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Plan would change state districts in county |
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Written by Parry Teasdale
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Friday, 27 January 2012 06:21 |
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GHENT--The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Redistricting released its tentative maps for new Assembly and state Senate districts Thursday, January 26. The proposed new districts would carve up Columbia County in some very different ways.
Under the plan all of the county would be shifted into the 43rd District of the state Senate. That district is currently represented by Roy MaDonald (R) and the county would be the southern end of the district, which would also cover most of eastern Rensselaer County and take in much of Saratoga County as well. The 41st Senate District, now represented by state Senator Steve Saland, would not extend into Columbia County as it now does.
On the Assembly side, the county would still be divided among three different districts. The towns of Kinderhook, Chatham, New Lebanon, Austerlitz, Canaan and Hillsdale would become part of the 107th District, currently representative by Steve McLaughlin (R) of Rensselaer County.
Germantown and Clermont at the county’s southwest corner would become part of what could best be described as an “X”-shaped district that winds through the Catskills and south to Orange County in a manner that would appear to define the term gerrymandered. The Latfor website, www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps, says this new 101st Assembly District has no incumbent. Peter Lopez (R), who represents the two towns now as part of the 127th District, is listed as the incumbent in a new 102nd District that doesn’t extend across the Hudson River into Columbia County.
The remainder of the towns in Columbia County (Stuyvesant, Stockport, Ghent, Greenport, Livingston, Claverack, Taghkanic, Gallatin, Copake and Ancram) and the City of Hudson would all become part of the 106th Assembly District currently represented by Joel Miller (R) of Dutchess County.
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Written by EMILIA TEASDALE
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 14:56 |
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Sale of shuttered schools won't contribute much to shortfall
KINDERHOOK - The Ichabod Crane Central School District administration is expecting a $1.2-million shortfall in the 2012-13 budget. Interim Superintendent Lee Bordick reviewed the numbers with the Board of Education and community members at the second budget forum in the High School Auditorium this week.
The one aspect of school operations that won't make much of a contribution the district's bottom line is the disposition of two empty school buildings closed by the board last year.
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Interfaith service in Hudson honors Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Written by CATHERINE SAGER
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Monday, 23 January 2012 13:35 |
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THE ANNUAL INTERFAITH SERVICE at the Shiloh Baptist Church marking the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr., January 15, 1929, is meant to join worshippers of all faiths to celebrate the man as well as the legacy of his beliefs and actions.
Music for the service was provided by the Shiloh Baptist Church Youth Music Ministry and the Hudson High School Choir. The Hudson “I Have a Dream Dancing Team” performed to an appreciative assembly.
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Truck driver seriously hurt |
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Written by staff
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Monday, 23 January 2012 22:20 |
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 KINDERHOOK--Niverville firefighters and Valatie Rescue Squad were called to the scene of a serious accident involving a flatbed tow truck on State Route 9 between Birch Road and Cortland Drive, Kinderhook, Monday, January 23 at 7:48 a.m. A flatbed truck carrying a U.S. Postal Service truck and towing another struck a tree head-on and the driver, Schuyler Burns, 22, of Loudonville was trapped.
Mr. Burns was driving the Gary’s Garage tow truck south to deliver the trucks in Valatie. First Assistant Chief Tim Stever requested heavy rescue 459 with extrication personnel to the scene and an engine to close traffic just south of the accident, according to Mike McCagg, who was on the scene. The truck’s cab collapsed and the front end was horse-shoed around the tree. The drivers-side tire was thrown about 10 feet from the truck.
Valatie Rescue requested a Med-Flight chopper to the scene but was denied because of the light freezing drizzle falling at the time. Using two sets of jaws and a ram, it took crews about 15 minutes on the scene to free the driver. Valatie Rescue took him to the Albany Medical Center for treatment of head and internal injuries. His condition is not known.
Route 9 was open to just one lane of traffic, and then closed for a couple of hours while the State Police investigated. All units cleared the scene at 10:45 a.m. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 23 January 2012 22:31 |
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Hudson Family Literacy receives $100,000 from state |
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Written by DEBORA GILBERT
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Sunday, 22 January 2012 14:16 |
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HUDSON--Columbia Opportunities, Inc., and The Hudson Family Literacy Program received a $100,000 Community Service Block Grant last month. The grant is part of $2 million distributed by Governor Cuomo to communities across the state to help citizens become more employable.
On December 21, state Secretary of State Cesar Perales visited John L. Edwards Elementary School for a press conference and to congratulate school Principal Steven Spicer, Sophie Becker, director of the Family Literacy Program and Kimberle Webster of Columbia Opportunities on the award. Also congratulated was Carol Gans, Mr. Spicer's predecessor as principal of JLE, who started the program in 1999.
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