the spring; in addition, he plays on a travel baseball team outside of school. John began running track in eighth grade to follow in the footsteps of his two older sisters, who had run track previously. John runs and lifts weights in each season to prepare him for his next athletic season, and John ensures he stretches well and takes care of his body to prevent injuries and balance playing multiple sports. John’s favorite part about indoor track and field is the competitive aspect behind it. For John, his field events are the most difficult part about his sport. Both high jump and pole vault require a lot of practice and athleticism, and John works hard to meet these requirements. Last year, John placed second in the sectional meet for pole vault. In regular meets during the last outdoor track season and the current indoor track season, John has yet to be defeated in pole vault. In a recent meet, John achieved his personal pole vault record of 10’ 6”. This year, John wants to continue improving and jump higher in both of his field events. In addition to his athletic success, John succeeds academically. John has a 4.0 GPA while taking a rigorous course load, including Advanced Placement Statistics. To help balance school and sports, John ensures he balances his time wisely. If he has time before practice John will work on homework in the library, and avoids procrastination so he hands in all work on time. John is also a member of the National Honor Society and Robotics Club. In his free time, John enjoys playing other sports with friends or playing video games. John’s sister Katie serves as one of his role models. John admires his sister’s intelligence and pushes himself to match her intellectual prowess. John also strives to make a school record in the track and field seasons. The outdoor track and field team has a leaderboard for every event, and John hopes to bring himself towards the top of that board. John’s coaches also all help him excel in his various sports. His friends and family help push John by constantly supporting him and believing in his abilities. John would advise a younger athlete to “Take your time. You’re not going to learn all of the forms or be the quickest person in one day.” Next year, John plans on attending a four-year college where he hopes to double major in Finance and Accounting. John hopes to later get his MBA and Masters in Accounting. We wish John the best as he finishes his senior year and prepares for college.
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AVERILL PARK - Happy new year Warrior fans! Averill Park’s teams continued to have success in competition over the holiday break. The boys basketball team defeated Queensbury 38-37 in the semifinals of the Walsh Memorial Tournament in Burnt Hills on 12/28. Nicholas Galuski hit the game winning free throw with four seconds left in the game. Galuski also led the team with nine points. The boys went on to win the tournament, defeating Burnt Hills 45-41 on 12/29. Dan Coiteux led the boys with 19 points in the win. Nicholas Galuski was named the tournament MVP and Brady Mazzeo made the tournament first team. The basketball team will face Shenendehowa in their next game on 1/7. The girls basketball team lost to Pittsford Mendon on 12/29, with a 52-25 final score. Amelia Wood and Taylor Holohan each had 12 points in the loss. The girls turned it around, defeating Colonie 53-47 on 12/30. Taylor Holohan led the team with 15 points, while Amelia Wood and Bailee Lange added 13 and 12 points respectively. The girls team travels to Shenendehowa on 1/7 for their next game. The CD Jets lost 5-0 against Bethlehem on 12/28. They will take on Rome Free Academy in their next game on 1/8. I will be back next week to report on AP scores and highlights. Go Warriors!
Stride Share Community Center: Inclusive Fitness Classes resume in 2022 WEST SAND LAKE - The SHARE Center opened its doors late 2019, only to be shut down due to the pandemic but took that opportunity to outfit their gym with some high-end weight training equipment and fitness instructors. Inclusive fitness classes have resumed and available for anyone in and around West Sand Lake – at the STRIDE Health and Recreation Educational (SHARE) Center, located at 4482 NY Highway 150. The vision for this adaptive community center is to build a diverse schedule of classes, and educational courses that fit the needs of all. The SHARE Center has both instructor-led group classes and opportunities for individuals to exercise on their own. Educational Wellness classes, respite, teen dances and Red Cross classes will be offered in the coming year. Thanks to a large foundation grant, we will be adding to the calendar until the center has a full schedule, and additionally we will be upgrading facilities and equipment. Fitness classes include yoga, Barre, HIIT, High-low; circuit training and much more. The facility offers a selection of Cybex exercise machines, free weights, medicine balls, an elliptical machine, and a unique “anti-gravity” treadmill for people with disabilities and joint injuries. The fully accessible SHARE Center also features a Wounded Warrior/ Family Lounge to host intimate programs, and two large all-purpose rooms upstairs for training or personal events are for rent that seat 40 with state-of-the-art AV equipment, a full kitchen or large board table that seats 15. Most classes are free to attend, with a $15 suggested donation to support STRIDE Adaptive Sports and its athletic programs for people with disabilities, including children and combat-injured veterans. We are hiring and seeking volunteers! Interested in coaching or helping – contact mwhitney@stride.org Anyone interested in visiting the SHARE Center contact Program Director, at (518) 598-1279 or by emailing cpawlowski@stride.org. More information at www.stride.org
36th Annual Ice Fishing Contest at Grafton Lakes State Park GRAFTON - Grafton Lakes State Park will host its 36th annual Ice Fishing Contest on Saturday, January 15, 2022 from 5:30 AM – 2:00 PM. Join in on the fun as several hundred anglers brave the cold temperatures for their chance to make a winning catch on several of the park’s ponds. Registration begins at 5:30 AM and ends at 11:00 AM (or 12:30pm for youth) on January 15th in the park’s maintenance building, accessible via the Main Entrance. There is a $10 entrance fee required for all participants age 16 or older, with no fee for children under 16. All participants 16 and older must have a valid NYS fishing license to fish in the park at any time, including during the contest. Big cash prizes are awarded for adults with 1st place fish and the longest length catch in all three categories of trout, walleye/chain pickerel, and yellow perch. Winning entries will receive gift cards and other prizes. Tournament areas are located on Second Pond, Mill Pond, Dunham Reservoir, Shaver Pond, and Long Pond. Please note that due to preparations for Cabin Fever (January 22nd), ice fishing is not permitted adjacent to the beach on Long Pond. In the case of soft ice, the Ice Fishing tournament will be postponed until Sat., Feb 12th. Grafton Lakes State Park is located off of Route 2, twelve miles east of Troy, New York. Please use the park’s main entrance on Grafton Lakes State Park Way for this event. There is no entrance fee for this event. For more information, please call the park at 518-279-1155.
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GRAFTON - Grafton Lakes State Park and the Friends of Grafton Lakes State Park will host a Cabin Fever event on Saturday, January 22, 2022. Due to COVID-19, many of the indoor exhibits will be offering hikes and scavenger hunts outside throughout the day. The event will include a polar plunge, food vendors, and family-friendly recreational activities. The event is free of charge and runs from 11:30 AM-3:00 PM. Cabin Fever will include activities such as its popular snow bowling hill, snowshoe races and a snowball toss, as well as guided snowshoe outings. Other outdoor offerings this year include free snowmobile rides, sensory walks, and an ice dive demonstration. Registration for the hikes will open in January. The Polar Plunge kicks off the main events at 11:30AM (registration from 11-11:30am). As always, the Plunge includes a playful prize for the silliest costume offered by the Friends of Grafton Lakes State Park, so start planning your January beach attire! To pre-register for the Plunge, please call Ray Dozois for more information at 518-663-5648, or call the park office at 518-279-1155. For visitors who need to warm up there will be many large fires outside by the Welcome Center and the beach. Live animals will also be present at the festival in the welcome center. Visitors will not be disappointed with the refreshments available both inside the welcome center and outside by the main parking lot. Note that this year’s Ice Fishing contest is being held on the weekend before, on Saturday, January 15th. Registration will take place the morning of the 15th. There is no pre-registration. Please call the park for more information: 518-279-1155. Grafton Lakes State Park is located off of Route 2, twelve miles east of Troy, New York. Please use the park’s main entrance on Grafton Lakes State Park Way for this event. There is no entrance fee for this event. For more information, please call the park at 518-279-1155.
What is Domestic Abuse and What Can We Do About It? CAPITAL DISTRICT - Domestic abuse, also called domestic violence (DV) is one or more of these behaviors by one intimate partner towards another: threats, intimidation, emotional abuse, physical assault and sexual assault. It is a pattern of coercive control and exercise of power. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the United States have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In New York state alone, the DV hotlines receive over 19,000 calls a day. DV is a culturally learned and socially tolerated public health problem which is like the proverbial elephant in the room which we don’t feel free to discuss. Myths about Domestic abuse dispelled * DV is a private matter between the partners. - No. Domestic abuse is a crime, according to the Violence Against Women Act 1994/96 which offers equal coverage to women and men. Left unchecked, it creates chronic stress in all the family members including the children and adversely affects their mental and physical health. * Only women are victims of DV - False. DV is the number one predictor of child abuse. Also, one in four men are abused by their partners but most don’t reveal it. Everyone in the abuser’s household, not only the victim, would be walking on egg shells, apprehensive of being abused any moment on flimsy grounds. In extreme cases, the abusers killed the entire family and then killed themselves. * DV happens only once or twice in a relationship. False. It happens repeatedly. Abusers usually escalate violent behaviors in frequency and severity. * The abusers can’t control their anger. - False. Angry abusers stop the violence when they hear a knock on the door and exercise restraint until there are no witnesses. They don’t abuse their coworkers or people at the stores. They behave well outside and strive to maintain a positive public image. * DV is caused by alcohol or drugs. - False. Most men who abuse their partners don’t drink or abuse drugs. Alcohol and drugs don’t cause abusive behavior but they reduce the inhibition of the abuser which may increase the severity of abuse. * DV happens to those with lower income/education. - False. The DV Hotlines receive calls, chats and texts from people of every socioeconomic class and religion, including the wealthy and highly educated. * If the abuser shows remorse and promises to behave, the abuse will stop. - False. Remorse and begging for forgiveness are ploys to temporarily pacify and perpetuate the control over the victim. The abuse mostly gets worse. * Boys who witness DV will grow up to be abusers Only one in three boys who witness abuse become adult abusers. The majority of abused children raise their own children without violence. * The victim can just leave. - Abused women are in the greatest danger of severe or lethal attacks when attempting to leave or after leaving. They might have no safe place to go, can’t support herself and children, feels humiliated about the abuse, fears that her friends, family and community will blame her and for emotional or religious reasons. A survivor believes the partner’s promises to change and hopes for an abuse-free life. Safely ending a violent relationship requires a well thoughout plan and preparation. The DV agencies offer help in this regard. What can we do about domestic abuse? - Each of us can take simple steps like: # 1 Empowering the victims by believing their experiences. They very rarely tell lies. # 2 Searching online for “Domestic Violence agencies near me” under quotes for their contact information and making it widely available at libraries, waiting rooms, restrooms etc.; learning from videos and articles on “bystander intervention techniques” online and applying the techniques to stop abuse if it happens in our presence. #3 Discussing media reports on domestic abuse with our friends and family, to bring awareness and eliminate the stigma around it. For FREE, anonymous, 24/7 help, you can contact one or more of the local DV agencies (refer #2 above) or the national ‘Domestic Violence Hotline’ at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), TEXT ‘START’ to 88788 or CHAT at https://www. thehotline.org/.
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AROUND TROY Troy nods to Yesfolk proposal Craft tonic beverage maker to renovate space into kombucha canning center, tasting room By SHAYLA COLON
Yesfolk Tonics’ proposal to open another kombucha canning operation was approved by the city’s Planning Department. The craft tonic beverage maker has plans to renovate an old, vacant masonry building at 1467 Fifth Ave. into a dual kombucha canning center and tasting room. Yesfolk told the Times Union it plans on moving its brewery to a new location and has an “unknown number of months” for construction ahead. The company didn’t respond to the Times Union’s request for additional comment. The 1.5-story building is about 5,200 square feet and housed a welding school in its former life before becoming vacant for several years. Dashiell Chrisner, a city planning technician, said the Fifth Avenue facility will give Yesfolk additional canning
space and allow patrons to come in and sample their products. Yesfolk Tonics was started in a local church building in the Hillside area a couple of years ago. Chrisner anticipates there won’t be much work to do other than cleaning up the lot’s exterior, paving and repainting it. “The actual building won’t change much at all,” he said. It remains unclear whether or not Yesfolk is relocating its brewery to the CONTRIBUTED BY THE TROY PLANNING DEPARTMENT property or expanding the business into a second building. Yesfolk Tonics was given the green light by the Troy’s Planning Department to ren“They’re doing well, hence why they ovate an old masonry building on Fifth Avenue into a kombucha canning operation with a tasting room. have the need to expand,” Chrisner said. “Anytime that a vacant building is revitalized and kind of given new life to reactiindeed a “valid” concern, it wasn’t a “red flag.” vate the block, it’s very exciting for us here in the city.” He anticipates Yesfolk can work it out with the properOne next-door neighbor voiced some concern about ty owner and mitigate the lights’ impact with fencing or the project. The resident was worried headlights from landscaping. cars parking in the lot next door, would shine into the “It’s quite an easy thing to solve,” he said. “It’s not first-floor tenants’ windows. While Chrisner said it was something that will really take the project down.”
Legislator: Towing is political retaliation
Democrat Doran parked in county executive’s spot By KENNETH C. CROWE II
Rensselaer County politics has descended to towing opposition cars, as a Democratic leader found her car gone from the county office building parking area and claimed she was targeted by County Executive Steve McLaughlin’s staff. Cindy Doran, D-Troy, the legislature’s deputy minority leader, parked her white BMW in one of four spots marked “Reserved for County Executive” last Wednesday afternoon in the south end of the lot behind the Seventh Avenue offices. After spending more than three hours in the minority office with Minority Leader Peter Grimm, D-Troy, Doran came outside to find her car missing. “We have one county executive and four spots,” Doran said about deciding to park in one of the marked spots. Two other spots are marked for the legislature’s chairman and vice chairman. “It’s not a great situation. It’s retribution. It’s all political,” said Doran, who has publicly criticized the $20,700 raise recently given to McLaughlin by the
GOP-controlled legislature — bringing his annual salary to $142,000. McLaughlin received the raise three weeks after he was indicted on felony charges alleging he improperly used money from his campaign account. When asked about the towing Thursday evening, Richard Crist, a McLaughlin spokesman and the county’s director of operations, refused to answer questions from a Times Union reporter and repeatedly said to read the county’s statement on the website of WNYT, which first reported the incident. Crist and McLaughlin have not responded to questions from the newspaper since it first reported on McLaughlin’s arrest. The indictment of McLaughlin, and a continuing investigation by the State Police and FBI into ballot-fraud allegations in the November election, have charged the atmosphere in county political circles. Crist’s statement said: “This afternoon, a vehicle was found parked in a restricted and marked area at the County Office Building and following procedure, a tow of the vehicle was arranged. There were a number of spots available nearby for use. We later learned the vehicle belonged to a county legislator, who clearly knows the parking rules. Obviously, Legislator Doran believes the rules do not apply to her, and that she is able to park her
new luxury BMW wherever she wishes.” Doran said the county has license plates on file for all legislators. She said county employees in the past have asked legislators to move their vehicles. Please see TOWING 10 Doran said she called Troy
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Signs in the parking lot behind the Rensselaaer County Office Building at 1600 Seventh Ave. in Troy show parking spaces reserved for the county executive.
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‘I Just Want to Make Them Happy’
Retired lawyer in Halfmoon runs Paws in Paradise, a hospice for pets, in her home By KATHLEEN MOORE
No one was going to adopt Mimi. “Elderly, arthritic, blind, deaf, missing an eye,” Alice Berke said. “Almost feral. She almost unquestionably had never been touched with kindness.” After Berke agreed to foster the dog in her own home, she called the agency back. “I told her, there’s no way I’m bringing this dog to adoption clinics. Nobody’s ever going to adopt her,” she said. But Mimi changed. “She fell in love with us,” Berke said. “She would cuddle us in our bed. This dog blew my mind. How can a being learn to trust after all she’d been through?” Mimi lived in her foster home for two years before dying peacefully. Her legacy is Paws in Paradise. Berke, a retired attorney, runs a hospice in Halfmoon out of her residence for shelter animals who are old and infirm. She has two hospice dogs and just bought a huge property so that she can take in more. She said she’s setting up a formal 501c3 nonprofit so that she can accept donations, get insurance and allow volunteers to help her. Capital District Humane Association, which fostered Mimi to Berke, got started for the same reasons: to take care of pets that weren’t easily adoptable. “In regular animal shelters, animals with special needs don’t stand much of a chance,” said association President
Jennifer Politis. “That’s why Capital District Humane Association formed many years ago — to provide an alternative for animals that were difficult to place.” Those that are elderly but not too sick can be adopted, she said. “It takes longer, but we do place them. As long as the animal has a good disposition and no major health problems, we can find a home,” she said. “We’ll have people who will come to our organization that are in their 80s. We try to match that person with an older animal.” But those that are sick are sometimes euthanized in the shelter. While some are strays, others are abandoned by their owners, Politis said. “What happens is a lot of people are not loyal to their animals. When animals get older there are people that will bring them to animal shelters,” she said. Earlier this year, a woman brought her 14-year-old dog to the veterinarian to be euthanized because she couldn’t afford to keep her. “There was absolutely nothing wrong with her,” Politis said of the dog. “We took Lacy and we found a home for her.” But for those with many health problems and a lack of willing adoptive families, there’s Paws in Paradise. The new building, where Berke moved her home, is on 11 acres — not because the dogs need it but so that barking doesn’t annoy neighbors. The dogs are too infirm to run far, so only a small area has been fenced. “I wanted to save them all. I couldn’t believe they had that capacity for happiness and no one was doing it,” she said. “I
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Owner Alice Berke pets Joe as her partner Adam Dunn pets Ginger and Goldie at Paws in Paradise, Berke’s hospice sanctuary for pets.
just want to make them happy.” It wasn’t easy to get started. The floors of the new home had to be covered in a protective coating because infirm animals tend to be incontinent. They often can’t climb stairs, so she installed ramps to help them get in and out of the house. Every animal is on its own special medical diet, which means labeled bins of food and keeping animals out of each other’s bowls at meal times. Before she fostered Mimi, she thought it would be sad to take in animals near the end of their life. “I thought I’d be depressed all the time,” she said. But it’s been a great experience. “This is a lot of fun,” she said. “I want them to die happy. It happens all the
time (death) but I don’t want them to die without a day of happiness.” So when it snowed recently, she went outside with Ray and Joe. Ray is blind and deaf. Joe had been in a shelter so long that he is still reluctant to be out in the open and finds corners to lay in. Both were entranced by the feel of the snow, though she had to guide Ray to be sure he would not fall off the ramp. Berke takes a lot more pleasure out of her new occupation. “When you’re a lawyer, you create problems. Now I’m solving problems,” she said. “In the morning I have my coffee and then we play happy music and sometimes we dance. The tails are all wagging. We love it.”
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3 road race arrests made Plate reader used to snag suspects A license plate reader helped snag suspects in a raucous and illegal road race earlier this year, Rensselaer County prosecutors said Wednesday. District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly said a 22-year-old man and a 19-year-old man, both from Albany, were arraigned on one count of felony assault, two counts of misdemeanor assault, a reckless driving count and a speed contest charge, both unclassified misdemeanors. They were arrested by East Greenbush police on Christmas Day after an indictment accused them of participating in an illegal street race on Columbia Turnpike in the town on April 22. A third person, age 20, of Albany was arraigned Dec. 17. That suspect was accused of engaging in the road race after using marijuana, then crashing into another driver, causing that driver serious injuries. A town police officer used the license plate reader to identify the suspects to make the arrests, Donnelly said. “Without this tool, they
may still be at large,” the district attorney said. No trial date has been set.
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There is no cost to attend. Registration is required. Space is limited. Care partners are encouraged to attend. This year the program, starting in September, has been adapted to be fully online. Find out more at www.cdparkinsons.org/ pd-self
Search and Rescue Volunteers Needed CAPITAL DISTRICT the Tri-State Emergency Team is recruiting volunteers to provide wildland and underwater searches within a 100 mile radius of Waterrford, NY. This includes all aspects of field and underwater search. The Tri-State Emergency Team responds when requested by NYS Forest Rangers and other police agencies throughout New York State, Western Vermont and Massachusetts. We are looking for certified scuba divers, experienced boat handlers, and people who enjoy hiking and the outdoors in general who wish to help people in need. The team will provide training and complete support as needed. Our headquarters is located in Waterford. Applicants need not live in Waterford to volunteer. If interested, please call 518-237-6744 or visit our website at www. tri-stateemergencyteam. org
St. Jude the Apostle Knights of Columbus Bottle & Can Donations WYNANTSKILL - Help Support Local Charities - St. Jude the Apostle Knights of Columbus has teamed up with 6 Center Redemption located at 461 Main Avenue in Wynantskill to accept bottle and can donations that have a NYS deposit. This is to support local charities and those in need. • Bring your clean, NYS deposit empties to 6 Center Redemption in Wynantskill. • Say they are to support the St. Jude the Apostle Knights of Columbus. • They do the rest, that’s it! • Thank you for your support!
New York State Commission for the Blind CAPITAL DISTRICT - The New York State Commission for the Blind (NYSCB) provides free vocational rehabilitation and other services to legally blind New York State residents, including children, adults, and older adults. NYSCB assists participants in achieving economic self-sufficiency and full integration into
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Rensselaer Senior Center Boutique RENSSELAER - Rensselaer County Corner Boutique open by appointment. We are so Thankful for the generosity of all of the people that donated to our boutique. We have beautiful clothes (Loft, Talbots, Anne Klien, Alfani, J.Jill, Alfred Dunner, Eddie Bauer, LL Bean Etc.) designer shoes, pocketbooks, jewelry, household Items all priced to go home with you. All proceeds go to senior functions. All are welcome to come and shop. Call today for an appointment 518-463-2166 Monday through Friday 9-3pm. Rensselaer County Rensselaer Center East and Herrick Streets
Poestenkill Seniors POESTENKILL - Our weekly meetings are held every Tuesday at 1:00 in the afternoon at the Sullivan Jones Post in Poestenkill. All seniors are welcome. We have catered lunches, pizza, clam steams, fish fries and luncheons that are held at various restaurants and best of all bus trips to casinos, theaters
and points of interest. Informational talks on senior safety and health are given from time to time. Dues are $15.00 a year. Coffee and refreshments are served after the meeting followed by Bingo and cards. Come join the fun and a afternoon out. The hall is handicapped accessible with sufficient parking. Hope to see you there. Attendees must wear a mask until seated and social distancing is encouraged.
Colonie Art League Virtual Holiday Show COLONIE - Welcome to the 2021 Holiday Show and Small Works Sale and Happy Holidays from Colonie Art League. Enjoy the online Holiday Show featuring amazing work from local artists. Cash prizes were awarded in 4 categories including one for an Emerging Artist. Special thanks to William Fillmore for judging this year’s show. Note: some art may be for sale. Then head over to the Small Works Sale filled with artwork that is no larger than 12x12 and priced at no more than $75. Interested buyers must contact the artist directly to purchase and arrange pickup. Show & Sale will be online through January 2022.
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EAST SCHODACK - Please join us for our Drive-Thru Only Pizza Night Saturday, January 8th. Menu includes: Fresh Homemade Dough –Cheese Pizza (red or white) $9, Extra Toppings $1 each for ½ pizza, $1.50 each for whole pizza. “The Works”- $15. Chicken wings- 10 for $12, Mozzarella Sticks- six for $4, Fresh salad $4 a bowl Pick up times begin at 4:00, Call 518- 479-3366 after 2:00pm to place your order. Pizza Nights will then be the first Saturday of each month till June.
RENSSELAER - The Rensselaer County Rensselaer Senior Center are offering nutritious meals Monday through Friday. Pickup is at 11:30. Please call the day before to order your lunch and enjoy a hot homemade meal 5 times a week. Must be 60 years old to participate in this great program. Suggested contribution is $3 per meal. No one is denied a meal due to inability to contribute. Call 518-463-2166 for more information. Located on East and Herrick Streets.
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RENSSELAER - The Rensselaer County Rensselaer Senior Center is open 5 days a week for lunch. We have wonderful people at the center and we have room for more. So please join us for lunch. The food is great and the atmosphere is cheerful and the company is enjoyable call for reservations. We are located in Rensselaer on East and Herrick streets. Call for more information Monday Thru Friday 9am to 3pm
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EAST GREENBUSH - East Greenbush fire company is having their Pizza Night Saturday, January 8, 2022 at the Phillips Rd fire station from 4:30 - 7:30 pm. Masks are required to enter the building and while moving within the building. Our pizzas with toppings of: pepperoni, sausage, peppers, mushrooms, onions, and try our fabulous chicken wings, mozzarella sticks, and garden salad. Phone ahead orders start at 2pm for eat in or take out 518-477-6503. Remember that masks are required to be worn inside the station at all times unless seated at a table. As always Thank You for your support.
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Sullivan Jones VFW Post 7466 “Breakfast Buffet” POESTENKILL - VFW Post 7466, 25 Veterans Street, Poestenkill, is hosting our “All you can eat, breakfast buffet” on Sunday, January 9th – 8:00 to 11:00. Buffet featuring eggs, breakfast meats, home fries, pancakes, french toast, fruit, juice, tea, and coffee. Waffles you can top with strawberry, apples, whip cream, vanilla ice cream, or chocolate syrup. “Build your own Omelets” with ham, bacon, sausage, cheeses, mushrooms, peppers, and onions. Adult regular buffet $8.00, add omelet for $3 or waffle for $1.00 / Children 6-12 $4.00 and Children under 5 free.
Lasagna Dinner (Take Out) EAST GREENBUSH - Van Rensselaer Star Chapter #256, Order of the Eastern Star, in East Greenbush is holding a TAKEOUT Lasagna Dinner on Saturday, January 15th from 4:30 – 6 pm at the Masonic Temple which is located at 710 Columbia Turnpike, East Greenbush. The cost of the dinner is $15 which includes lasagna, salad, bread and dessert. Reservations should be made by January 8th by calling Nancy at 518-477-7101.
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OPINION
The Miracle Of Bugs By Rich Lowry
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise." Proverbs 6:6 Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard biologist who has died at age 92, is most famous for his contributions to evolutionary biology, but he built his career on ants. He wrote multiple books on the insects, including a 700-page encyclopedic work in 1990 that has to count as one of the least likely winners of the Pulitzer Prize ever. Despite his agnosticism and the reductive materialism of his Darwinism, Wilson wrote with a real warmth and soulfulness. Amidst his storied academic career and the controversies kicked up by his theories, it's worth considering all he did to highlight the miraculous complexity and wonders of life via a lowly bug that is considered a pest when it isn't ignored altogether. There are more than 15,000 discovered species of ant, and perhaps another 10,000 yet to be found. Wilson exulted in the dizzying variety -- ants that can walk under water to find dead insects, or glide from one branch of a tree to another, or create super-colonies that extend for miles. If ants are extraordinarily diverse, their social organization makes East Berlin look fun and free by comparison. As Wilson wrote, "Karl Marx was right, socialism
works, it is just that he had the wrong species." Ants have all the regard for individual dignity of a Mongol chieftain and a power structure out of the Ottoman court. Pretty much every ant you see doing something is a female. The males are pitiable creatures, good for nothing except their one-time task of trying to inseminate a female. Among fire ants, would-be queens work together to try to establish a new nest. As soon as they've given birth to worker ants, though, the game of thrones begins. The workers seek out and kill all the queens, leaving only the one that is most fecund. Ant colonies take slaves and fight wars of extinction. Henry David Thoreau wrote of an ant battle he observed at Walden Pond: "They fought with more pertinacity than bulldogs. Neither manifested the least disposition to retreat. It was evident that their battle cry was 'Conquer or die.'" The massive and intricate level of cooperation of an ant colony is something to behold. Mark Twain spoofed an ant's crazy struggles upon discovering a grasshopper leg, lugging it the opposite way from home before she "gets madder and madder, then presently hoists it into the air and goes tearing away in an entirely new direction." In reality, it's the exact opposite. After finding food,
a scout tends to return to her nest in a straight line and then summon reinforcements that follow her path exactly. A species found in North Africa travels some 100 yards from its nest and then invariably finds its way back using cues from the sunlight. A species in the Kenyan rainforest uses the forest's canopy as a map. Can ants create their own ark? Check. When water invades a nest of fire ants, the insects unite to create a living raft. They float along, carrying the queen and eggs, larvae, and pupae until they find dry land again. Can they launch irresistible ground offensives? Yes, of course. One species sends as many as 700,000 ants out in a fan that moves as fast as 20-yards-an-hour. It can be heard approaching and destroys and consumes all in its path on the rainforest floor, from other insects to scorpions and tarantulas, to lizards and birds. The effect of Wilson's work on these lowly, yet fascinating, bugs is to create the same sense of marvel that he must have felt when he was an awkward boy first engaged in his amateur naturalism -- a feeling that should rightly never be exhausted. "Our sense of wonder," Wilson wrote, "grows exponentially: The greater the knowledge, the deeper the mystery and the more we seek knowledge to create new mystery." Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
The Change We Wish To See In The World For 2022: New Year’s Resolutions S.E. Cupp, Tribune Content Agency
For the past nearly decade, I've asked friends, colleagues, politicos and celebs to share their New Year's resolutions with me and my readers. After the year we've had, I'm especially grateful to get just a glimpse into their fragile psyches and guarded optimism as we all head warily into 2022. They're all a bit cathartic to read, though I really liked what writer Brad Thor had to say about mental health, what TV personality Sherrie Shepherd had to say about becoming a wife, and what CNN correspondent Kyung Lah said about getting her tree to grow! When it feels like the world is spinning out of control, aiming at the things we can control -- unlike, say, world peace -- is a good idea. As for me, I plan to spend 2022 normalizing discussions around anxiety, and starting more sentences with "My therapist says...." Wajahat Ali, author, "Go Back to Where You Came From": "Be grateful for health and being alive, survival is a victory these days. Have faith but tie my camel first. Do what I can to help this country as it suffers from so many setbacks. Maintain joy regardless. Lose dad bod. Build my Lego Millennium Falcon as a treat to myself for publishing the book." Gloria Borger, CNN's chief political analyst: "I'd like to feel safe hugging grandchildren, friends and colleagues. I'd like to wake up feeling unrestricted. And I'd like good news in D.C. The shorter version: peace on earth, bipartisanship in Washington and unmasked hugs with my grandchildren. Will accept one out of three." Monica Lewinsky, anti-bullying activist: "My new year's ritual is to make a gratitude list from the year we're leaving and wishes for myself and those in my world for the new one. Somewhere on my list will be the hope that my inner critic is 10% quieter." Brad Thor, New York Times bestselling author: "I'm tired... of everything. Exhausted even. I lost my mom this year, a woman who was like my second mother,
and a dear friend. I watched other relationships, ones that I have worked so hard to preserve, dissolve because of ridiculous conspiracy theories and a desire to blame others for the ills in their lives. I have seen the ravages of depression and anxiety on those I care deeply about. As we go into 2022, my sincerest hope is that people who are hurting will get the love, help and support they need -- and that I can be a conduit for that love, help and support for as many people as possible." Andrew Yang, Forward Party founder: "Make it easier for independents to vote for someone they're excited about via non-partisan open primaries. Put the Forward Party on the map." Christine Quinn, president and CEO of WIN: "In 2022 I want to significantly reduce the number of homeless children living in shelters in NYC. I also want to increase the number of homeless and formerly homeless moms who are working in good jobs. To do these things, working with others, I have to make sure NYC Mayor-elect Adams embraces the cause of ending family homelessness." Kevin Baron, executive editor of Defense One: "I hope to see Paris again. To spend more time with my dad. Oh, and to watch the partisan propagandists of information warfare fail, one by one." Omar Jimenez, CNN correspondent: "I've always found life too unpredictable for specific goals, so all I push for is growth...and to be in a Batman movie." Fred Guttenberg, Parkland father and gun-safety activist: "For 2022, I want to help America to understand that the threat to our democracy and guns are linked. My goal is to make defense of democracy and gun safety the voting issue of 2022. I will work to elect candidates who support gun safety because they are also the same candidates who support democracy." Rep. Adam Kinzinger: "I resolve to double down on truth and exposing the tricks used to scam people." Molly Jong-Fast, podcaster: "My New
Year's resolution is to try and spend as much time as possible with my mom. Many of her friends and peers have died and it's clear that I don't have forever with her." Donnie Wahlberg, "Blue Bloods": "My goal for 2022 is simply to spread love. Sounds generic but to truly spread love (without condition) requires humility, empathy and zero expectations of receiving anything in return." Paul Stanley, Kiss: "I want to make sure I don't sweat the small stuff as life grows shorter and time more precious. I want to use my days as wisely as I can, enjoy all the luxuries I've been able to give myself while never forgetting that ultimately it's all about friends and family." Mehdi Hasan, MSNBC host: "My New Year's resolution is to fill myself with hope, not despair. Oh, and to not get COVID." Andy Cohen, Bravo producer and host: "Spend less time on Instagram!" Former Rep. Steve Israel: "We're all sucked into a polarized, frenetic political environment, and the midterm elections will make it even worse. So, I'm going to escape by spending more time reading history (breaking news: we survived some pretty deep challenges before) and transcending today's political insanity." Shep Rose, "Southern Charm": "I realize I've been in a state of arrested development my whole life. So next year I want to be more of an adult. So, no more tequila shots or brown liquor when it's light outside." Tom Nichols, contributing writer, The Atlantic: "My hope for 2022 is that it becomes something we need and haven't seen in a long time: An unremarkable, calm year where ordinary Americans live their lives. I know this is unlikely, but that's also my plan for my own life, God willing." Chely Wright, LGBTQ activist: "My goal for 2022 is to focus more of my resources and energy to support NGOs doing important work on behalf of girls, women
and the economically disenfranchised." Rob Morrow, actor, director and musician: "To let go of what I have become so I can become what I could be. To convey truth and beauty and illuminate the human condition. To bring joy, insight, inspiration, diversion and entertainment to billions around the globe through creativity. To be a beacon for others to rise to their potential. To LAUGH -- a lot." Arwa Damon, CNN correspondent and INARA.org founder: "To be better and do better by myself and by others. To fight harder for those who can't fight for themselves." Richard Marx, musician: "My hope for 2022 is the same as my wish this time last year: a return to the majority of people looking out for one another. That wish failed this year so I'm re-upping it for '22!" Andrew Zimmern, chef: "My most urgent prayer, my greatest wish is for everyone to have an easier 2022 than 2021. This year coming up seems very scary and unsettling if I am being honest. I want everyone to have friends as strong and wise, as compassionate and fearless as mine. I am a lucky guy. Friends help us navigate the unknown." Kyung Lah, CNN correspondent: "I have two crappy crepe myrtle trees because much more talented people told me they were incredibly difficult to kill. The trees are still alive, but really... barely. My resolution is to turn this puppy around. I hope it's a metaphor for many things in life right now. My husband thinks I should pull it and replace it with a plastic one. Nope. I'm not giving up. I'm going to save this tree!" Henry Winkler, actor: "Retain sanity in order to pass it on to our country." Sherri Shepherd, actress and host: "My goal for 2022 is to really focus on getting myself ready to be a wife. Marriage is what I desire. I'd like to have a successful talk show and a ring on my finger -- would love babies but that uterus has sailed." S.E. Cupp is the host of "S.E. Cupp Unfiltered" on CNN.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR North Greenbush votes to opt out In late December, the Town of North Greenbush hosted a special meeting related to opting out of allowing establishments to offer on-site cannabis consumption. All New York municipalities were required to chose to opt in or out by the end of the calendar year. I was unable to attend because of conflict and I sent questions and received feedback to my questions. The responses that I received to my questions used the term “uncertain” multiple times. In short, some in the North Greenbush were uncertain about possible situations and chose to not allow on-site consumption. Other municipalities in other states have addressed many of these issues. North Greenbush could have allowed possible establishments and then addressed each of the circumstances on a case-by-case basis. In my opinion, the North Greenbush Town Council vote was an over reaction and the town board should have addressed any issues as they arose (if at all). Michael Myer, Wynantskill
PFOA Saga No. 5 A bush-league Whitewash To DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos, 24 December 2021 RE: Your slipshod farcical clown show of a PFOA investigation in Poestenkill Dear Commissioner Seggos: I began my career in public health in 1966 as a technician for the state Health Department doing field studies and investigations of sources of pollution, and in all my years of doing investigations, never did I encounter a situation of where a suspect in an investigation of pollution or contamination was allowed by the responsible state agency to do their own investigation of themselves to exonerate themselves as a source of pollution, until this cock-a-mamie, slipshod farce of an investigation of PFOA in Poestenkill being conducted by your department, where we are being told by your department, supposedly the department doing the investigation, that in the special case of Waste Management at the Poestenkill transfer station, a prime suspect for whom your department buried $312,500 worth of penalties for environmental crimes at the Poestenkill transfer station in 1999, that a
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sample from the water supply well located at the transfer station was collected and analyzed for PFAS compounds in September BY THE OPERATOR of the transfer station, and based on their investigation of themselves, your department, which has already whitewashed and covered over environmental crimes committed by them at the Poestenkill transfer station, burying evidence in a criminal investigation, which is obstruction of justice as well as denial of honest services, does not now consider them to be a source, which has me asking you just what kind of bizarre horsecrap are you trying to feed us, and why. In your arrogance, do you think we are stupid? This as the DEC is alleged to be looking for the source of the PFOA, which at this point might well be in Outer Mongolia or Outer Space or maybe the Twilight Zone, which is where your department seems to be located these days, out there somewhere in Cloud Cuckoo Land. Paul Plante, Poestenkill
Sand Lake Planning Board Going Rogue Many of you have noticed residents of the Barnes Road neighborhood expressing heartfelt concerns against a proposal to have the board consider a request to allow the operation of a facility that would host celebration parties, weddings etc. on Barnes Road. As a resident of other areas of the town you may wonder why you should be concerned. The area around Barnes Road is zoned residential/ agricultural. This proposal is commercial, no less than an auto repair shop, a retail store selling products for agricultural use or a bowling alley. If any of these activities including the current proposal were approved, they have no compatibility with the current zoning, they are stricly commercial. This proposal looks to take advantage of our rural area. What type of commercial activities might be compatible with the current zoning? A vegetable stand, a riding stable, even a corn maze are commercial activities which are in the nature of the zoning. How about a bar? Webster defines a bar as “a room or establisment where alcoholic drinks and sometimes food are served”. Does a bar change the nature of Barnes Road? I think the answer is obvious! This board would rather develop it’s own master plan without going through the required regulatory and public input processes. icate,Contact: Rodney Priddle (518) 421-6762 or flyrod@ nycap.rr.com. Paul Sinicki at (518)885-8257 or cdflyfishers@nycap.rr.com. For Registration go to https://parksrec.egov.basgov.com/cliftonpark Or call (518) 371-6651.
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This proposal is nothing more than a request to operate a bar in a residential/ agricultural zone. Not to downplay the issues of increased traffic on a twisty, unlit, unlined secondary road and increased noise pollution as the result of outdoor activities including bands playing, the planning board wishes to approve a bar on Barnes Road, forever. Yes an approval by the board is forever, it stays with the property and not the owner! The board needs to rethink it’s decision to appeal the court’s decision and recognize it’s role is to protect the master plan , not re-write it. Remember the court stated that the board did not give adequate attention to the neighbors’ concerns in it’s original decision James Lister, West Sand Lake
Broadband Coverage Survey Recently, while reading over the ever challenging and difficult task of seeing what is going on in New York State Politics I stumbled across a story that left me dumbfounded. “Broadband Coverage Survey To Include Paper Option”... Did it not before? The answer to that question is no, it did not exist before State Senator Michelle Hinchey broached the topic this month by essentially saying; how could people with NO broadband access ever be able to complete this survey? The idea that lawmakers in Albany had was that residents could simply go to their local library and hop on a computer and fill out the survey.. Really? In 2021, almost 2022, the idea of universal broadband access should be an open and shut policy. But Albany lawmakers really thought that those out in the country side would simply go to the library and complete a survey on their own time with all the existential crisis going on in the state right now with the virus? When people talk about a lack of awareness from Albany I’m sure this would be on the top of the list. Stop playing games with those in vulnerable populations who have little to no internet access. Provide them a way to complete the survey’s because after all, you serve them; not the other way around. I do not live in Senator Hinchey’s district, but I am glad somebody from the legislature brought this obvious issue up. Do better! Michael Martin, Rensselaer
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report with the county Sheriff’s Office. Doran said she paid about $160 to retrieve the vehicle. The section of the county parking lot where Doran parked does not have signs advising that vehicles may be towed and there are no signs saying where cars will be taken. The parking lot north of the county office building has a few signs warning that cars not belonging to county employees or there for county business will be towed at owner’s expense. Crist continued in his statement to attack Doran for calling police about her missing car, noting she supported defunding police efforts. Doran said she may sue the county to recover the towing fee.
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police who at first didn’t know about the tow. Doran said police then contacted her to tell her Von’s Airline Service Station had towed the car. Doran said she saw Jim Gordon, a McLaughlin staff member and director of purchasing, laughing at her from the county office building. Gordon said that was “untrue.” Doran said she filed a
nificant sculpture at the show. The statue’s journey to eventually reach the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington could be considered a metaphor for Lewis’ own journey through history: They both found acclaim, then disappeared — and later resurfaced to new public appreciation. “Not long after its debut, however, ‘Death of Cleopatra’ was presumed
lost for almost a century — appearing at a Chicago saloon, marking a horse’s grave at a suburban racetrack, and eventually reappearing at a salvage yard in the 1980s,” the museum said about the piece, which is now on exhibit there. The museum will host the first-day-of-issue event for the Edmonia Lewis stamp, planned for 12:30 p.m. Jan. 26. Reno is working on holding an event in East Greenbush to mark the issuing of the stamp. “In addition to portrait busts of prominent people, Lewis’ work incorporated African American themes, including the celebration of newly won freedoms, and sensitively depicted her Native American heritage as peaceful and dignified,” the U.S. Postal Service said in announcing the stamp. “A Roman Catholic, Lewis also received several religious commissions. The work she produced during her prolific career evokes the complexity of her social identity and reflects the passion and independence of her artistic vision,” the USPS noted. The Edmonia Lewis portrait stamp is based on a photograph taken by photographer Augustus Marshall sometime between 1864 and 1871, according to the USPS.
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for longer than I liked. “Here’s to a continuing recovery so you can return to your cold weather adventures!” Susan wrote. Richard told me, “Take care and don’t overdo it.” Overdoing it is kind of our thing, but I did dial back my activities long enough to heal. Marcia told me my determination to get back to the trails reminded her of an incident during one hike: “I tripped and fell flat on my face in spite of my pole and the fact we were on pretty flat terrain. I broke my nose and injured my breast bone, but I was back the next week.” Jackie wrote after reading the Black Mountain article: “I chuckled to myself when I read the part about your memory of the trail not being quite as sharp as you might want it to be. I’m in the same boat most of the time. I hike so much, sometimes the trails all run together in my head, and I’m hard-pressed to sort out one from the other. I envy my hiking companions who recall almost every turn and twist in the trail.” Maureen had very kind words also: “Thank you for the beautiful piece in Friday’s Times Union about overcoming fear and doubt a/k/a inertia. It seems that after the body heals, the mind has to also undergo healing. You wrote about that so wonderfully that I am going to cut out your piece and keep it next to my collection of injury recovery devices in the hope that reading it ‘the next time’ (there’s always a next time for injury recovery) will give me heart.” In June, Nancy wrote to say she’d enjoyed my column about the book “A Walking Friendship,” by Carole Fults and Diane Kavanaugh-Black. “I too am a stroller, just savoring the infinite bits CONTINUED FROM 2
of nature that each slow step brings. I’m a tortoise, not a hare,” Nancy wrote. “If I have to race-walk, what I see is my feet, not the subtle curiosities of forest or meadow or swamp.” In July, after reading about a hike in the Tongue Mountain Range, Randall shared a story about a rattlesnake encounter in the same area. “I, too, came across my first timber rattler — a juvenile curled up in the shade of a tree, looking very docile due to the lower temperature in the shade. On the return I remembered the spot and planned to give it a wide berth, psyching myself up for the ‘deadly encounter.’ No snake in sight, but I returned to regale — I think the correct term would be ‘bore’ — my kids and grandkids with the story.” Howard wrote in October to ask whether the kinglets in a column were ruby-crowned or golden-crowned. I had to confess I’d been deliberately vague in my writing because I didn’t know. He guessed they must be ruby-crowned because golden-crowned kinglets have unmistakable markings. Several readers wrote to me after my column about hiking out of Lake George’s Tongue Mountain Range in the dark this fall. “As soon as I saw the headline and photo, I could have written the story,” Joe wrote. “Many of us have done that after-dark trek.” George also wrote to share the story of a similar hike many years ago, when, without flashlights, his group followed their dogs out in the darkness. Thank you to everyone who has written to me this year. I always enjoy hearing from readers!
Team “Knocking Out Alzheimer’s” Bottle Drive, The Fundraising Continues ... WYNANTSKILL/RENSSELAER - Team “Knocking out Alzheimer’s” is partnering with the Alzheimer’s Association. Return your bottles and cans and help the Northeastern New York Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Through an arrangement with: Six-Center Redemption Two Locations: 461 Main Ave Wynantskill (Corner of Sharpe and Main Ave) & 550 South Street Rensselaer. No need to count the cans or bottles, no waiting or standing in lines to feed your cans or bottles into a machine. The Alzheimer’s Association will receive six cents for every container you donate to the cause. Simply drop off your containers and say: “These are for the Alzheimer’s Association.” The mission of the Alzheimer’s Association is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. The first survivor of Alzheimer’s is out there, but we won’t get there without you. Join the fight with your bottles & cans! Check us out on face book - Knocking out Alzheimer’s SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF RENSSELAER INDEX # EF2015-251331 FILED 9/22/2021 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, RENSSELAER COUNTY CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER, MARK WOJCIK, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY P. KAUFMANN, TARA KAUFMANN A/K/A TARA SHARKEY, AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT F KIN OF HENRY P. KAUFMANN, TINA KAUFMANN A/K/A TINA RITTER, AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF HENRY P. KAUFMANN, “JOHN DOE” AND JANE DOE” 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE The Unknown Heirs, Distributes, Devisees, Grantees, Trustees, Lienors, Creditors, And Assignees Of The Estate Of Henry P. Kaufmann Whose Last Known Address Was Rad 1 Box 81a A/K/A 961 Kautz Hollow Road, Johnsonville, New York 12904, Who Was Born In 1942 And Died On February 3, 2009, A Resident Of The County Of Rensselaer, Their Successors In Interest If Any Of The Aforesaid Defendants Be Deceased, Their Respective Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, And Successors In Interest Of The Aforesaid Classes Of Person, If They Or Any Of Them Be Dead, And Their Respective Husbands, Wives Or Widows, If Any, All Of Whom And Whose Names And Places Of Residence Are Unknown To The Plaintiff, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY to answer the Complaint in the above captioned action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiffs attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This action was commenced to foreclose a mortgage against real property located at Road 1 Box 81A a/k/a 961 Kautz Hollow Road Johnsonville, New York 12094. You are named as a party defendant herein because you may have an interest in this premises. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Caren Bailey, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 3C20, Melville, NY 11747 (631) 812-4084 (855) 845-2584 facsimile. File #560-6127 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay your taxes in accordance with state and local law. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.
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Home Care Worker to care for elderly stroke patient in Berlin. Work for a dedicated family. Private Pay. Competitive Rates. Part time, Full time or Live in. Apply to Granddaughter at slteal68@gmail.com (email) or call 518-312-2569 . Solid home care experience, proof of vaccination and references required. MAINTENANCE PERSON The Summit at Eastwyck, an independent living community located in North Greenbush, NY has an opening for a maintenance person. Duties will include all phases of building maintenance including light electrical and plumbing, janitorial, painting, some carpentry and grounds work. Scheduled on-call duty is required. Applicants must have experience which exhibits the skills of working in building maintenance or construction. A driver’s license and clean driving record is required for operation of property vehicles. The candidate must be well organized, enjoy working with the public, and be able to work alone or as part of a team. This is a full-time position. In addition to competitive salary, we offer great benefits and an outstanding working environment. Please respond and apply by sending your resume to khotaling@summitseniorlife.com or calling 518-874-1638 for more information. Job Type: Full-time MECHANIC / TECHNICIAN Part Time/Full Time. Leckonby’s Auto Works, West Sand Lake. (518) 674-1111
Snowblower for sale. Cub Cadet 28" bought new 2014. Very good to exc. cond. Asking price $750. Call (518) 336-4017
WANTED TO BUY Antiques, vinyl records, comic books, old signs, instruments, toys, coins, pocket watches, fish lures & more 518-801-4673
ACCOUNTING & PAYROLL Siena Grad. 25+ yrs. exp. No job too small. (518) 475-8782. www.accountingdave.com APPLIANCE REPAIR Washers, dryers, fridge, ranges, etc. Prompt, guaranteed repairs. Mike Horowitz (518) 477-8378 $$CA$H$$ FOR JUNK CARS $100-$1000. FREE PICKUP (518) 914-8633
PART TIME SALANGER TRUCKING LLC HAULIN’ THE MAIL SINCE 1957 Permanent Part Time Driver $17.58 per hour + $4.54 fringe benefit = $22.12 Permanent PT position working for a Postal Contractor in Castleton, NY. Current open position would be around 15 hours per week, split shifts with an early morning run and an afternoon run. This run is split between two drivers, so days are flexible.
CASH FOR METAL/CARS We buy farm equip., metal, cars. We have the equip. to take care of big jobs. Highest prices paid. Demolition. Towing & transport avail. Part of the proceeds go to the veterans. (518) 339-3369 CHEAPER THAN DUMPSTERS Old appliances and furniture REMOVED FROM YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. Small or Large jobs. CLEANOUTS. Call Bill the Junkman at (518) 256-6124. Credit cards accepted.
Class D and box truck driving experience is helpful. Must be able to pass USPS security screening, have a clean MVR (some violations OK) and pass pre-employment drug screening. We deliver bulk mail, from Castleton to Post Offices along 9J on a regular schedule (NO HOME DELIVERY) with a 12’ van truck. Must be able to lift to 70 pounds (not that often). Great for a retired person looking to supplement their income or Social Security. Paid training, 401K, 10 paid holidays, 2 weeks’ vacation after one year, AFLAC and medical / dental available. This is a W2 position, not a 1099 Independent Contractor job using our vehicle.
DIVORCE $389.00 - Uncontested Make Divorce Easy – only 1 Signature, Inc. poor person app. Info: (518) 274-0380
Contact: Colleen 315-948-3537 option 3 Fax: 518-512-4092 Email: salangertrucking1957@gmail.com
DUMPSTER RENTALS 12yd. & 14yd. available. Call Ray at N & R Tree and Property Services (518) 573-1133
DUMPSTERS Lowest rates possible 6, 8,10,12, 15, 20, 25, 30 yard sizes. Ed LaplacaW.S.L. Cell (518) 378-1080 EXCAVATION, TRUCKING, STONE & TOPSOIL Water diversion, driveways, brush hog, land clearing, oil tank removals, septics, grading, digging, lawns, pool fill-ins, site prep. Part of the proceeds go to the veterans. (518) 339-3369 FAST FIX HEATING and PLUMBING LLC 24 hr. service, fully ins. 26 yrs. exp. Installs/ replacements, tuneups, trouble shooting. Fixing all your heating & plumbing needs. (518) 256-1346 FIREWOOD Peter Howard Firewood. $300/ cord. Seasoned hardwood. Local del. inc. (518) 279-1367 GLASS/SCREEN REPAIR Broken glass, torn screens repaired. Home repairs. Makes house calls. (518) 203-8595 HANDYMAN Remodeling, carpentry, decks, porches, masonry, int./ext. paint, fences, doors/windows, gutters, all repairs. Free est. 518-669-0814 or 518-271-9161 HOUSE CLEANING Perfect Premises House Cleaning since 1988. Jill (518) 727-1342 JUNK REMOVAL & DEMO Oil tanks, hot tubs, pools, sheds, barns, houses, fence & retaining wall removal, yard cleanup. Res./comm. clean out & organize. Fully equipped to handle any job. (518) 339-8710. Part of the proceeds go to the veterans. PAINTER, VACCINATED 32yrs exp. Custom colors. Small jobs or new drywall. Free est. 518-203-7166 or 618-8051 PENTAGON SEWER DRAIN CLEANING & REPAIR Comm/Res. Fully insured & bonded. (518) 428-7230
P.W. PAINTING All phases of painting & staining. Your int/ext painting residential specialist. Excellent workmanship. Great prices & reas. rates. Free est., fully ins., ref’s. (518) 396-0898 ROOFING All phases of roofing & repairs. Shingle, Metal, Slate Repairs, Torch Down/epdm, Flat Roofs, Chimney Repairs & Rebuilds, Chimney Sweeping & Rooftop Snow Removal. 24/7 Emergency Repairs. Accepting Credit Cards. Fully licensed & insured. Call DEPENDABLE ROOFING for a FREE Estimate. (413) 281-5655, (413) 441-1380 SEPTIC CLEANING SAND LAKE SEPTIC Tanks cleaned, repair, new installation. (518) 674-3000 SEPTIC SERVICES Pumping, repairs, installations. Sewer & drain cleanin. A.P. Septic. (518) 674-0908 SEPTIC SERVICE Tanks cleaned, group rates avail. Call a neighbor! Gene (518) 674-5223 SNOW BLOWER REPAIR Prompt, guar. repairs on most brands. P/u, del. Mike Horowitz (518) 477-8378 SNOWPLOWING & PROPERTY SERVICES Tree trimming, snowplowing & carpentry. Ins. (518) 447-9303 TREE SERVICE Brush, tree, shrub removal & trimming. Also small building demolition. Insured and experienced. Don Bradley Jr. (518) 674-2444 or (518) 312-8005 TREE SERVICE C & S Tree and Property Services. Free ests. Insured. Sean Finn (518) 491-4206 TREE & STUMP REMOVAL Brush hogging available. Free Estimates. Fully insured. Call Ray at N & R Tree and Property Services (518) 573-1133
TV & STEREO REPAIR Vintage & new stereos repaired & recycled. TVs repaired & installed. Antennas installed. Small appl. In home service. 30yrs. exp. (518) 272-0475 Paul UPHOLSTERING CHAIRS, SOFAS, CUSHIONS, OTTOMANS. CALL OR TEXT LESLEY (518) 466-4773 WINDOW CLEANING Ken’s Window Cleaning. Fully insured. Comm./Res. 40-yrs. family exp. (518) 766-4975
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WANTED Need investment properties. 2, 3 or more apartments. Top price paid. 30 day sale. Call Maury at Bryce (518) 961-0060
RENSSELAER COUNTY RENSSELAER RENTAL UNITS FOR SALE - Just reduced. 2 Fam w/3BRs, 2 BA’s $139,900, 1 Fam w/2BR’s $114,900. Fully rented w/MTM renters. Call Dom Indelicato, Howard Hanna (518) 573-5227
RESIDENTIAL WANTED Executive home wanted in Rensselaer County. Character and seclusion. Up to $1 million. Call Kyle Bryce (518) 928-1231 Homes needed at once! Top price paid. Qualified buyers. Check with Bryce if you want a fair price. No closing cost. (518) 928-1231
UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS 1 BR Studio Apt. Ground floor. Hot water, trash removal inc. $675/mo. No smoking. No dogs. (518) 416-2504 Wynantskill - 2BR apt. No smoking. No pets. $975 + electric, includes heat. (518) 674-1111
LEGAL NOTICES 330 SOUTH STREET LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/13/21. Office in Rensselaer Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 342 Finley Rd., Ballston Spa, Ny 12020. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 330 South St., Renssealer, NY 12144. 517 COLUMBIA TURNPIKE LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/ 3/2021. Office in Rensselaer Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 102 Upper Hemlock Ridge Way, Stephentown, NY 12168, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ALLEGANY ASSETS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/30/21. Office in Rensselaer Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 15 Chaundry Ln., Averill Park, 12018, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
LEGAL NOTICE PENNYROYAL FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC Notice of Authority to do business in New York of Pennyroyal Family Holdings, LLC, a foreign limited liability company (the “LLC”). Application of Authority filed with the Secretary of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on 11/30/2021. Office location: Rensselaer County. Jurisdiction of organization of LLC is Florida. Date of organization is 6/3/2020. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 940 Macewen Drive, Osprey, Florida 34229. Purposes: any lawful activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION, LLC, New York State. Name of Organization: Bonaventure Terra, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State (SSNY) on December 14, 2021. Office Location: Rensselaer County, NY. SSNY has been designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 18 Wisconsin Avenue, Rensselaer, NY 12144. Purpose: Engage in lawful activity permitted by NYS.
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY Sunflower Remodeling LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/06/2021. Office location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 20 Stirrup Drive East Greenbush NY 12061. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RP Nutrition & Fitness, LLC. Articles of organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 27th, 2021. Office location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 52 Robin Lane Rensselaer, NY 12144. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Lexis Crafts N Creations. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/22/21. Office location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 4491 NY HWY 43 Rensselaer, NY 12144. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Dunham Hollow Flower Farm, LLC. Articles of organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/07/2021. Office location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 1771 State Route 43, Averill Park, NY 12018. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Go to Gaia Crystals, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 8th, 2021. Office location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Go to Gaia Crystals 4 Summit Way Apt G, Troy, NY 12180. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Della Luna Stitchcraft, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/17/2021. Office location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 15 Van Buren Ave East Greenbush, NY 12061. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
Keyes Scholarship TROY - Center Brunswick United Methodist Church offers Keyes Scholarship for 2022 graduates of Tamarac High School The finance committee of the Center Brunswick United Methodist Church has announced that it will award $500 to a student to be selected from the Tamarac High School Class of 2022. The money may be used for any type of expense related to further education. Students do not have to belong to this church or any other church to be eligible. Interested student must apply for this award no later than March 1,2022. The application can be obtained from the school’s guidance department. This award is given in memory of Harold and Mabel Keyes through a trust funded by their last will and testament. Mable taught in the Brunswick Schools and continued teaching Sunday School at Center Brunswick UMC for many years after she retired. Through this award, her love of helping young people learn and grow will continue to reach the youth of our community. Center Brunswick UMC is located at the intersection of Routes 7 and 142 in Troy.
Cancer Support Group BRUNSWICK - There are very few of us who have not been affected by cancer, either as a patient, family member, or friend. If you are dealing with the stress of this disease for whatever reason, talking with others in similar circumstances can be very beneficial. A warm invitation is ex-
Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: Phaze 3 Capital LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/1/2021. Office location: Rensselaer County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 23 Crimson Court, Castleton, NY 12033. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF THE VIEW AT THOMPSON HILL, LLC On July 16, 2019, The View at Thompson Hill, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NYS Department of State (“NYS DOS”). The principal business location of the LLC is 77 Troy Road, East Greenbush, New York. NYS DOS is designated as the agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The post office address to which the NYS DOS shall mail a copy of any process of service is 77 Troy Road, East Greenbush, New York. The LLC is organized for the purpose of any and all lawful business. RICHARD WEBER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/06/2021. Office loc: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Richard Weber, 449 Beck Rd, Eagle Bridge, NY 12057. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.
TOWN OF SAND LAKE TAKE NOTICE: THAT I, JILL QUELL, THE UNDERSIGNED RECEIVER OF TAXES OF THE TOWN OF SAND LAKE, COUNTY OF RENSSELAER, AND STATE OF NEW YORK, HAVE DULY RECEIVED THE TAX ROLL AND WARRANT FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES WITHIN THE TOWN OF SAND LAKE FOR THE YEAR 2022 TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, THAT TAXES MAY BE PAID ON OR BEFORE January 31, 2022 WITHOUT CHARGE OR INTEREST. ON ALL TAXES RECEIVED AFTER SUCH DATE THERE WILL BE ADDED INTEREST OF ONE PER CENTUM FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND TWO PER CENTUM FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH PLUS $1 SERVICE CHARGE PER PARCEL. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, THAT PURSUANT OF THE PROVISIONS OF LAW, THE TAX ROLL OF THE TOWN OF SAND LAKE WILL BE RETURNED TO THE COUNTY TREASURER OF THE COUNTY OF RENSSELAER ON THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL , 2022 DATED 1/1/2022 JILL QUELL RECEIVER OF TAXES SAND LAKE, NEW YORK 12153
tended to attend a Zoom cancer support group, led once a month (the third Monday) by retired pastor Ted Wright, he himself a cancer patient. If you have any questions or would like the zoom link, please contact Ted at twright@ brunswickchurch.org. This is a ministry in conjunction with Brunswick Church at 42 White Church Lane (just off Rt. 351). Our worship services are Sundays at 9:30 AM and all are welcome. Church participation is not required to have cancer support.
A message fom Toni Murphy, Receiver of East Greenbush Taxes Tax Bills have been mailed. If you do not receive yours and you are not in escrow, please call my office. Tax office: (518) 477-4810. Email: tmurphy@ eastgreenbush.org. Tax bills can also be found on-line at: egov.basny.com Payments can be put in the drop box outside Town Hall. The box is to your left as you enter the building. Please enclose Checks (no Cash) with your ENTIRE bill and a receipt will be mailed to you. If you choose to pay in person a MASK is required! Please make checks payable to: Toni Murphy, Receiver of Taxes. Please stay safe and have a great 2022.
Notice to Bidders The Hoags Corners Fire District No. 1 invites the submission of bids for a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for the purposes of annual auditing the Fire District finances. Please submit bids to the Hoags Corners Fire District, 7237 NY Route 66, East Nassau, NY 12062, by US Postal
12062, by Service to arrive no later than 5:00 p.m. EST, February 11, 2022. All bids will be publically opened at the Board of Fire Commissioners meeting February 15, 2022 at 7:00 PM at the Hoags Corners Fire House. The Board of Fire Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all proposals in whole or in part. Town of Sand Lake ZONING BOARD of APPEALS Notice is hereby given that the Sand Lake Zoning Board of Appeals will hold the following Public Hearing at the Sand Lake Town Hall, located at 8428 Miller Hill Road, Sand Lake, NY 12153, on January 13, 2022 at 7:00 PM pursuant to Chapter 250, Article XIV and Section 250-20 of the Sand Lake Code. A public hearing will be held for Christina Hennessey, Burden Lake Road, Averill Park, NY 12018 Map #169.2-1-89.2 regarding a proposed subdivision to create a lot that exceeds the 3:1 lot depth to width ratio. Written comment regarding this subject matter may be submitted to the Zoning Board of Appeals at: Lfedore shenko@sand-lake.us by 12 Noon on January 13, 2022 in order that it may be entered into the record.
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Extension Offers “Microgreens” Free Webinar
To register, visit the Extension website at http:// ccerensselaer.org/events or call (518) 272-4210.
RENSSELAER COUNTY - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County will offer the free webinar “Microgreens! A budget “USE WHAT YOU HAVE” approach” on Wednesday, January 12 at noon. Healthy, nutrient-packed greens can be grown using household items and off-the-shelf supplies. Buy limited and buy local. Each step to grow broccoli Microgreens is presented by Doug Pratt. Many options will be explored with tips to build and improve your “wintergreens” diet. Doug is a homesteader, long-time Rensselaer County Master Gardener, retired wholesale grower, and inventor of the IMP Seeder. This webinar, offered as part of the free “Lunch In The Garden” series, uses the Zoom platform and you must download the free software in advance.
Northeast Problem Gambling Resource Center CAPITAL DISTRICT - The addition of mobile sports betting in New York State has brought access to gambling to everyone’s pocket. Anyone in New York with a cell phone can now gamble 24/7 from anywhere. With the increase in access to gambling opportunities will inevitably come an increase in individuals, families and communities impacted by negative consequences. In response to increased access to gambling in NYS, NYCPG has launched a brand new, solution-focused resource in NYS that’s designed to highlight all of the ways New Yorkers can work together on this cause to reduce these negative consequences.
StrongerThanYouThinkNY.org has something for everyone, whether you’re in need of treatment, have a loved one struggling, or want to be a part of the solution on a community level. Problem gambling can impact anyone, and its effects go far beyond the individual. Relationships, employment, finances, and mental health all take a hit when gambling is no longer entertainment. Often the symptoms are invisible to others until they can’t be hidden any longer. It’s never too late to get help or become an advocate for this cause. For help with problem gambling, please reach out to the Northeast Problem Gambling Resource Center at 518-801-1491 or email us at NortheastPGRC@ NYProblemGambling.org
Seeking Tax Assistance Volunteers CAPITAL DISTRICT TaxAide, the free income tax assistance program sponsored by the AARP
Foundation and the IRS, is seeking volunteers for the coming tax season. TaxAide volunteers answer questions, prepare and file returns for low to moderate income taxpayers and seniors from February 1 to April 15 at various sites in the Capital District. Volunteers typically participate one day per week, with flexible schedules to accommodate volunteer availability. No experience is required, but computer experience is helpful for tax counseling. Volunteers who do not wish to prepare returns are also needed to greet taxpayers and confirm appointments. Training is provided for all positions. Volunteers may be reimbursed for a moderate level of necessary travel expenses. For more information on how you can join our team in Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties contact Communications Coordinator [your name], [your phone number or] at
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Hope 7 Food Pantry TROY - The Hope 7 Food Pantry located at 520 Pawling Avenue, Troy NY serves the East Side of Troy, Wynantskill and Northgreenbush. Pantry Hours: MonFri - 9:30am-11:45am; Thursday - 5pm-7pm. Last Saturday of each month 9:30am-11:45am What to bring: Proof of residence (Troy’s East Side, North Greenbush, or Wynantskill) - (utility bill to your address in your name). ID’s for each person residing in household.
Johnsonville Thrift Shop JOHNSONVILLE - The Johnsonville Methodist Church Thrift Shop, located at 22 Bridge St., Johnsonville, NY 12094, is open 9-12 every Wednesday and the first Saturday of each month. Closed on
holidays. Look for our sign at the corner of Route 67 and Route 111. We have a great selection of adult and children’s clothing, boots, shoes, coats, purses, special occasion and career clothing, jewelry, toys, linens, household and decorative items. Our well-organized book room has over 1,000 books available.
Hudson-Mohawk Search & Rescue is Looking for Volunteers to Join our Team CAPITAL DISTRICT If you enjoy being outdoors in the wilderness, working with others to help people, follow directions well and have a willingness to learn, then our SAR team might be for you! Prior knowledge is helpful, but definitely not required as we provide the training. Check out our website at: www.humsar.org for more information.
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Service at Nassau Reformed Church NASSAU - After serving as Minister at the Nassau Reformed Church for over 20 years, Rev Ed Van Kampen retired as of December 31st. Until the time a new Worship Leader is selected, Sunday Worship will be led by: Jan 9th, Pastor Sean Vanderhouten; Jan. 16th, Tim Kong; Jan. 23rd, Chaplin Michael Needham; and, Jan 30th, Rev. Ed Van Kampen. The Nassau Reformed Church is one-quarter mile east of the only red
light in the Village of Nassau, on Rt.20, 43 Church St. Service starts at 11 am, Sunday. The second floor sanctuary is handicapped accessible; all are welcome. Pat Piniazek, (518) 577-0491.
Eastside Seniors WYNANSKILL - The first meeting for the new year, will be on January 11,2022, in the Legion Post, Main St., Wynantskill. Meetings start at 1;00, preceed by the Pledge to the Flag. Bring your lunch, dessert will be served. Dues are payable
Job, Psalm and Your Walk in This World AVERILL PARK - The Book of Job tells of a man who was perfect, upright, feared the Lord and eschewed evil, Job 1:1. This man who indeed worshiped the Lord God Almighty and gave offerings to the Lord, Job 1:5, still had much to learn and was tested of the Lord through the Devil, Job 2:2-3. Sometimes as we go through life we may wonder why something happens to us, or to someone we love. From death, sickness, loss of income, and even attacks from friends we walk with. You will find as you read through the book of Job that he encounters all of these trials in life, even though it is said that he was perfect, upright,
Averill Park Announces Kindergarten Registration for the 2022- 2023 School Year
Children born between 7/1/17 and 12/1/17 may attend during the 202-2023 school year or may wait until the following year.
AVERILL PARK - The Averill Park School District has begun the process of registering boys and girls for the 2022-2023 Kindergarten Classes. If you, or someone you know, has a child who will be five years of age on or before December 1, 2022 please contact the district registrar at 674-7050 extension 7201 to make sure that the child is listed on our school census. This will guarantee that you will receive all upcoming kindergarten information by mail. Registration paperwork will be started online and completed by appointment with the district registrar at the district office at the Averill Park High School during the month of February. Registration hours are Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 3:30 PM. Registration forms are accepted by appointment. All paperwork must be completed by 02-282022. New York State Public Health Law, Section 2164, requires certain immunizations (shots) to enter kindergarten and attend school. Please check with your health care provider as soon as possible to make sure your child has all the needed immunizations. They are listed below. Required Immunizations for Kindergarten: Polio 4 (3 doses if 3rd dose received after 4th birthday); Hepatitis B 3; Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis 5 (4 doses if 4th dose received after 4th birthday); Measles/Mumps/Rubella 2; Varicella (Chicken Pox) 2. Age Requirements: Children who are five years of age on or before December 1, 2022 are eligible to attend Kindergarten this September. As a parent you have an option to enroll your child in school at age five or withhold your child until the school year in which he/she turns six. Children born between 7/1/16 and 6/30/17 must attend kindergarten in the coming school year.
POESTENKILL - Any greater Poestenkill area residents currently experiencing temporary or long term food insecurity can turn to The Bread of Life Food Pantry at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Poestenkill for supplemental food assistance. We provide basic nutritional foods and related items the first and third Thursday of each month from 4:30 to 6:30 PM in a very discreet, nonjudgmental manner. We offer drive-thru service where each guest receives a product list to form your order, we then fill your order and bring the completed order back to your vehicle. Delivery service to Poestenkill Seniors unable to visit our Pantry is also available. Please try us, we are here to help. Our phone number is: 518-283-6045 to leave a message. Thank you.
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Grafton Lakes State Park Needs Volunteers for Cabin Fever Event GRAFTON - Grafton Lakes State Park and the Friends of Grafton Lakes State Park are looking for volunteers to assist with the Cabin Fever event on Sat, January 22, 2022. Due to COVID-19, we have modified our annual winter fest and are excited to offer capital region families a day full of outings, demonstrations, and tabling. Events like these are not possible without the dedication of volunteers who love the park. The event is free of charge and will take place from 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM. Love to hike? Be a sweep on hikes and walks led by local clubs and organizations such as the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, LL Bean, and the Rensselaer Land Trust. Prefer more of a front row seat? Assist with greeting visitors, registration, manning an activity, and more! To sign up to volunteer visit: (https://www.signup-
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in January. We are still awaiting more info about the Wildwood trip. If the Wynantskill Schools are closed for snow our meeting is canceled. New members are always welcome and we hope to see you join us.
Calling All Knitters BRUNSWICK - Are you someone who likes to knit, but you’ve already made everything you need for yourself and your family? We have a great opportunity where you can use your skill to help others! You are welcome to participate in
our Prayer Shawl Knitting Group every first and third Thursday at 12:30 PM in the lobby at Brunswick Church. Shawls are made to share and bring comfort to those who are ill or suffering, and they have always been very much appreciated. For more details about joining the group, or if you know of someone who could use a prayer shawl, please call the church office at 518279-3792. This is a ministry of Brunswick Church at 42 White Church Lane (just off Rt. 351). Our worship services are Sundays at
genius.com/go/70a0a4daea72da4fb6-volunteering). The park will offer two free snowshoe rentals and meal tickets for your donated time. Group sizes for outings will be limited. Masks will be required for all participants ages two and older when indoors. Cabin Fever activities will be spread out across the park. Locations for different activities will be shared upon registration. Volunteers will agree to not attend if they are experiencing any symptoms, have been in contact with someone who recently tested positive or is suspected to have COVID-19. Grafton Lakes State Park is located off of Route 2, twelve miles east of Troy, New York. For more information about Grafton Lakes State Park events, check out our Facebook page at “Grafton Lakes State Park”, or visit our website at www.nysparks. com. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees more than 250 individual state parks, historic sites, golf courses, boat launches and recreational trails, which are visited by 71 million people annually. For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow on twitter.
Line dancing welcome! Performance starts at 7 pm. Friday Night – January 21 at 7:00 pm: Special Event: Going on the Cheap! Fashion and Food!!! Wear an outfit that you assembled from a thrift store for no more than $10 and show us your creation. In addition bring a dish to share that you prepared for no more than $2. This will be a fun night for everyone attending. Only $5 for all. If you decide not to participate in Fashion or Food then it’s $10 for the pleasure of watching the rest of us! Prizes. Friday Night – January 28 at 7 pm: The Back Porch Players will perform music that we all enjoy. Maybe even some sing-alongs. Performance starts at 7 pm. Sunday Night – January 30 at 7 pm: We’re kicking off our first dance of the year with a great DJ. Put on your dancing shoes and be prepare to strut your stuff on the dance floor. Music requests taken. Only $6.
Circle Theatre Players Presents “Admissions” by Joshua Harmon at Sand Lake Center for the Arts SAND LAKE - Get your tickets today for this “Shockingly insightful and outrageously hilarious satire about class, race and the increasingly unbridgeable American cultural divide.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New En-
gland prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school’s headmaster, they’ve largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the twenty-first century. But when their only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values with convulsive results. A no-holds-barred look at privilege, power, and the perils of hypocrisy. January 14, 15, 16 and 21, 22, 23. Tickets are $20. Purchase online at slca-ctp.org.
Capital Region Social Happenings December Event and Concert Series CAPITAL DISTRICT - https://www.facebook. com/CapitalRegionSocial - CapRegSocialHappenings@gmail.com. Friday Night Events at 7 pm – Picnic at noon at 435 New Karner Road (Hanover Square Building) at “Hill” door entrance. Open to the public. Inside seating is limited. $12 pp and that includes beverages and snacks. Plenty of free parking. Handicap accessible. CDC & COVID compliant. Masks required on everyone. Be prepared to show your vaccination card as well as provide your phone number for contact tracing. Our inside seating is limited. Call 518-452-6883 for more information. Friday Night – January 7 at 7 pm: Special Event – BANNED BOOK NIGHT – Bring your favorite Banned Book to this event and share a passage from it. (Lists available on request or check the web). We’ll discuss the reasons for books being banned or challenged. $5 for all. Friday Night – January 14 at 7 pm: Lonnie Hons will perform toe-tapping Country Songs for us. Put your boots on and stomp along with music.
SAND LAKE - As we close 2021, the Executive Board wish to thank everyone that participated and helped in our Club activities this year. We had a very memorable Christmas party thanks to many, many businesses donating gifts, and to the excellent efforts of our Hospitality and Party Committee led by Judy and Tom Riston. Thank you to the Averill Park/Sand Lake Firehouse for the beautifully decorated hall and to Guiliano’s Catering for the delicious meal. The Club will meet on January 13th with the newly elected Board presiding. Remember please, if the Averill Park/Sand Lake Schools are closed due to weather, the Club will not be meeting. If you are 55+ and are looking for an active senior club, we meet on the second Thursday of each month at the AP/SL Firehouse. The dues are $15 for 2022 and payable by check only with a completed application which can be obtained at a meeting. Thank you and Happy New Year everyone!
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in the counsel of the ungodly, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful” Psalms 1:1. Who are the people you trust to walk and talk with? What kind of advice do they give you? Is it godly advice and help or worldly knowledge that will fail you as the trials of life build up. At Sand Lake Baptist Church we preach the blessed truth of a King James Bible and teach what saith the scriptures. As you walk through life, trials will come, but remember that God is still in control and He is coming back! Please come see us at Sand Lake Baptist Church where the Book is preached and the Lord is moving. Sand Lake Baptist Church 2960 NY Rte. 43, Averill Park, NY 12018.
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feared the Lord and eschewed evil. We find in Matthew 5:45 that God sends rain on the just and the unjust, and that sometimes due to us living in a sinful world we will face trouble. We read in Job 2:11 that Job had three friends and that they came to comfort him in his time of heartache. However, his friends then begin to tell him how it must be something that he has done to cause this trial upon himself. Not only that but his wife also tells Job to curse God and die in Job. 2:9. Through all this Job stands on God and knows that all things work to the glory of God, Romans 8:28. It is no wonder that the next book in the OT opens with, “Blessed is the man that walketh not
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Albany Co. tops spread 17.8 percent of county’s tests are positive, above region’s 16.1 percent rate By MIKE GOODWIN AND LAUREN STANFORTH
ALBANY - The number of new coronavirus cases dropped overnight, though hospitalizations in Albany County remain high, officials said. The county said Monday that 429 new positive cases were reported, a number lower than the 558 new positive cases identified on Sunday. The county’s seven-day average of new daily positive cases is now up to 543.5. Albany County’s infection rate is trending the highest north of the mid-Hudson region — just as it is in upstate’s other major city centers, Erie, Monroe and Onondaga counties. As of Monday, Albany County was seeing 17.8 percent of tests coming back positive on a seven-day average, when the Capital Region as a whole was slightly lower, at 16.1 percent. The latest Albany County data, however, continues to show a trend of decreases in new COVID-19 cases after several days of record-setting numbers. On New Year’s Eve, the county reported 1,003 new cases. Ten more Albany County residents were hospitalized with the virus overnight, bringing the overall number to 85. That represents an increase of one patient over the previous day’s total. Ten people are in intensive care. Hospitalizations statewide have almost doubled since Dec. 23, mirroring the explosion in new positive cases. Just before Christmas, 23.75 people per 100,000 were hospitalized with COVID-19. As of Jan. 2, it was 40.22 people per 100,000. On Sunday, 21.5 percent of tests statewide came back positive on a seven-day average. On Dec. 23, it was 10.2
The Anchor Food Pantry SCHODACK - The Anchor Food Pantry in an attempt to keep the residents of the Town Of Schodack apprised during these Covid 19 times has an update regarding hours of operation and procedures. The Pantry is open on the following days for servicing clientele and the general public. Monday Evenings5pm-7pm, Tuesday and Thursdays -9am-2pm, and the first saturday of each month 10am-1pm. We ask to call ahead at 518-7324120 for food calls so staff can prepare order for delivery to your vehicle. New clients are asked to provide proof of residency on their initial visit. Donations are currently being accepted clothing wise for fall /early winter apparel preferably during business hours. As always we thank the citizens of Schodack for their present, past, and future support of aiding those in need during these seemingly never ending difficult economic times.
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Poestenkill “Bread of Life” Food Pantry POESTENKILL - We are open two times each month on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays beginning at 4:30 pm and ending at 6:30 pm. Bring proof of your current residence and grocery bags for your food request. Starting in November 2021, we will now greet our guests inside the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 772 Route 351, Poestenkill, side entrance. Please wear a mask and check the extra’s tables. Two guests at a time, fill out food selection forms while waiting in your car. We will continue to practice social distancing and safety for our volunteers and guests. Delivery service to
percent. “The number of county residents currently hospitalized with COVID continues on a concerning upward trend for the fifth day now. We will likely see an additional surge of new infections because of New Year’s celebrations, which will likely lead to even more hospitalizations, and we need to be sure our hospitals can handle the influx of patients,” County Executive Dan McCoy said in a prepared statement released by his office. No new deaths were reported in Albany County, but Schenectady County officials on Monday reported the death of a woman in her 70s who had tested positive. On Sunday, Warren County reported that two residents in PAUL BUCKOWSKI / TIMES UNION their 50s died of COVID-19. They were both unvaccinatA state testing site was scheduled to open Tuesday in Crossgates ed. Mall at the former Ruby Tuesday location. It will offer rapid antigen McCoy urged people to remain cautious about expotests. sure to the virus. “Please wear a mask in public, get vaccinated, get the dren to catch any positive cases early to limit the spread booster, and get tested and stay home if you’re feeling in schools. under the weather,” he said. North Colonie expected to receive test kits Monday, On Tuesday, a new state testing site is scheduled to and said it would begin distributing them to students’ open in Crossgates Mall at the former Ruby Tuesday lofamilies. In addition to monitoring positive COVID-19 cation. The site will offer rapid antigen tests and will use cases, the school district said it improved its ventilation an online appointment system, although the state said system in its buildings to curb the spread. walk-ins will also be taken. A number of local districts on Monday alerted their On Monday, schools around the region also resumed school communities about the availability of at-home classes following holiday break. test kits. South Colonie and Troy City school districts Many districts said they planned on resuming in-persaid they received their test kits, and South Colonie will son instruction, barring any staff absences that would impact busing or teaching. So far, there was no indication be distributing them to families throughout the week. Albany City School District received nearly 9,000 atof widespread problems in schools. home test kits Friday and began distributing them SunSchools also began receiving the at-home test kits that day. Their distribution process will continue throughout were promised from the federal and state governments. Districts are hoping parents will elect to test their chilthe week.
Poestenkill Seniors unable to visit our pantry is available. Call and leave your name and number at (518) 283-6045. Our newest program offers infant and baby items (food, diapers and wipes) for those who reside in the Poestenkill area. Pre-orders only by a phone message at (518) 428-0124, a private Facebook message, or email: breadoflifepoestenkill@gmail.com. We do not currently stock these items in our pantry as selections are very individualized.
Risk and Ethics in the Attempt to Contact Extraterrestrial Intelligence CAPITAL DISTRICT - A second space age, generated in part by the rapid commercialization of space access, has stimulated interest in contact with intelligent beings on other worlds. This talk focuses on the moral, cultural, and risk factors associated with attempts to contact extraterrestrial intelligence. John W. Traphagan, a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh, is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His books include Science, Culture, and the Search for Life on Other Worlds. This program will take place online, via Zoom, on Sunday, January 9th, 2022 at 1 PM. Current paid CDHS members will automatically receive an invite to the meeting via e mail. Any one who is not a
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Attention Closet Cleaners RENSSELAER - We, at the Rensselaer County Rensselaer Senior Center, thank you so much for responding to our request for spring and summer gently used clothing we are still accepting donations and are still in need of shoes pocketbooks and costume jewelry. For those of you who have thought of cleaning your closets but haven’t gotten around to it you still have time. we are also accepting fall and
winter clothing as well. Call the center at 518-4632166 for more information or to make a donation. Located at East and Herrick Streets. Again thank you.
The Book Seller Winter Hours LANSINGBURGH - The Book Seller will be open once again on Saturdays 10-4 with an enhanced collection of recently acquired “gently used” books and CDs. We are eager to welcome new shoppers and browsers as well as our regular customers once again. At the Lansingburgh Library 27 114th St. Lansingburgh.
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