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Ingrid Gundrum To Seek Election To Rensselaer County Legislature In District 5
Will Focus on Economic Revitalization, Broadband and Road Improvement
Grafton Town Supervisor Ingrid Gundrum has announced her candidacy for Rensselaer County Legislature. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Legislature
By Doug La Rocque
It started last Thursday when four term County Executive Kathy Jimino announced she had decided not to seek re-election to a fifth four-year term, and threw her support behind Grafton resident and Deputy County Executive Chris Meyer as her successor. [Read more…] about Surprise Announcements Mean Rensselaer County Will Have New Faces In Leadership Roles Next Year
Great weather for the annual trout stocking by the Pioneer Fish and Game Club on the Walloomsac River in Hoosick on April 18. [Read more…] about County Joins In Walloomsac Trout Stocking
The Rensselaer Plateau Alliance (RPA) invites you to a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening for the Chestnut Hill preserve at 187 Brainard Road, Averill Park (in Stephentown). It will be held at 10 am on Saturday May 13. [Read more…] about Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony For New Preserve In Stephentown
Legislature Installs New Sound and Recording System At A Fraction of Estimated Cost
Monthly Meetings Now Available On-Line
submitted by Rich Crist
Meetings of the Rensselaer County Legislature will now be accessible via the Internet after an upgrade of the Legislature’s recording system, which was done at a fraction of earlier estimates, Chair of the Legislature Stan Brownell and Legislator Kelly Hoffman announced. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Legislature
Rensselaer County Legislature Urges Passage Of Bill To Continue 8% Sales Tax In The County
By Doug La Rocque
Democrats and Republicans in the County Legislature joined together at their recent meeting to unanimously approve legislation that supports a bill currently before both the State Senate and Assembly that would allow the county to collect the additional one percent sales and compensating use tax through November of 2019. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Legislature
Legislature Achieves Savings Of $166,000 In 2016
Submitted by Rich Crist
The Battenkill Chorale presents “Rise to Life’s Beauty!” featuring Dan Forrest’s “Requiem for the Living” for chorus, chamber orchestra, and soloists on Saturday, April 22 at 7 pm and Sunday, April 23 at 4 pm, at Immaculate Conception Parish, 73 Main Street, Hoosick Falls. [Read more…] about Battenkill Chorale Concert Will Be April 22-23
County Executive Jimino Again Slams Unfunded State Mandates In Her State Of The County Address
By Doug La Rocque
One week after three term legislator Lester Goodermote announced his retirement due to health concerns, the Rensselaer County Legislature last Thursday night appointed Hoosick Town Board member Jeff Wysocki as his replacement in District 5. [Read more…] about Hoosick’s Jeff Wysocki Appointed To The Rensselaer County Legislature
Stephentown Allocated $5.8m To Upgrade Town Broadband Infrastructure
The Town of Stephentown was the largest beneficiary in the Capital District of a batch of grants to telecommunications providers to improve internet service. [Read more…] about Several Eastwick Towns Will Get Broadband Upgrades Under State Grant
