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Cobleskill's Albert 2024 Trooper of Year
5/2/2024
Cobleskill State Trooper Richard Albert has been named 2024 Trooper of the Year by the American Association of State Troopers for the bravery and courage he exhibited on June 16, 2023 during a high-speed traffic stop on I-88 in Duanesburg.
“His courageous actions prevented any further threat to the public without concern for his own safety,” the AAST said in making the announcement.
Nearly 40 other Troopers nation-wide were nominated for the honor.
Trooper Albert will be honored in a ceremony later this year.
Trooper Albert was shot during an exchange of gunfire after he stopped a SUV traveling more than 100mph on I-88 between Schoharie and Duanesburg last June.
With a variance, sale of Cobleskill's Zion can move ahead
5/2/2024
Plans to turn Cobleskill’s Zion Lutheran Church into a restaurant and performance center took a step forward Thursday.
The village Zoning Board of Appeals granted a variance to the Lutheran congregation, which would allow the sale of the church to RJ Freitag.
About 30 people packed the small meeting room at the village office, most of them supporting plans for the church. Although the meeting wasn’t a public hearing ZBA Chair Sandy MacKay allowed speakers.
“How can we make this happen?” asked resident Ruth Van Deusen, adding that the ZBA should “have the guts to do what’s right for the community.”
Ms. Van Deusen supported the proposal in the past because of the n ...
County could add to ARPA projects
5/2/2024
Supervisors’ ARPA Committee is beginning to consider projects for any leftover funds.
Among them:
Seward sewer, and revamping the county website.
Additional proposals will be accepted until May 20.
Thursday, ARPA Committee members heard updates on replacement windows at the Old Stone Fort and historical markers--done and just about wrapped up with about $5,000 that could go to other projects, $25,000 in total; $1.35 million for a new county accounting system and virtual desktops; and $50,000 for revised flood evacuation signage and outreach.
All ARPA monies have to be committed–either spent or with a contract in hand–by the end of the year or be returned t ...
Saturday: Show Mine Kill some love
5/2/2024
Mine Kill State Park will host volunteers as part of more than 100 cleanup, improvement and beautification events happening statewide this Saturday, May 4.
I Love My Park Day is a statewide event to improve and enhance New York’s state parks and historic sites and bring visibility to the entire state park system and its needs.
Volunteers will celebrate New York’s state park system by cleaning up park lands and beaches, planting trees and gardens, restoring trails and wildlife habitat, removing invasive species, and working on various site improvement projects.
At this event, volunteers will register and split up into groups at 9am.
The groups will be undertaki ...
Harvest Connection gives farmers, agribusinesses a way to meet
4/26/2024
Harvest Connection is an innovative service created to connect farms and agribusinesses with potential customers.
Harvest Connection provides an online directory of farms, farmers’ markets and the like throughout 10 counties in the Hudson Valley, Capital Region, and Mohawk Valley.
With well over 100 farms and farmers markets in the searchable database, Harvest Connection provides a “one-stop-shop” for folks looking to find their next farm fresh product.
There is no charge for farms to participate in Harvest Connection
In addition to the website, the Harvest Connection app makes it easy to access information on the go.
Harvest Connection can be accessed a ...