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LARGEST PAID CIRCULATED NEWSPAPER IN GREENE COUNTY 

COVID-19 Spartans death take toll 5th 

could reach place 240,000 in wrestling 

See page 9 

tournament 

Schools 

remain 

closed 

By Andrea Macko 

Greenville Pioneer 

TOP 5 STORIES 

SPONSORED BY: GREENVILLE—Schools 

will remain closed statewide 

through mid-April Town and the state’s clerk 

first temporary hospital was 

completed in New York City on 

Friday as New York alleges 

of 2021 

remains the 

nation’s epicenter for the novel 

coronavirus, or COVID-19. 

Debra Danner, Catskill Regional Manager 

Schools will now 

‘dirty 

remain 

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15. Schools across politics’ 

New York 

were ordered closed March 18 

through April 1 By to Melanie be reassessed Lekocevic 

every two weeks. Capital Region The state’s Independent Media 

waiver was extended for school 

GREENVILLE — 

districts to receive state aid without 

holding physical classes for 

Town Clerk Jackie Park alleged 

“dirty politics” in her 

Trash can pose 

180 days. 

final monthly meeting with 

During this time, schools are 

the town council Dec. 20, a 

still required to provide continuity 

of instruction, 

claim 

meals 

Republican 

for students 

and information 

committee 

members 

on available 

childcare resources 

have denied. 

Park is leaving office 

COVID-19 risk 

“We understand 

Dec. 

the 

31 

challenges 

the school closure 

after fellow Republican 

creates 

Jessica 

for 

Lewis was 

families. Hopefully, 

elected 

this 

in November 

extended 

closure will 

to the 

town 

help keep 

clerk’s 

our 

post. 

students 

and community 

Park 

healthier,” 

and Lewis faced 

said Greenville 

off 

Central 

at the June 

School 

caucus for 

District Superintendent 

the town’s 

Tammy 

Republican 

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Sutherland. “When Party the nomination District for town 

rash is a possible danger when it comes to spreading COVID-19. 

receives additional clerk. Park guidance was nominated 

Governor’s by former Ex- 

tax collector 

concerning the 

ecutive Order, Mary we will Yeomans be able and Lewis 

FILE PHOTO 

Greenville Recycling Center reduces hours to share more details was nominated and answer by former 

Widely available vaccines against the COVID-19 virus were one of the developments in 

the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. 

FILE additional PHOTO questions, Greene including County Sheriff 

y Melanie Lekocevic nications for Carmen Barbato, you have been cleared Greenville by your saw mize a major the sidewalk amount infrastructure of ‘touch’ our project in those surrounding Greg spring Seeley. break, 

ourtesy Columbia-Greene Media Inc., a waste disposal company doctor,” she said. 2021, with 80% drivers of the have tab picked on garbage.” up by the state. grading, and other Lewis regulatory came out on top 

serving Greene, Columbia and But everyone is asked to When putting your trash together 

for disposal, you should difficulties faced Park’s by our 54. students Lewis went on to 

requirements. We with recognize 65 votes compared the to 

GREENE COUNTY― Berkshire counties, said there take steps to prevent possible 

veryone is aware by now are things everyone should be transmission, infected or not. double bag it and make sure it and families and win ask the for town patience clerk’s race in 

f mandates to practice soial 

distancing, hand hygiene the coronavirus through the the community safe, we ask There should be no loose gar- 

times.” tion. 

doing to prevent the spread of “To keep our drivers and fits securely in your trash can. during these the unprecedented 

November general elec- 

nd other ways of preventing trash. 

that households please make bage, no loose tissues or paper “Our teachers, Lewis staff, is the stu-daughterdents 

and families in-law have of done Town an Justice 

ransmission of the coronavius, 

but here’s a possible dan- 

towels included with recyclables, 

and trash cans should not amazing job working Kevin Lewis together — to who is also 

er you may not have thought 

be overflowing. Drivers will keep our students a former engaged town while supervisor 

f — spreading the virus “To keep our drivers and the community safe, we ask 

only collect trash that is stored schools are closed. and former Our chairman caring of the 

hrough your trash. 

that households please make sure they are bagging all in the tote, Carmen Barbato community inspires Greene County me with Legislature 

Trash disposal was deemed 

garbage so it makes it to its destination, and refrain from said. 

their dedication — to and our Rosemary students Lewis, a 

n “essential” service by Gov. 

All recyclables should also and families,” Sutherland member of added. the Greenville 

ndrew Cuomo when he put overflowing your totes. As we know, the virus remains on 

be rinsed clean, and all liquids 

should be emptied before es the school closure Park, creates a registered for nurse, 

“We understand Republican the challeng- 

Committee. 

trict regulations in place in household garbage for days, depending on the carrier 

he battle against COVID-19. material. For that reason, together we need to minimize being placed in the garbage. families. Hopefully, has been this town extendedPHOTO 

past 10 years. 

clerk for the 

ut waste-disposal experts say 

the amount of ‘touch’ our drivers FILE PHOTO have on garbage.” Customers are asked to wear FILE 

here are The risks Greenville if garbage school is not district in 2021 launched a national search for a new The ongoing controversy gloves over the proposed when handling Bosque housing their development closure will help The keep controversy our students 

numer- 

and community at the Dec. healthier 20 meeting as af- 

erupted 

andled and packaged propery 

— and is that retiring is a after concern 36 years for with the district in numerous roles. 

ous emotionally charged 

— CARMEN BARBATO JR., OWNER OF CARMEN 

superintendent of schools to replace Superintendent Tammy Sutherland, who 

BARBATO, 

was among 

INC. 

the biggest local 

trash 

stories 

cans, 

in 

and 

Durham 

sanitize 

in 2021 

them 

and led to 

regularly. 

meetings of the town council. we look forward ter to Town getting Councilman past Joel 

hem. 

TOP 5 STORIES OF 

“People are 

2021 

not bagging this pandemic Rauf and getting thanked back Park for her 

In Greenville, the town People who are infected, or sure they are bagging all 

their garbage — there are loose to our normal service routines,” with the said town and 

ecycling center is open, but may be, are asked to take extra 

precautions to protect both destination, and refrain from 

garbage so it makes it to its 

things like tissues and paper 

Cairo-Durham asked Superintendent fellow council of members 

Wetherbee. to thank her as well, 

ith limited hours. Town resdents 

needing to dispose of sanitation workers and the overflowing your totes,” said 

towels in with recyclables,” 

Schools Michael 

Mary Barbato said. “That is 

“I am incredibly a sentiment proud each of of them 

rash or By recyclables Melanie Lekocevic can stop community at large, 

forward 

Barbato 

or challenged 

company owner 

them 

Carmen 

in new ways, 

Barbato 

not largely sanitary, absent and this it doesn’t year. belong 

But with that recyclables. didn’t mean People the pandemic was 

our teachers, staff, echoed. students and 

y the center Capital from Region 8 Independent a.m. to Media said. 

and stories that changed 

Jr. “As we 

how 

know, 

we 

the 

live. 

virus 

Below 

parents who have Park done challenged such an them. 

oon on Wednesday and Satrday 

only. EDITOR’S NOTE: As virus 2021 or comes suspect to a you do, we for days, depending on the 

keep educating town our community’s 

council members are 

“If you have the corona- 

are the top 

remains 

five stories 

on household 

of 2021. 

garbage 

amazing job working Both Park together and each to of the 

are over. overstuffing Far from it. their The totes year — started on a 

please refrain from doing that, 

Mary close, Barbato, it’s vice time to presient 

of marketing 

take a ask look that back you at don’t the put your 1: COVID carrier material. PANDEMIC For that reason, 

together pandemic we need was to mini- 

unrerus 

launching See TRASH, in December page 10 2020 to Wetherbee select added. “I“The thank innova- 

you for that, 

hopeful note, with vaccines to fight 

children 

the vi- 

while Republicans. 

school is closed,” 

victories 

and 

and 

commu- 

challenges 

garbage 

that faced 

out until 

our 

a week The after COVID-19 

lenting in 2021, though many of the features 

of the outbreak that marred 2020 — The availability of vaccines became used to teach, of the you commitment unless you can have 

groups, such as health care workers. tive ways teachers but and I don’t staff understand have any 

communities. 

When 

Act 

looking for 

would 

the top stories of the 

abolish 

economic shutdowns, canceled 

local 

graduation 

voice 

more widespread in early 2021, and our students by have demonstrated 

year, we considered issues that had the ceremonies and sports seasons, a move to 

See CLERK, page 14 

most impact, that moved our communities fully remote classrooms and so on — were 

See 2021, page 15 

See SCHOOLS, page 10 

in solar review process 

Cairo officials vote down cannabis dispensaries 

To our readers, 

By Nora Mishanec Cuomo. 

and should it pass, the state 

Courtesy of Columbia-Greene Media “It is impossible to say will have complete authority 

to override town zoning 

By Officials Melanie Lekocevic are 

We hope you and your family 

are staying healthy and well. 

if anything outside the 

men Stephen Kralovich and Jason Watts 

Capital Region Independent Media GREENE COUNTY―A normal will get done, but 

voted to opt in. 

laws,” he said. “If you take News about COVID-19 is changing 

every 

proposed budget amendment 

that would cut local still on the table,” he said. 

ensure 

renewable energy siting is 

Board 

day. 

members 

We do our 

voting 

best to 

against opting 

CAIRO —Cairo officials voted 3-2 on 

away a town’s right to have 

in said 

that 

they 

what 

wanted 

you read 

to take 

here 

a wait-and-see 

Dec. 15 to opt out of permitting marijuana 

charge of zoning, you have 

voices out of the solar permitting 

process is moving ment was announced on 

current opted information fare. 

Since the budget amend- 

in our attitude print to edition see how is the other most towns that have 

dispensaries and lounges in the town. 

taken away a good portion 

The vote came following a standing-room-only 

public hearing where the 

ist.” 

of the town’s reason to ex- 

available. 

forward despite pushback Feb. 21, local officials have 

Please Coyne understand said he had that mixed some feelings about 

from Greene and Columbia warned that changing solar 

siting laws to abolish 

of people “I affected, think New has York undoubt- 

state is trying to 

news, the particularly issue. 

vast majority of speakers supported dispensaries. 

Columbia None spoke in favor of loungcials 

have been lobbying 

Hanse said local offi- 

the number 

county officials. 

and Negotiations are continuing 

on the proposed would violate home rule proposed amendment sep- 

the existing review process 

ably push changed this a since little we too sent much,” this Coyne said. 

es where on-site use of cannabis would be 

lawmakers to debate the 

paper “My to the concern printing is that presses. there are We too many unknowns 

you, yet and if possible, that is just to my opinion. I 

allowed. 

changes to siting solar and and diminish local authority 

over land use. 

visit think our Facebook we can say page it will at www. be fine, but there 

encourage 

Under New York state law, municipalities 

have until Dec. 31 to opt out of pertions, 

a move supported by 

arate from budget negotia- 

wind energy, known as the 

Accelerated Renewable “We would be powerless 

facebook.com/greenvillepioneer 

is nothing here in town to address this kind 

mitting cannabis businesses. If no action 

state Sen. Daphne Jordan, 

Energy Growth and Community 

Benefit Act, said es,” said Coxsackie Town 

news, closings Kralovich, and who cancelations. voted to opt in, said 

against the state if it pass- 

where of business.” we are sharing breaking 

is taken, the municipality is automatically 

R-43. 

opted in. 

Changes to the solar siting 

process do not belong 

Thank you, 

Communities do not have the 

Jordan 

option 

Levine, deputy communications 

Cairo director officials for voted the 3-2 to “We opt out are of permitting at the mercy cannabis dispensaries and lounges in the town. hearing so many people in the audience 

Supervisor Rick Hanse. 

FILE PHOTO he changed his mind about the issue after 

to ban the use of recreational marijuana, 

in the state budget, Jordan 

energy and environment of the state whether they 

The Greenville Pioneer 

which was legalized by former Gov. Andrew 

Cuomo in April. 

Voting against permitting dispensaries Coyne and Town Council members Mary- who supported it. 

the office of 

and 

Gov. 

lounges 

Andrew 

were Town 

take it 

Supervisor 

out of the 

John 

budget, 

Jo Cords and See Tim SOLAR, Powers. Town page 10 Council- 

See CAIRO, page 14 

concerned that the 

proposed changes 

could accelerate the 

development of solar 

farms across Greene 

counties, including 

Hecate Energy’s 

proposed 700-acre 

facility in Copake and 

the Flint Mine solar 

project in Coxsackie. 

See page 8

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2 Editor’s Note: A charge is not a of Leeds, was arrested April The 16 Greenville an appearance Pioneer • Friday, ticket. May 8, 2020 

conviction. All persons listed are 

Police Blotter 

in Cairo and charged with violating 

environmental conserva- 

of Freehold, was arrested April 

• Michael Manchur, Jr., 54, 

innocent until proven guilty in 

Editor’s Note: A charge is not a New York, was arrested Dec. charged Police a court of law. with Charges Blotter 

second-degree can be restee tion laws, status an was unclassified unknown. misdemeanor. 

■ Iszon She Richardson, was issued 21, of an driving third-degree while criminal intoxicated, mischief, both 

cohol 22 in Freehold content over and charged 0.08% with and 


amended or dismissed. 

9 at 9:46 p.m. in Catskill and criminal contempt and endangering 

• James the welfare Rancourt, of a 37, child, of of 

innocent Due until to the proven COVID-19 guilty in pandemic charged there with are operation no upcoming Editor’s Note: A charge is not a 

of a motor 

stay vehicle safe with and a stay blood-alcohol 

home. 

Coxsackie, appearance 

Leeds, was 

ticket. 

arrested April 16 

was arrested Dec. unclassified 

an 

a appearance 

E felony; misdemeanors. 

ticket. 

resisting arrest He 

a court events of law. or Charges public meetings. can be Please 


both 

amended or dismissed. 

innocent 

Acra class was 

until A arrested 

proven misdemeanors. April 

guilty 

30 

in 

and in Cairo 

He 17 • at Danielle 

and charged 

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with violating 

in Cairo and 38, was and 

• 

issued second-degree 

Michael Manchur, 

an appearance obstruction 

Jr., 54, 

ticket. 

of governmental 

content over 0.08% and driving was a charged court released of law. with on Charges his second-degree own can be recognizance. 

amended burglary, or a dismissed. felony, fifth degree tion 

charged of Cairo, 

environmental 

with was first-degree arrested 

conserva- 

April possession 

in Cairo 

22 of Freehold, was 

administration, 

arrested April 

STATE POLICE while intoxicated, both unclassified 

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stolen demeanor. 

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Freehold 

Robert A misdemeanors; 

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class D possession 

was of held. a controlled 

an third-degree 

felony. West disorderly Shokan, conduct, 

criminal 

was arrested a violation. 

mischief, 

Dec. 

Coxsackie, was arrested Dec. 7 issued an appearance ticket. old property, 

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male, a of misdemeanor, 

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Earlton, was and 

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was 

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April 

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of a weapon, 

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in a class 

• Danielle 

■ Nathan A misdemeanor. 

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38, and 

of charged ticket. 

second-degree obstruction 

and charged with third-degree 

assault and fourth-degree 

charged with first-degree aggravated 

• Rhett unlicensed B. 

Catskill, was arrested Dec. 10 Coxsackie 

with second-degree 

and charged 

a misdemeanor. 

He is scheduled 

of 

with Germantown, issued 

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was arrested ticket. 

April 22 of governmental 

Dec. 

administration, 

Butler, operation 36, of 

burglary, 

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a felony, fifth 

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Court. 

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with He 

criminal possession of a controlled 

substance, a class A miset. 

content over 0.08% and driving years, 

was issued an appearance tick- 

vehicle with a blood-alcohol 

with 

was 

conviction 

petty 

issued 

larceny, 

an appearance 

in the 

a 

past 

class 

10 

A 

fourth 

of third-degree criminal possession 

of a weapon, a class D 

19 in 

of Freehold, 

degree 

was 

criminal 

arrested 

possession 

He 

April a 

driving 

class A 

while 

misdemeanor. 

ability impaired 

She was ticket. 

misdemeanor 

both class 

and 

E felonies. 

third-degree 

of 

Catskill 

a weapon, 

and 

a 

charged 

misdemeanor. 

■ Sarah DiFiore, 23, of Lake while intoxicated, both unclas- 

was released on his own recog- 

with issued 

by alcohol 

an appearance 

and driving 

ticket. 

while criminal 

• Rhett 

trespass, 

B. Butler, 

a class 

36, 

B misdemeanor. 

of 

demeanor. She was issued an 

felony. He was released on his 

operating 

He is scheduled 

a motor vehicle 

to appear 

with 

in 

intoxicated, 

• Katie S. 

both 

Stein, 

unclassified 

28, of West Albany, was 

He 

arrested 

was issued 

April 

an appearance 

22 

appearance ticket. 

Katrine, Cairo was arrested Dec. 15 sified misdemeanors. He was nizance. 

own recognizance. 

a blood-alcohol 

Town Court. 

content greater Coxsackie, 

misdemeanors. 

was 

She 

arrested 

was issued 

April in New Baltimore 

ticket. 

and charged 

■ Dashan Lyons, 30, of 

■ Timothy Hall, 41, of Slingerlands, 

was arrested Dec. charged of 

at than 

• 3:32 0.08% 

Matthew p.m. and in D. 

driving Catskill Rinaldo, 

while and 25, issued 22 

an appearance 

in Athens an appearance and 

ticket. 

charged ticket. with with ■ David Gabrielsen, 24, of 

• 

petty 

Laurent 

larceny, 

Danthine, 

a class 

47, 

A 

Catskill, was arrested Dec. 8 

intoxicated, 

Freehold, with was 

both third-degree arrested 

unclassified 

April assault 

19 

driving ■ • Frank Melissa 

while Sciancalepore, A. 

ability 

Moon, 

impaired 

42, 32, of Cairo, misdemeanor 

of Sloansville, 

was arrested and 

was 

third-degree Dec. 

arrested 

19 at 

at 8:35 p.m. in Catskill and 

12 at 1:44 a.m. in Catskill and misdemeanors. 

in with Catskill intent and 

He to charged cause was issued physical 

operating 

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Cairo, Round alcohol 

was arrested Top, and driving was April arrested while 

17 in 2:56 criminal 

April 

a.m. 

22 

trespass, in 

in 

Cairo 

New 

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charged B misdemeanor. 

charged with first-degree aggravated 

unlicensed operation assault, a class D felony; sec- 

unlawful a blood-alcohol 

charged with second-degree an appearance injury a and motor 

ticket. second-degree 

vehicle with Dec. intoxicated, 

Cairo 18 and 1:49 charged 

both a.m. unclassified 

with in Catskill aggravated 

charged unlicensed with She 

with 

and charged 

operating He 

with 

was a motor issued 

petty 

vehicle an 

larceny, 

a class a blood-alcohol ticket. 

appearance 

• Robert imprisonment, E. Lambert, 

content greater 

31, both of and misdemeanors. 

operation operating was issued 

of a with A misdemeanor, content and 

of a motor vehicle, a class E felony, 

and first-degree operation ernmental administration and released intoxicated, 

ond-degree obstruction of gov- 

class than 

Cairo, A 0.08% 

was misdemeanors. arrested 

and driving 

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motor 

appearance vehicle, 

ticket. with an unclassified a blood-alcohol 

misdemeanor; 

over third-degree 

• 0.08% Laurent and criminal 

Danthine, driving trespass, while 47, 

Cairo and on charged her both own with 

unclassified recognizance. 

misdemeanors. 

first-degree 

criminal contempt 

• Melissa content A. 

failure over Moon, 0.08% to obey 

42, and of 

a intoxicated, of 

a class 

Sloansville, 

B misdemeanor. both was unclassified arrested 

He was 

of a motor vehicle impaired by third-degree fleeing an officer 

He was 

and 

issued 

aggravated 

driving Cairo, 

traffic device, 

was while arrested 

an intoxicated, equipment 

April 17 both violation, 

in misdemeanors. April 

issued 22 

appearance 

in New His arrestee ticket. 

Baltimore status 

and 

drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor. 

He was held. 

A misdemeanors; driving while Coxsackie, class 

in a motor vehicle, both class 

an appearance 

■ Daniel family Josefsberg, 

ticket. 

offense, 46, both of unclassified Cairo and 

and 

charged 

using misdemeanors. her 

with 

turn 

aggravated 

signal He • was charged 

Robert unknown. E. 

with 

Lambert, 

petty 

31, 

larceny, 

■ Natalie Thomas, 34, of Ja- 

of 

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E 

Robert 

felonies. was 

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31, 

Dec. 

of 

was less issued than 

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operation 

from a ticket. 

turn, 

of a 

■ Breanna Smith, 31, of Oak intoxicated and reckless driving, 

both unclassified misde- 

and charged with third-degree ■ Leonid Sorokin, 49, of Ab- 

Dec. a class 18 B at misdemeanor. 12:25 p.m. in He Cox- 

was 

16 

Cairo, 

at 2:23 

was arrested 

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April 

Coxsackie 

21 in 

Cairo, 

a class 

was 

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misdemeanor, 

April 25 

and 

in 

• Connie M. Akersloot, 61, motor 

all infractions. 

vehicle, 

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an unclassified 

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Cairo and charged with first-degree 

criminal contempt and ag- 

Cairo and charged 

criminal 

with 

trespass, 

first-degree 


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GREENVILLE – Arthur “Arfur” C. 

Bender passed away peacefully at 

home on Monday, December 20, 

2021. He was born on May 30, 1949, 

in Catskill to the late Harold and Elaine 

Labuda Bender. He was raised in Hannacroix 

and graduated from Greenville 

Central School in 1968. 

Arthur joined the Navy and was Honorably 

Discharged in 1972. Art then 

worked at Hannay Hose Reels in Westerlo 

as a painter, and then retired from 

General Electric Plastics/ Sabic, where 

he worked as a technician. He was 

a member of the Del Majors Bowling 

League, having bowled for 48 years, 

served as the president of the league, 

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Greenville American 

Sadie Rose, playing 

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51 years. In his younger 

years, he was a Boy 

teaching his grandsons 

grandson, Jakob, and 

Scout, he played high 

all about deer hunting. 

school soccer and 

He so enjoyed sitting 

volleyball, and worked 

and relaxing in his 

on the Rundell farm 

backyard by the firepit 

baling hay. 

during summer evenings 

and was proud 

Art enjoyed hunting, 

vacationing in Maine 

of his salmon and 

every fall, sunbathing 

white ‘53 Ford Crown 

and walking on the 

Victoria with a Thunderbird 

motor. 

beach, woodworking, 

and especially 

Arthur C. Bender 

Arthur is survived by 

spending time with 

his wife of 51 years, 

his grandchildren. He loved walking June “Pidge” Bender; his son Donald 

in nature, sleigh riding and building (Leona) Bender; his daughter, Debra 

(David) Erhart; his snow forts with his granddaughter, 

grandchildren, 

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Tristan Pettit, Darren and Sadie Rose 

Bender, and Jakob Erhart; and his 

brothers, Harold (Kathi) and Robert 

Bender. 

Calling hours were held on Thursday, 

December 23, from 11 a.m. to 1pm 

at the A.J. Cunningham Funeral Home, 

4898 State Route 81, Greenville, followed 

by a funeral service at 1pm. He 

will then be buried with Military Honors 

at the Greenville Cemetery. In lieu of 

flowers, donations can be made to 

the American Cancer Society, 1 Penny 

Lane, Latham, NY 12110. 

The family would like to thank the 

staff of the Community Hospice for the 

care and respect shown to Art and his 

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Town officials reject proposed subdivision law 

By Melanie Lekocevic 

Capital Region Independent Media 

CAIRO — The town council unanimously 

rejected a proposed amendment to 

town law that would have required landowners 

to survey an entire parcel of land 

when they are selling or giving away a portion 

of it. 

The proposed amendment to the town’s 

subdivision law was first presented to the 

Cairo Town Council by Planning Board 

Chairman Joseph Hasenkopf, Town Supervisor 

John Coyne said. 

The town council held a public hearing 

Dec. 15 to gauge community reaction to 

the proposed amendment, which would require 

a survey of the entire property being 

subdivided, with the exception of boundary 

line adjustments. 

Opposition to the proposed law was 

nearly universal. 

“The only one of the Cairo Planning 

Board that wanted this amendment was 

our chairman,” planning board member Ed 

Forrester said. “If we took a vote on the 

planning board, it would have been 4-1 

against this amendment.” 

Resident Augie Freeman asked why 

such an amendment was needed. 

“What tangible benefit would the town 

get from forcing a full survey if there is 

200 acres and they want to cut off five? 

What is the benefit? Or are we creating a 

rule just to create a rule?” Freeman asked. 

“If I have a 300-acre farm and I want to 

give five acres to my grandson, depending 

on the situation, I am staring at 10 grand 

more for a survey to give away a piece of 

land? We have more than enough rules to 

control things like frontage, if the sewer is 

too close — what is the point?” 

Planning board alternate Christopher 

Keff said the proposed amendment came 

about following a subdivision of a property 

that had not been surveyed in many years. 

“Joe, the chair of the planning board — 

the particular property he was referencing 

had not been surveyed since the 1800s,” 

Keff said. 

Attorney Monica Kenny-Keff, who 

handles real estate transactions, said the 

amendment could be useful for properties 

with older deeds that have not been surveyed 

in many years. 

“There actually is a benefit to it,” Kenny-Keff 

said. “If you are giving away a 

piece of property that is one thing, but if 

you are selling or subdividing a parcel — I 

was at the planning board meeting where 

the surveyor said he wasn’t even sure what 

the back of the property line was because 

it had been so long since it had been surveyed.” 

Lack of clarity in property lines can 

cause title complications, Kenny-Keff 

added. 

Planning board member Allen Veverka 

opposed the amendment, claiming it 

creates hardships for property owners and 

creates additional and unnecessary restrictions. 

“I don’t think we need to be more restrictive,” 

Veverka said. “We want the 

town to grow and prosper, and we won’t 

do that by restricting. We do that by opening 

things up and making sure everything 

is correct, which we have done as a board 

and in our rules.” 

Former planning board chairman Ray 

Pacifico also expressed opposition to the 

amendment. 

“I strongly oppose this proposal,” he 

said. “In addition to the majority of the 

current planning board opposing this 4-1, 

the Cairo zoning officer, in an email to the 

board, also opposed this, so it doesn’t make 

any sense why we are even proposing this 

law. This law, if put into effect, will hinder 

development and stifle the growth of 

the tax base that spreads out the tax burden 

among the taxpayers. The Cairo taxpayers 

are already burdened with the highest town 

tax rate of any town in Greene County at 

$9.12 per $1,000 of assessed value. This 

proposal will only make it worse.” 

Al MacDonald, co-owner of land surveying 

firm Santo Associates, called the 

proposal “egregious.” 

“In the town’s comprehensive plan, it 

says that there is not enough housing in 

this community and this amendment is 

going to stifle that. So in reality, you are 

going against your own comprehensive 

plan,” MacDonald said. “I am very much 

opposed to this. And I have not, in 38 

years of surveying, opposed any law in the 

town.” 

Town board members unanimously 

voted against the proposed amendment 

with no further discussion. 

CMH welcomes new pain 

management specialist 

HUDSON – Columbia Memorial 

Health recently welcomed 

anesthesiologist and pain management 

specialist Agnes Pace, 

M.D., who joins CMH’s pain 

management team. 

A board-certified anesthesiologist 

and pain management 

expert, Dr. Pace specializes in 

providing comprehensive pain 

management services, including 

spinal cord stimulation, nerve 

blocks, epidural steroid injections, 

facet joint injections and 

numerous other advanced pain 

management techniques. 

She received her Doctor of 

Medicine from the Drexel University 

College of Medicine and 

completed her residency in anesthesiology 

at the Penn State Her- 

Agnes Pace, M.D. 

shey Medical Center. Dr. Pace 

comes to CMH from the Penn 

State Hershey Medical Center in 

Hershey, Pennsylvania. 

Her husband, Dr. Gregory 

Pace, an orthopedic surgeon, has 

also joined the CMH care team. 

Columbia Memorial Health 

President and CEO Jay P. Cahalan 

said: “Dr. Agnes Pace’s 

expertise in managing pain will 

provide comfort and relief to the 

many members of our community 

who endure chronic pain. The entire 

CMH team extends our welcome 

to her.” 

To make an appointment with 

Dr. Agnes Pace, please contact 

CMH’s Pain Management program 

at 518-697-3061. 

AG issues alert for 

over-the-counter hearing aids 

NEW YORK — New York 

Attorney General Letitia James 

has issued a consumer alert warning 

New Yorkers about deceptive 

companies selling unregulated 

and potentially faulty over-thecounter 

(OTC) hearing aids. 

New York law requires that 

hearing aids only be sold by licensed 

audiologists or hearing-aid 

dispensers after such a provider 

has performed an exam and fitting. 

Last month, the U.S. Food and 

Drug Administration (FDA) proposed 

a rule permitting the sale of 

a new category of OTC hearing 

aids that could be sold directly 

to consumers without an exam. 

While unregulated OTC hearing 

aids may work as intended, there 

is a risk that the devices could be 

defective or completely inadequate 

for the treatment of hearing 

loss. 

Advertisements for these new 

OTC hearing aids have already 

targeted New York consumers 

even though there are currently 

no OTC hearing aids that have received 

FDA approval. 

“Hearing loss impacts individuals 

of all ages and backgrounds 

and I urge all New Yorkers to do 

their research before shopping for 

these devices,” James said. “Companies 

that sell over-the-counter 

hearing devices are not held to 

the same standards as the licensed 

professionals who provide these 

critical devices, and they are not 

required to inform consumers 

of the risks associated with their 

products. While consumers may 

be tempted to purchase these unregulated 

and unlawful products 

because of their low prices, the 

ultimate price you pay may be further 

hearing loss.” 

Medical device companies are 

required to register and list their 

devices with the FDA, though this 

registration only indicates that the 

company has provided information 

to the FDA; it does not indicate 

FDA approval, clearance or 

authorization of the device. Unfortunately, 

this has not stopped some 

disreputable sellers of OTC hearing 

devices from falsely claiming 

that their products are “FDA-registered” 

or “FDA-cleared,” James 

said. 

If you are considering buying 

a hearing aid, the Office of the Attorney 

General recommends the 

following tips: 

• Beware of misleading claims. 

Over-the-counter hearing aids are 

only meant to treat mild to moderate 

hearing loss and may not be 

able to treat severe hearing loss. 

Avoid purchasing OTC hearing 

aids that claim to treat severe hearing 

loss or hearing loss in children. 

• Do your research. Be skeptical 

of testimonials on a seller’s 

website. Instead, check with the 

Better Business Bureau to see 

if they have a good rating and 

whether consumers have submitted 

complaints against the company 

before you purchase a product. 

• Consider having your hearing 

evaluated by a medical professional. 

While online hearing 

tests may be convenient, they may 

fail to detect serious hearing loss, 

or the underlying causes of your 

hearing loss. 

• Know your rights: Under 

New York law (General Business 

Law § 798(11)), if you are unhappy 

with your hearing aids you are 

allowed to return them within 45 

days of receipt, including batteries, 

cords, and accessories and all 

fees related to the hearing aid, for 

a full refund less 10 percent. The 

seller must provide you with a 

written statement with this information. 

If a seller offers a longer 

return period, they must honor it. 

“HLAA is pleased to see the 

proposed rules on over-the-counter 

hearing aids released by the 

FDA. This is one step closer to 

seeing OTC hearing devices on 

the market for adults with mild 

to moderate hearing loss,” said 

Barbara Kelley, executive director, 

Hearing Loss Association of 

America (HLAA). “We are also 

pleased to see the Office of the Attorney 

General is educating consumers 

about OTC hearing aids. 

Until the FDA issues their final 

rules, we recommend consumers 

seek the help of licensed hearing 

health professionals to address 

their hearing loss.” 

Consumers should be on the 

alert for misleading claims, consumer 

advocates say. 

“As the FDA finalizes its 

rules for the sale of OTC hearing 

aids, consumers should continue 

to watch out for misleading 

marketing practices from companies 

jumping the gun to enter 

New York’s market,” said Chuck 

Bell, programs director, Consumer 

Reports. “We agree that the 

terms ‘FDA-registered’ or ‘FDAcleared’ 

for OTC hearing aids are 

inappropriate, and imply a higher 

level of safety review than these 

products actually receive. Consumers 

who think they may need a 

hearing aid should seek a medical 

evaluation to determine whether 

the hearing loss they have is serious 

in nature and/or potentially 

reversible.” 

New Yorkers who believe they 

have been misled or scammed by 

sellers of over-the-counter hearing 

aids are encouraged to contact the 

Office of the Attorney General by 

submitting a complaint form online 

or by calling 800-428-9071. 


Peaches is pictured with CGHS/SPCA Animal Care Technician 

Alexa Caunitz. Get a refresher on her story in today’s Soft 

Paws! 

Gifts for furry 

friends 

By Charlene Marchand 

For Capital Region Independent Media 

Happy New Year to all of our readers and animal lovers. 

If you still feel in the holiday spirit and would like to share 

it with our residents at 111 Humane Society Road, here are 

some suggestions for our four-legged friends: 

• Dog and cat treats of all kinds 

• Biscuits 

• Kongs, Jolly Balls, Buster Cubes, Nylabones, Benebones, 

etc. (Dog toys are in extremely low supply!) 

• Cat toys of all varieties 

• Clorox, detergent 

• Paper products, i.e. paper towels, toilet paper, Kleenex 

• Blankets and good towels 

• Pet-safe snow-melt products to keep those paw-pads safe 

on walks. Safe Paw and Safe Pet snow melt are two of many 

available products. 

With so many pet owners in need, we always appreciate 

donations to our food bank! Last year our families in need 

took home 38,000 pounds of food for their companion animals. 

With lingering effects of still “pandemic-in-progress,” our 

demands are greater than ever. Our food bank is open to any 

from the public in need of pet food or for those wishing to 

donate food from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. We refuse to let 

any animal go hungry! 

Thank you to all who shower our shelter “kids” with the 

generosity of your hearts. 

Remember Peaches? Featured in this week’s picture, 

Peaches is a 2.5-year-old Cattledog from Cairo who was the 

victim of attempted decapitation, multiple stabbings, and being 

left bleeding for hours. 

Peaches is currently residing in the shelter and searching 

for a foster-to-adopt home. She can’t be placed with other animals 

or kids — she prefers all the attention, as she deserves! 

She’s a sweetheart of a pup, loving to be patted and go wherever 

her human is. 

She’s a very active dog... if you know the breed, you know 

that she’ll need plenty of physical and mental stimulation to 

keep her busy. She’s incredibly intelligent and loves to play 

fetch. 

If you’ve got room in your heart, and home, please give 

us a call! 

Feel free to call us with any questions at 518-828-6044 or 

visit our website at www.cghs.org. Spay/neuter clinics for cats 

are $86 male or female, including a rabies vaccination and 

a 5-in-1 feline distemper combination vaccination. Nail clipping 

services are available every Saturday from 10-11 a.m. 

at the shelter for a donation of $10 for cats and $15 for dogs 

(currently prepaid only). 

Charlene Marchand is the chairperson of the Columbia-Greene 

Humane Society/SPCA Board of Directors. She 

may be contacted at cghsaaron@gmail.com. 

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Hinchey: $1.16M in state funds will replace Cairo bridge 



CAIRO — The town of Cairo 

is slated to receive $1.165 million 

to replace the Polly’s Rock Road 

bridge. 

The bridge runs over the Kiskatom 

Brook. 

Funding for the project will 

come through New York state’s 

BRIDGE NY program, state Sen. 

Michelle Hinchey, D-46, announced 

last week. 

The program is awarding over 

$13 million to repair local bridges 

By Pat Larsen 


As a child, how often were you admonished 

to get your head out of the clouds and 

stop daydreaming? 

I know I was a master daydreamer as a 

kid. Who knew this was the very core of creativity 

and the fertile ground of exploration 

of possibilities? As a matter of fact, those of 

us who partook in the world of fantasy and 

visualization have gone on to careers that focused 

on 

the arts, music, dance, painting, poetry, 

acting and writing. 

To enter into a daydream, you have to 

willingly suspend conscious thought and step 

into an imagined scene that results in opportunities 

to explore something you’d desire to 

see happen at some point in the future. 

Perhaps this is why I relate so easily to 

those who request a hypnosis session with 

and culverts in the Capital Region, 

Hudson Valley and Mohawk Valley. 

One other project will be funded 

through the program in Greene 

County — the culvert on Game 

Farm Road that carries tributary 

to Kiskatom Brook in the town of 

Catskill will also be replaced for 

$985,000. 

The projects supported by the 

funding program aim to make 

communities more resilient to the 

effects of climate change, Hinchey 

said. 

“As the impacts of climate 

Body Mind and Spirit 

Daydreams and a healthy lifestyle 

me. The subconscious mind 

stores all the “files” that we’ve 

created through our experiences, 

our daydreaming, our focus 

and our wish list. 

Tapping into those files requires 

the viewer to relax into 

the possibilities that their questions 

about issues can and will 

find answers in the subconscious 

state. It’s actually quite 

incredible guiding a participant 

to the place that helps them to 

find answers. 

The very pulse of the subconscious 

mind is belief. If you truly believe 

what is uncovered, you will eventually realize 

a result — for instance, weight reduction, 

smoking cessation, overcoming fears, landing 

the job. The list goes on and on. 

Curiosity and belief may indeed lead you 

in the direction of this coming year to seek 

change bring more severe weather 

to New York state, funding to modernize 

our aging bridges and water 

infrastructure is crucial to protect 

our homes and businesses, revive 

local economies, and ensure that 

every person traveling in our area 

can easily and safely go about their 

day,” Hinchey said. 

The state senator thanked Gov. 

Kathy Hochul for helping to secure 

the funding, which will be awarded 

to communities throughout the senator’s 

five-county Senate District. 

“This funding through the 

BRIDGE NY program could not 

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out the guidance that a trained 

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there’s no one saying you 

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This New Year is most 

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as the past two years 

with “more of the same” — 

you add what that statement 

might mean for you — or a 

brand new way of thinking, experiencing and 

navigating our lives. I see it as a choice we all 

have to make. 

I do know that in community we heal, in 

isolation we fall into disease. 

What will you do? How will you choose 

to live your best life? 

Pat Larsen 

come at a more important time for 

upstate and Capital Region communities, 

which deserve this level 

of state support as we await further 

aid from federal infrastructure dollars,” 

Hinchey said. “I will continue 

to fight for more equitable investment 

in our transportation and 

water channels.” 

Other counties in the 46th Senate 

District slated for funds through 

the program include Albany, Montgomery, 

Schenectady and Ulster 

counties. 

The funding is part of a total 

$216.2 million in state assistance 

that will go to 109 projects statewide 

to reduce the risk of flooding, 

make structures more climate resilient, 

and increase regional economic 

competitiveness. 

Albany County will receive 

$835,000 to replace a culvert in 

Guilderland under the program. 

Schenectady County will receive 

$1,948,000 to replace two culverts, 

Montgomery County will get $2.8 

million for a bridge replacement 

and Ulster County will be awarded 

$6.1 million to replace two bridges. 

Have a blessed New Year. If nothing else, 

2022 is already shaping up to be interesting. 

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Adrian inducted into NYS Senate Veterans Hall of Fame 

CMH unveils 

Home heating assistance 

grants now available 


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The Greenville Pioneer • Friday, January 17, 2020 Adrian is currently commander 13 

CAIRO — A lifetime of service 

3D biopsy technology 

of the American Legion Mohican 

to his country and community and 

Qualified households may now “In addition to these grants, eligible 

customers will also receive a Heating Equipment Repair or Re- 

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Post 983 and urges fellow veterans 

a record of commitment second to 

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officials at Columbia Memorial Health 

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oth reg¬ular was selected and emergency for induction fiancial 

assistance New York to help State pay Senate heat- 

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replacing their primary heating 

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are 

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for HERR are accepted 

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CMH’s mowing 3D mammography capabilities, donations 

rough local Hinchey Department presented of Soial 

Services a plaque (DSS) Dec. offices 14 at a and ceremony He at added that qualified house- 

through Sept. 30, 2020, or until the 

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to do something, we do it.” 

f Central 983. Hudson Gas & Electric non-utility heating fuels such as To apply for HEAP and HERR the 2020 mowing expense for the cemetery. 

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service, provides our patients to with country the most and advanced community, diag-that 

toward their ac¬count will also kero¬sene, coal or corn are also el- 

their local DSS office, call (800) give a donation, it would be greatly appreciated, organizers said. They 

orp. who receive One veteran a HEAP is selected bene- 

for oil, the propane, wood/wood pellets, benefits, customers may contact Whether you have a loved one buried there or would just like to 

honor from each Senate district 

annually. The Hall of Fame was established 

in 2005 to recognize out- 

close erans Hall of Fame. 

nostic earned Adrian inclusion in the Vet- 

e issued a monthly credit on their igible for a monthly credit on their 342-3009, or visit www.mybenefits.ny.gov. 

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ill for a max¬imum of 12 months electric or non-heating gas bill. 

standing veterans who have distinguished 

themselves both in military 

CMH repay Mr. Adrian for his service to 

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f HEAP benefit. 

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through its affiliation with Albany our Medical country Center. or for The all that Albany he does 

and civilian life. 

“We’re pleased to offer addional 

assistance to families who Campagiorni. 

contact their local Office for the 

with these fuels, as well,” said Program (SNAP) benefits may 

“Cairo American Legion Commander 

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which means that mammograms, ans, and inducting all imaging this and cherished diagnos- 

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tected our country with distinction, 

tic studies, are interpreted by the region’s munity leading member experts. into the Senate 

EAP benefits, 

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egulatory our Affairs. local veteran community and Regular York HEAP State Senate grants Veterans for the Hall HEAP of Fame by eligibility state Sen. Michelle requirements Hinchey, left. 

Adrian was honorably discharged 

from the service in 2005 

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treatment.” 

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to nominate 

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said: “This technology is truly 

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and expand.” Awards, State Defense 

my wife and I moved to 

Awards, to rally seven around Army CMH Commen- 

to 

ensure were its part essential of the mission triangle, can right continue ze guidelines, is the highest applied honor toward that can be designed bestowed 

military veterans by the Legion to show them what the or- 

In 1986 he left the service and 

fellow to meet veterans eligible to household’s 

immediate energy needs. count.” 

Awards, civil and federal awards, 

the American 

the middle of everything. I probably 

cooked over 200,000 meals the Presidential Award and Over- 

eir Central Hudson account. 

state Senate, Hinchey said. ganization has to offer. 

joined the National Guard, where 

Adrian is the first Greene County 

Adrian said he couldn’t do any he served as a cook until 2003, attaining 

there. 18 I was out on the road every seas Awards. 

veteran selected for the honor. 

“I’m just humbled, I really am,” 

Adrian said. “I didn’t expect it, and 

when they told me this and I looked 

online to see what it was about, it’s 

an honor.” 

Adrian’s list of contributions 

to the county and to Cairo is long 

and distinguished. He works on 

the Hometown Heroes program, 

putting up banners honoring local 

veterans. He works on behalf of the 

American Legion Post with numerous 

local youth groups including 

of the work he does with the community 

without the help of his fellow 

veterans. 

“A good commander can’t do 

this without his post,” Adrian said. 

“These guys work hard and we are 

bringing the post up where it needs 

to be. We are bringing more members 

in.” 

He feels honored by Hinchey’s 

selection for the Hall of Fame. 

“It’s a nice honor and I didn’t 

expect it,” Adrian said. “I don’t do 

it for the glory — I chose to give up 

the rank of Battalion Mess 

Sergeant. 

“I had 20 years in and they put a 

stop-loss on me,” he said. 

A stop-loss is an extension of an 

active military member’s service. 

“That came with a promotion to 

Sergeant First-Class. I went to Iraq 

for two years, from 2003-2005,” 

Adrian said. 

The 9/11 terrorist attacks hit 

Adrian and his family hard, he said. 

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Fans watch as wrestlers compete in the Lewis Johnson Memorials Duals in the gym at Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High 

School. Greenville took fifth place in the tournament. 



Spartans take 5th place in wrestling tournament 

RAVENA — The Greenville 

Spartans took fifth place in the 

Lewis Johnson Memorial Duals on 

Dec. 18. 

The annual tournament was 

hosted by Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk 

High School in the school’s 

gym. 

Also competing in the competition 

were Queensbury, Bethlehem, 

Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk, Unatego-Unadilla 

Valley, Onteora and 

Taconic Hills. 

The Spartans took fifth place on 



the day, with a 2-2 record. Queensbury 

was undefeated 4-0. 

In Round 1, Greenville was 

defeated by Unatego-Unadilla 

Valley by a score of 47-24, Bethlehem 

dominated Onteora 52-7, and 

Queensbury topped Taconic Hills 

60-12. 

Round 2 saw Greenville fall 

to Bethlehem 42-27, RCS lost to 

Queensbury 44-27 and Unatego-Unadilla 

Valley came out on top 

over Onteora 48-30. 

The third round saw the Spartans 

come up with their first victory 

of the day over Onteora by a score 

of 42-27, while RCS won big over 

Taconic Hills 60-18 and Bethlehem 

beat Unatego-Unadilla Valley 45- 

29. 

Greenville sat out the fourth 

round of the tournament while the 

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edging Bethlehem 36-30, Onteora 

scored 54 to Taconic Hills’ 18, and 

Queensbury defeated Unatego-Unadilla 

Valley 42-36. 

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Hills 48-24. Unatego-Unadilla 

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Seven high schools competed in the Lewis Johnson Memorial Duals on Dec. 

18. 

Queensbury dominated Bethlehem 

54-15. 

For the Spartans, Kieran Cullen 

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Onteora, while Joseph Davis had 

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from Bethlehem and Onteora, 

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Bernard Davis won two of three 

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Cole Flannery competed against 

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Ruso: Infrastructure funding, expertise sorely needed 


Local officials testify at a legislative panel on water and sewer infrastructure. 

Pictured are New Baltimore Town Supervisor Jeff Ruso, second from 

right, and Athens Village Mayor Amy Serrago, far right. 

ALBANY — Funding and 

expertise for water and sewer 

infrastructure are sorely needed 

in New Baltimore and other area 

communities, New Baltimore 

Town Supervisor Jeff Ruso 

told lawmakers at a legislative 

forum hosted by state Sen. Michelle 

Hinchey, D-46. 

The forum focused on examining 

the challenges facing New 

York communities with regard 

to drinking water, wastewater 

and stormwater infrastructure. 

A bipartisan panel of state 

legislators spoke with representatives 

from local government, 

labor, environmental and conservation 

groups, and professional 

associations to identify 

long-term solutions for the infrastructure 

issues facing communities. 

Ruso spoke of a major water 

main break that affected a small 

group of New Baltimore water 

users, but cost hundreds of thousands 

of dollars to repair. 

“On the evening of June 1, 

2020, right in the middle of the 

[COVID-19] pandemic, I got 

a call late at night because we 

had a water main break for our 

District 2,” Ruso said. “District 

2 serves 32 homes. District 2 

gets its water from the village of 

Coxsackie, who bills the town, 

and we in turn bill the users. 

The water main break was under 

the New York State Thruway, 

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issues related to water and sewer infrastructure. 

have been in a worse place or a 

worse time.” 

The town declared a state 

of emergency, brought in tankers 

to provide water to the residents, 

and the break — which 

also damaged the Thruway 

roadway — took months to fix. 

“We replaced the pipe — it 

was 100-plus-years-old. It cost 

$330,000 for 32 users. That’s a 

lot of money, and of course my 

constituents are none too happy,” 

Ruso said. 

The only section of the pipe 

that was replaced was under 

the Thruway, so the remaining 

century-old pipe — still underground 

on both sides of the 

thoroughfare — remains. 

“I can’t imagine how much 

longer that will last,” Ruso said, 

adding it would take another 

$500,000 or so to replace the 

rest of the 100-year-old pipe. 

The infrastructure problems 

plaguing New Baltimore and 

communities like it include 

paying for repairing or replacing 

old or damaged systems, as 

well as the expertise to resolve 

the issues. 

“We need funding and we 

need expertise,” Ruso said. 

Athens Village Mayor Amy 

Serrago also addressed the legislative 

panel and detailed similar 

problems. 

“The majority of our water 

and sewer mains date back 

to the 1930s and are in need 

of replacement,” Serrago said. 

“We still have lead pipes in our 

system and a few clay pipes. 

Most of our pipes are made of 

cast iron and they are decaying. 

In addition, because of years 

of build-up inside them, most 

6-inch pipes now have a capacity 

of only 3 inches to carry 

water. We routinely face water 

main breaks, approximately six 

in the last year, and last night, 

after I sent in my testimony, I 

was informed that we are aware 

that we have a leak right now. 

We don’t know when, but it’s 

coming — it will bust through 

and we will patch it up like we 

always do, but we are on watch.” 

Athens also has a unique 

problem — in some areas of the 

village, water and sewer pipes 

are “inches apart from one another,” 

Serrago said. 

“Modern standards for separation 

of these conveyances is 

a minimum of 10 feet,” she told 

the panel, adding that the risk 

of contamination is high, but it 

costs roughly $250 a foot to replace 

water and sewer mains. 

Hinchey said the testimony 

of officials like Ruso and Serrago 

will be used to draft a Senate 

report detailing the biggest issues, 

as well as potential solutions. 

“Access to clean water is a 

fundamental right, but in communities 

across New York state, 

that access is under constant 

threat by aging and, in many 

cases, decaying 100-plus-yearold 

infrastructure due to decades 

of underinvestment,” Hinchey 

said. “The state of New York’s 

water infrastructure has led to 

severe illness, furthered the climate 

crisis, increased the cost 

of living, and hurled many local 

governments into debt.” 

Clean water should be accessible 

to all New Yorkers, she 

said. 

“Our communities cannot 

endure another decade of underinvestment 

in our water systems, 

and it’s incumbent upon us 

to deliver real, meaningful progress 

to address these detrimental 

and often avoidable problems,” 

the state senator said. 

Environmental advocacy 

group Riverkeeper estimates 

that the 46th Senate District, 

which includes all of Greene 

County, would need nearly $80 

million for water infrastructure 

repairs. 

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18 The Greenville Pioneer • Friday, January 17, 2020 

Hinchey: Bill prevents unfair utility billing practices 

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KINGSTON – State Sen. Michelle 

Hinchey, D-46, announced new legislation to 

protect New Yorkers from excessive monthto-month 

fluctuations in their utility bills due 

to the use of estimated billing practices by 

utility providers. 

Many residents in Hinchey’s district have 

seen their bills increase hundreds of dollars 

because of estimated utility readings, which 

is when a gas or electricity supplier predicts 

the amount of power a customer would have 

used that month based on their past usage. 

The process frequently leads to customers 

being overcharged, Hinchey said. 

Hinchey’s bill aims to curb this billing 

method, which has placed significant hardship 

on lower-income residents in her district. 

The legislation, authored by Hinchey, 

would require the Public Service Commission 

(PSC) to develop a best practices estimation 

formula that can be used as a utility industry 

standard in New York state, while limiting the 

number of times an estimated billing formula 

can be used to three billing cycles per year 

(down from six). 

Hinchey’s bill sets the deadline to Nov. 

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12 The Greenville Pioneer • Friday, May 8, 2020 

Firewood, Plant Part diseases 1: The good side 

By Bob One Beyfuss of the things I liked most about has my allowed Lacking humans chlorophyll, to survive they in need defined to get as their a pile of that seedlings is 4-foot once the If you disease want occurs, a quick, so the hot fire that A third grance major infectious that I don’t agent particularly is viruses. 


former job as a Cooperative Extension places agent and “food” during from times other that sources than tall by sunlight 4-feet by wide emphasis by 8-feet is long 

prevention. will warm In addition the stove pre-anventive of hickory chemical or fungicides in a hurry, there you are might cultur-burn different some than bacteria or fungi in the sense 

Viruses, house like like. the I also COVID-19 do not particularly virus, are very like 

in Greene County was the process of figuring early ancestors breaking could down not. and Every absorbing (128 organic cubic matter. feet) 

With fossil fuel prices much 

the smell of willow, dogwood, 

out what was causing problems with garden time we fire Sometimes up the woodstove in the process or of feeding oak may on weigh plant as al much practices as 4,000 than can very also be well-seasoned utilized, much pine, to that spruce they are not living organisms, per se. 

higher this winter than the previous 

seven years, some people are 

ple don’t notice the smell of wood 

black locust and aspen. Most peo- 

plants, lawns, trees or shrubs. It is sort light of like a log material, in the fireplace, they kill or we damage are pounds, their host. yielding This more the satisfaction than twice of gardeners or hemlock who (or don’t two want by fours, They if can only survive and reproduce inside 

detective work without a cloak or dagger. repeating distinguished a ritual that pathogens predates from as saprophytes. much heat as to a use full chemical cord of fungicides. you can afford them), but living these cells. They have a very short life expectancy, 

and 

considering installing a woodstove 

I used what I learned about this civilization. topic Once a plant is infected pine, with willow, a fungal basswood Another or aspen major cause species of disease do not in burn plants for long 

until they have a thousand pounds 

unlike bacteria or fungi, and they 

in public 

or fireplace 

health as 

to 

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try 

when 

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we contracted 

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Wood disease, fires can it is provide generally comfort 

of and infection. a sense The of well-being general strategy 1,800 is to pounds. try to That living weight organisms per that lasting can exhibit coals. long-term of them as renegade Apple hunks wood of is DNA very or RNA dense, 

difficult (poplar), to “cure” which the weigh and animals as little are as bacteria. they also Bacteria do not are produce also don’t long necessarily 

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the first volume place is or based keep on dormancy. the wood Like hav-fungiing about organisms 20% moisture hosts by content. “feeding” not on the really tissue cold, of the perhaps host and in the direct and the cells has a to wonderful make more fragrance, viruses. 

they If the can temperature damage their outside that get is into burns the genes very of hot plants with or great animals, coals 

County 

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of 

I will in share terms it of from modern spreading. science. Fungi It are living 

1973, some with principles no job of and disease less than and no infection is true I that that whether can survive you for cut a long and time, Freshly either cut actively 

causing own infection, firewood, or in or a dormant than twice state that amount. ply. Of course, not all ing bacteria ash, black are pathogenic cherry, birch, and red bacteria. Apple trees are generally pretty 

wood can and weigh using the more host’s 40s, cells you to grow can get and by multi- 

just fine They burn- 

are also as do very pear tiny and compared other fruit to fungi trees. 

money, learned, there which was are an pretty oil embargo relevant in prepare these your 

imposed days of the by COVID-19 OPEC (Organization pandemic. buy it locally, may last you for are 100 utilizing years or a more. This Firewood longevity 

resource allows them that to can re-occur last when to less conditions than 20% moisture Our bodies content contain and even millions partly of rotted foreign beech. mon Syc- 

than bacterial or fungal infections be- 

will never and neither dry down are all fungi. (soft) maple, butternut, basswood Viral infections in plants are far less com- 

of Oil In order Producing to contract Export a disease, Countries). 

it is a The plant price or animal of oil disease, doubled 

nal rot and it is also tough to split. 

gnarly though with lots of inter- 

whether renewable 

three indefinitely. factors are right. Some fungal diseases when are stored ubiquitous 

managed, and must be a dealt 10-acre with every dried season. wood can be soever. dried In to fact, less many ing of along these creeks organisms and are the wood without is help 

outdoors. bacteria Only and kiln- 

fungi that amore do us is commonly no harm what- 

found cause grow- 

they generally cannot get inside a plant 

almost must occur overnight simultaneously. and I decided If any I of these Properly Paper 

from 

birch 

another 

has 

living 

bark 

organism. 

that burns 

needed three factors find are a not way present, to save there can woodlot be no can Twenty yield about years five ago, full almost than all the 5% garden moisture. responsible That makes for keeping very us heavy, healthy. difficult Bacteria, to split Leafhopper (used with insects a dense, and aphids black smoke. are usually It is 

little disease. money First, I had. before I discuss these specific cords of seeds wood that a year, were forever. sold were leftover treated with two a by like fours fungi, excellent usually require to make water butcher’s to become blocks) involved and in good viral for infections starting in fires, plants. as the These bark 

factors, Cutting I need and to burning talk about my the own things Now that I happen pink-colored to own enough fungicide forested 

land fungicide for me to protected be self-suf- 

tender seedlings It is wise from to learn One a bit of about the most common If it gets bacterial really cold, dis- 

then cally hop with not their much mouthparts else. and once inside 

called fire “Captan.” starters! This infectious. contains lot of water. insects inject will the burn virus even into if the soaking plant wet, physi- 

but 

firewood cause disease. seemed like a good idea 

at the In time. general, At that disease-causing time, it prob-organismably 

are fungi, was a bacteria good alternative, or viruses. All but may days. cause I choose term for not similar to. diseases caused burning. by several There is more This disease to heating most often ory occurs and my when favorite rain or firewood, Since all near three a fireplace, of these however! types of patho- 

If fireficient 

if getting I choose “damping to do so off,” these which what is a species general of ease wood of pears you and are apples hornbeam is called (aka “fireblight.” ironwood), the hick- 

plant they can It sure replicate. does look nice stacked 

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Positively Speaking 

Change yourself to change your situation 

By Toby Moore 


We’ve all experienced times 

when things were going well, we 

were moving towards a goal, and 

suddenly things began to sour. A 

new manager may be putting negative 

pressure on you, or maybe a 

family member is constantly angry 

with you — no matter what you say 

or do, it’s wrong. 

Situations like this are most 

challenging. It’s hard to move forward. 

We lose the spring in our 

step, we let our heads droop down, 

we wonder why everything has to 

be so bad. We go home at night and 

we dread the next day. We wonder 

how it will be possible to make it 

through. 

You say your prayers and beg 

for a change; you confide in your 

loved ones. They try to help, but 

nothing they say seems to make a 

difference. 

The positive thoughts become 

few and far between. You try to be 

positive, but with a bad attitude, 

you think to yourself, “I just have 

to keep putting one foot in front of 

the other.” 

The fact is, things don’t always 

go the way we plan. We plan for 

great things, and then not-so-great 

things can happen. We have great 

expectations, but sometimes those 

expectations are crushed. 

When life becomes like this, it’s 

easy to get negative. It’s easy to get 

stuck. It’s easy to think things will 

always be like this. 

I used to believe that when 

life gives you lemons, you should 

squirt your enemies in the eye, but 

is that the best way? 

Years ago, I had a job where 

everything was running smoothly; 

it was all under control. Suddenly a 

new manager was hired and life became 

very different. Initially, I was 

OK with the pressure, but it became 

too much. I couldn’t stand to be at 

work, and I was distraught. It was a 

good job and I didn’t want to leave, 

but I didn’t feel like I could deal 

with it any longer. I prayed, and I 

read, seeking a solution. I tried to 

change my manager, but nothing 

seemed to work. I lost my cool. 

After some time, I realized I 

wasn’t going to change the situation, 

nor was I going to change my 

manager, but instead, I was the one 

who needed changing. 

Sometimes to overcome a problem, 

it isn’t about changing the other 

person; it’s about changing yourself. 

Often our reaction to what’s 

happening is the problem. We have 

a choice. 

I’ve had family members get 

angry at me, and my reaction only 

made things worse. I’d try to show 

them the error of their ways, I’d 

complain to other family members, 

I’d think of ways to change them, 

but it never worked. The only time 

things became peaceful again was 

when I changed myself, when I 

changed my reaction. 

The other person may change, 

but it usually won’t happen according 

to our time frame. When you 

can’t change the situation, it might 

be because it’s time to change your 

attitude and feel about it. 

They say everything in life is 

only for a season. Is that true? 

Oddly enough, when I finally 

adjusted my attitude and gave up 

trying to change my manager and 

the situation, when I accepted that 

I was the one that needed changing 

and I took steps to let go and 

become flexible, my manager was 

fired. 

After reading that, I know some 

of you are going to change real fast! 

Don’t get your hopes up! Ha-ha! 

When he was gone, I missed 

him. I realized how much he had 

changed me and what valuable life 

lessons I learned in the process. 

Everything in life is only for 

a season; whatever you’re going 

through won’t last forever. Soon, 

you’ll be in a new season with new 

challenges. Make the most of each 

season. Allow the season to change 

you; it will prepare you for the next 

season. 

Gandhi said, “…as a man 

changes his own nature, so does 

the attitude of the world change towards 

him….” Is that true? 

Try it and see. 

Toby Moore is a columnist, the 

star of Emmy-nominated “A Separate 

Peace,” and CEO of Cube- 

Stream Inc. 

WHITTLING AWAY 

By Dick Brooks 


It’s that time of the year again, 

resolution time. 

A whole brand new year ahead 

of us and we get stuck with homework! 

I suppose I could cheat and just 

copy over last year’s since I didn’t 

use them much, but I refuse to be 

a shirker. Last year’s were pretty 

much the same as the year before, 

which were pretty much as the 

year before that and so on for as 

long as I can remember. 

You know the ones — they 

are the same ones that most adults 

make: losing weight, saving money, 

exercising more, less television 

and more books — same old junk. 

by Dick Brooks 

It’s resolution time again 

You list them with good intentions 

and start out in good faith, only to 

see most of them fade by the end 

of January. They usually die a quiet, 

hardly noticed death, only to be 

revived with the dawning of a new 

year. 

I don’t like breaking promises, 

even if they’re promises to myself, 

so I’ve been thinking of coming up 

with some more creative self-improvement 

ideas. The old ones 

sure would be nice and I’ll include 

them again, but given their past 

track record, I don’t have a lot of 

hope for their success. 

Now, to come up with ones 

that I can try to keep all year long. 

Let’s see, I could improve my 

dental health by trying not to grit 

my teeth when I hear the phrase, 

“Fake Media”; when the batteries 

go in the remote control I won’t 

replace them, that should lead to 

several more miles walked each 

week; I will try to eliminate one 

“I wish…” from each day; I will 

look through my file of daily problems 

until I can find at least one 

that I can smile or maybe even 

laugh about; I will bring a smile to 

someone who doesn’t have one at 

the time — people who are family 

count; a moment each day will be 

spent being “childish” and enjoying 

all that is good about that state; 

I will remember that my spouse 

is also my best friend and do one 

“best friend” thing for her daily; I 

will avoid disappointment and not 

enter any more beauty pageants; I 

will enjoy the aging process and 

realize that no matter what I do, it 

isn’t reversible and is much better 

than the alternative. 

That should do it. Now I think 

I’ll type my resolutions up and 

post them where I’ll see them daily 

and be reminded. I’ll put a copy 

in the refrigerator, I look in there 

frequently. The steering wheel 

would be another good place, I 

spend a lot of time running around 

each day. I’ll tape another copy on 

the floor near the spot on the bed 

where I sit for my daily wrestling 

match with my socks. I thought 

about taping one on the mirror 

in the bathroom, but I realized 

that the older I get, the less time 

I spend looking in the mirror; I no 

longer want to see what it wants to 

show me. 

I might tape a copy to each 

doorway so when I go into a room 

and can’t remember why I went in 

there, I can at least better myself 

while I’m trying to recall my lost 

mission. 

Well, I guess I’m ready for the 

New Year, so bring it on. I’m sure 

that like all the others, it’s gonna 

be a doozy and has to be better 

than the one it’s replacing. 

Thought for the week — Always 

remember you’re unique, 

just like everyone else. 

Until next week, may you and 

yours be happy and well. 

Contact Dick Brooks at whittle12124@yahoo.com. 

Transcribed from her diary by 

Kathy Saurer Osborne 

Sunday, Dec. 31: Cloudy. Fair 

later. Adrienne Adele JoAnn & 

Gene & I went to Church. 33 out. 

Pearl H played. P.M. we were asked 

to Delite’s for supper. Had a good 

time. Not a bad year. Hope the next 

will be as good. HA,LH 

Monday, Jan. 1: Just zero A.M. 

A fine day. Put out the wash & it 

dried nicely. Brought it in & aired 

it & put most of it away. Gene in & 

out visiting. P.M. mended for Delite 

& crocheted. This A.M. wrote 3 

postal cards for Edith Baitsholts. 

Mrs Gifford’s funeral is Wed. At 

1 P.M. at the church. The children 

skated on the dam this P.M. Mr & 

Mrs Bates & Albert, Porter, Gene, 

Adele Adrienne & Allyn. 

Tuesday, Jan. 2: Cloudy & 

warmer. Joyce & Chuck came 

Grandma Mackey’s Diary 

about 12. He was back & took her 

to Gedney’s this A.M. Ironed etc. 

Delos had a letter from Carl. He is 

about 30 miles from Seol (?). 

Wednesday, Jan. 3: Cloudy rain. 

Did hand washing & ironed etc. 

Helped Gene with her dishes. Gene 

& I went to Mrs Louie Gifford’s funeral 

this P.M. Adrienne at the suit 

of Raymond Knowls & Howard 

Whilbeck taking notes in shorthand 

(evidence). 

Thursday, Jan. 4: A fine warm 

day. Thawing. Took the Christmas 

tree down & put away most of the 

things. Cleaned the bedrooms & 

hall & the rug in the parlor. Crocheted. 

Adrienne didn’t feel well 

& staid home, but is better tonite. 

Babysitting at Bates’. Gene had 

a letter from Joyce she is working 

Sat. A.M. Chuck called too & told 

me. He is bringing her out. 

Friday, Jan. 5: Cloudy. Cleaned 

1950-51 life in Medusa 

rug & did everyday work. Adele 

home today, not feeling well. Joyce 

has to work Sat A.M. Sorry! Adrienne 

has gone with Janet to the Basket 

Ball game, & Don has gone to a 

meeting at the Shop. 

Saturday, Jan. 6: Fair. Thawing. 

Did necessary work. Chuck brought 

Joyce in the P.M. She doesn’t feel 

very well. Stomach! Addie & I went 

to the Card Party at Cora Brittons. I 

got 1st. Chuck back in the evening. 

Girls at Janet’s playing Canasta. 

Sunday, Jan. 7: Snow. Went to 

Church. Adele & I played. Chuck 

here in P.M. & again in the evening. 

No moving if the wind blows. 

Monday, Jan. 8: Fair. Some 

wind. Gene did the washing. Too 

cold to hang it out. Crocheted & 

cut up the pumpkin & cooked 

about half of it. Children in school. 

Chuck staid last nite & took Joyce 

to meet Gedney. Chuck has gone to 

do more work at Van Epi. Gertrude 

is calling Mable to come there. The 

temperature is 12 above tonite. 

Have to furnish lunch at the Ladies 

Aux. tomorrow. 

Tuesday, Jan. 9: Fair & cold. 8 

below A.M. Put out the wash. Very 

cold. Dr. Bott called, can’t do much 

for my ears. $4. Addie was in a few 

minutes & Ada for the Ladies Aux 

treasure’s report. Girls at the Youth 

Fellowship at Howard Bell’s. Gave 

the Ladies Aux $1 for dues. 

Wednesday, Jan. 10: Fair. Cold. 

Just zero. Gertrude went to Aunt 

Mable’s & Delite came & I went 

there for the day. I canned the pumpkin 

& brought one back tonite. Don 

brought Gertrude home after we 

came. Will have to do our ironing 

tomorrow also clean the bedrooms. 

Thursday, Jan. 11: Cloudy. Finished 

ironing & cleaned bedrooms. 

Have half of the Fireman’s Aux. 

luncheon cloth finished. Called 

Delite she feels fairly good. She 

was afraid she was getting the “La- 

Grippe.” 

Friday, Jan. 12: Fair. Finished 

cleaning bedrooms & livingrooms. 

Joyce came with Don. He had the 

switch for the oven. I put it in. 

Chuck came & staid the evening. 

Adele went to the B.B. game. Adrienne 

& I to the Community Party 

& Don & Gertrude to Bronson’s to 

view the Ezzard Charles fight via 

T.V. 

Saturday, Jan. 13: Fair. Made a 

raisin pie & a pumpkin pie & Adrienne 

toll house cookies. Don & 

family went to Hudson to the Chiropractor. 

Joyce washed & I waxed 

the kitchen floor. She & Chuck 

have gone out. The girls & friends 

have gone skating.


Chase leads to arrest, 75 tickets for Slingerlands man 



CATSKILL — A Slingerlands man 

was arrested and issued 75 tickets after a 

chase through Greene County, according 

to state police. 

Timothy B. Hall Jr., 41, of Slingerlands, 

was arrested Dec. 12 by state police 

from the Coxsackie barracks after 

he led officers on a chase that lasted 20 

By Mary Schoepe 


For over 40 years, microwave ovens 

have been one of the most popular kitchen 

appliances because they’re fast, convenient 

and affordable. But cooking with 

a microwave may not be the healthiest 

option. 

Today’s post explores the pros and 

cons of using this popular cooking appliance. 

Before moving on, I would like to 

clarify what a microwave is. A microwave 

is a form of non-ionizing radiation 

that changes the electromagnetic nature 

of atoms. In other words, your food is 

being zapped by high frequency waves 

of heat. 

Interestingly enough, some experts 

like Dr. Hans Hertel argue that this radiation 

can increase cholesterol levels, 

decrease red and white blood cell counts, 

miles and at speeds reaching 90 mph, police 

said. 

Troopers stopped Hall in a 2019 

Mitsubishi Outlander at approximately 

1:44 a.m. on West Main Street near the 

intersection of Route 9W in the town of 

Catskill to issue a traffic violation, according 

to state police. 

“As troopers approached the vehicle, 

the operator, later identified as Timothy 

B. Hall Jr., 41, from Slingerlands, put the 

and decrease hemoglobin. 

A 1991 study conducted by Dr. Hertel 

explored how microwaves change 

the molecular structure of food and the 

effects it has on your body. His study 

concluded that when consumed, microwaved 

milk and vegetables decrease 

HDL (good) cholesterol and reduce red 

and white blood cells. 

Here’s another concerning issue — 

carcinogenic toxins. 

The packaging of common microwavable 

food products such as pizza, 

chips and corn contain carcinogenic 

toxins including terpthalate and dioxins. 

According to nutritionist Rick Hay, “The 

carcinogenic toxins leak out of the containers 

and end up in your food and then 

into your digestive and immune system, 

which can affect fertility, hormone balance, 

blood pressure, mood, libido and 

cardiovascular health.” 

However, the Slow Food Movement 

vehicle in reverse and attempted to strike 

a police vehicle as he fled the scene,” according 

to a statement from state police. 

“Troopers pursued the vehicle for approximately 

20 miles with speeds reaching 

90 miles per hour.” 

Hall pulled over into a driveway on 

Route 67 and fled the scene on foot, police 

said. He was arrested following a 

brief foot pursuit and taken into custody. 

Hall was charged with second-degree 

Fitness Concepts 

Microwave ovens: A hot issue 

founded in 1986 by Carlo Petrini has left 

a growing number of microwaves dormant. 

This global initiative is focused 

on encouraging people to stop eating fast 

food and instead to take time to prepare 

and eat whole, locally sourced foods. 

For many, this movement has sparked 

an interest in where and how our food is 

grown or raised. And that awareness is 

one of the reasons farmers markets are 

so popular. By giving consumers access 

to locally grown farm-fresh produce and 

enabling farmers to develop a personal 

relationship with their customers, farmers 

markets create an important link between 

farms and cities. 

In addition to the growth of the Slow 

Food Movement, the organic foods 

movement is also growing at a rapid 

pace, making it a $52.5 billion a year industry. 

Foods with the USDA Organic seal 

guarantees that fruits and vegetables are 

assault, a felony; third-degree fleeing 

a police officer in a motor vehicle; obstruction 

of governmental administration; 

reckless driving and driving while 

intoxicated, all misdemeanors, according 

to police. 

He was also issued 75 tickets for traffic 

violations in Cairo and Catskill. 

Hall was arraigned in the Town 

of Athens Court and remanded to the 

Greene County Jail. 

completely GMO free. These strict standards 

also apply to livestock and prohibit 

antibiotics or growth hormones in livestock. 

Living in upstate New York we are 

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Scribner Hollow Farms, East 

Durham Farms, Heather Ridge Farms, 

Hudson Farmers Market, Story’s Farm, 

Sugar Maples Farm, the Fromer Farm 

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that once you introduce real whole foods 

to your family, you’ll kick your microwave 

to the curb! 

If you’re interested in how you can be 

a part of the Slow Food Movement, visit 

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Preston Hollow Methodist 

Church, then and now 

By Mary Lou Nahas 


I imagine a number of you have 

driven through Preston Hollow on 

Route 145 and wondered about the 

Methodist church building next to 

the cemetery. I am not referring to 

the Baptist church that is still in fine 

repair and active on the other side of 

the cemetery. 

The Methodist church has not 

been used as a church for some 

time. Windows have been broken 

and the interior vandalized, but it 

was once a lovely church. 

For a number of years, it has 

been for sale through the Albany 

County Land Bank, a non-profit 

organization established in 2014 

to facilitate the process of acquiring, 

improving and redistributing 

tax-foreclosed, vacant or abandoned 

properties. 

The Land Bank works in partnership 

with local and state government, 

non-profits, residents and 

community groups. I called the 

number listed on their sign on the 

door and was told that the property 

was in the process of being sold and 

they hoped the closing would be 

soon. I have no idea who the new 

owner is and what they will do with 

the building, but I wanted to tell the 

story of the church. 

According to the “History of 

Albany County Township of Rensselaerville,” 

the Methodist Society 

of Preston Hollow was organized 

about 1840 by a group of devout 

Methodist men and women who 

met for worship in what they called 

“The Meeting House.” 

In August 1845, the trustees of 

the M.E. Church (as it was then 

called) purchased the Church of 

Nathaniel Rider of the Town of 

Rensselaerville Albany County. 

The account, which is also published 

in the book “People Made It 

Happen Here,” does not say if the 

church was on the present site or 

was moved there from somewhere 

else in the town. 

“A meeting of the male members 

of the Methodist church and 

society in Preston Hollow [was] 

held pursuant to public notice on 

the last Saturday of February 1847 

at 6 o’clock p.m. at the store of M 

Smith [this was Melancton Smith] 

for the purpose of electing Trustees 

in said society. The Rev. Charles 

Gorse 

Real, 

was present 

Reputable, 

as moderator & 

Melancton Smith as clerk. It was 

resolved by a majority of votes that 

Melancton Smith, John W. Couchman 

Media. 

and Phineas Holmes serve as 

Trustees for the ensuing year.” 

And it was resolved that this 

meeting be adjourned until the last 

Saturday in February 1848. In those 

days only male members were 

trustees. 

Melancton continued to serve as 

trustee for many years. Other trustees 

and officers included John W. 

Couchman, Phineas Holmes, Wm. 

C Smith, John W.P. Rivenburg, 

William SUPPORTS Haines, William REAL Elsbree, 

Lewis Craw, Harvey Brown, Danie 

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Deyo, Robert Arnold, William 

Morison, William Haines, James 

Conyes, Peter Hess, Valentine 

Cook, A. E. Hinman, Smith Hess, 

Elisha Cook, C. T. Haines, Levi Conyes, 

Alger Clerk, Levi Alger, Edgar 

Matice, Andrey Tiffney, Elisha 

Cook — all prominent men in the 

area. 

In February 1867, Melancton 

Smith was directed as clerk to transfer 

the records of the M.E. Church 

in Preston Hollow from files on 

paper to a book — the book was 8 

x 6 1/2 and has handwritten on the 

fly leaf: “Register of the Methodist 

Episcopal Church in Preston Hollow 

Albany Co. NY.” [The information 

was copied in May 1974 by 

Clarissa E. Ketcham of Greenville, 

who wrote that the present owner of 

the book is Clifton Hess of Preston 

Hollow. I do not know who might 

have the book today]. 

Mrs. Potter A. Scott wrote a 

historical sketch of the church for 

its 100th anniversary on Aug. 8, 

1945. The sketch is also found in 

“People Made It Happen Here” and 

probably elsewhere. Mrs. Scott tells 

us that in 1884 the church was remodeled. 

The gallery was removed 

and an arch was erected in back 

of the pulpit. A new desk and altar 

rail, both hand carved, were made 

by John Burhans, one of the carpenters, 

and presented by Thomas 

Scott. These were still in use in 

1945. 

In 1896 or 1897, the church 

was again repaired by the pastor, 

the Rev. George Tompson, and 

helpers. A belfry with a 606-pound 

bronze bell was added. The interior 

was redecorated, the present [1945] 

windows, seats, chairs for pulpit 

and chairs for session room were 

placed. Dedication services were 

held, with an unusually large congregation 

present. 

In 1915 or 1916, the Rev. 

Metzger was “on the Charge.” Mrs. 

Scotts tells us: “A new Organ was 

installed which was quite an event. 

Electric lights have been added 

to the beauty and convenience of 

the Church. Heatrolia has been installed 

to the comfort of the Congregation.” 

David Avitable in his recent story 

on the church in the Mountain 

Eagle explains that a Heatrolia is a 

coal-burning, warm-air stove. 

In 1941, a “kitchen was added 

with the necessary equipment. Sideboard, 

sink, shelves, tables making 

it convenient for those who worked 

on committees for suppers etc. July 

1945 after a board meeting, as we 

were having lunch, the floor gave 

in due to water under the floor, Mrs. 

Scott remarks. Concrete is being 

put in. In 1945 we are again redecorating 

our church both interior and 

exterior.” 

“The 8th day of August 1945 

we are observing our 100th Anniversary. 

Our Pastor Rev. Starr has 

charge of the Program. Anniversary 

Sermon is by Rev. Conrad Metzger, 

a former pastor. Rev. Bro Seamon 

only visiting pastor. Offering of 


$105.03 was given,” she concludes. 

As part of the Methodist Church, 

Preston Hollow had relationships 

with other congregations. Ministers 

frequently stayed only two years at 

one church and then were moved 

to another church. Some ministers 

served more than one church. 

The Preston Hollow Church 

and the Oak Hill United Methodist 

Church are an example as the registry 

book illustrates: 

“We have enjoyed the different 

Pastors and Dist. Spt. as they 

have come among us. Some of the 

Pastors are Earl, Gaylord, Gorse, 

Ackerley, Leadbeater, Burkins, 

Gritman, Keagan, Spencer, Ferris, 

Bullen, Crawford [who also 

served at Oak Hill 1905-1907], 

Metzger [who served at Oak Hill 

1914-1916], Zinck [who served in 

Oak Hill 1919-1921], Price, Lockett 

[who served at Oak Hill 1926- 

1928], Weber, McGrain, Garrett 

[who was at Oak Hill in 1928 when 

their church was remodeled], Seaman, 

Magee [served at Oak Hill 

1938-1944. It appears that Arthur 

Magee might have been serving 

both churches when he died.]” 

Mrs. Scott wrote: “We were very 

much grieved at the passing of Rev. 

Magee March 26, a man of sterling 

qualities. He had been with us nearly 

seven years. [Arthur Magee was 

at the Oak Hill Church from 1938 

to 1944] Rev. Harder of Greenville 

very kindly finished Bro. Magee’s 

years which we appreciated very 

much. District Superintendent Rev. 

Bro. Carrol has supplied our church 

this year with a STARR of great 

magnitude and we are delighted 

with his choice.” [She is referring 

to the Rev. Starr, who was also the 

pastor at Oak Hill and many others 

churches over the years.] 

There is also an account of a special 

meeting Oct. 3, 1888, to talk of 

purchasing the dwelling now occupied 

as a parsonage in Oak Hill and 

of annexing it to the church property, 

Oak Hill to pay 2/3 and Preston 

Hollow 1/3. The meeting was not 

fully represented and a motion was 

made to adjourn for one week. I do 

not believe the two churches entered 

into that agreement, but they 

had made an Inventory of Parsonage 

Furniture in March 12, 1887. 

Bought by H.W. Ackerley, pastor: 

“March 30, 1887: Report of 

Parsonage Furniture read and copied 

into the minutes submitted by 

C. Original reported pasted inside 

of back cover. Carpets for parlors 

sitting room 46.50; Oil cloths 7.84; 

matting for two bedrooms 2.70; 

stair carpet rods and border 3.75; 

shades and fixtures 5.20; 1 kettle 

.90; 1 lounge 9.00; 2 stands 6.00; 

graining and painting 5.00; chair 

rocker 2.25: $89.14. Amount paid 

for the above: Oak Hill paid $60; 

Preston Hollow paid $12; Medusa 

paid $8.; boy orator receipts $8: 

Total $88.00.” [So there were three 

churches involved.] Further listed 

were “One hanging lamp; one stand 

lamp; three hooks. 4.30.” 

Also included was an Inventory 

Many people, both men and 

women, kept diaries in the past. 

I have a small collection of local 

diaries and would love to have 

more because they illustrate the 

daily lives people were leading 

and what and who was important 

to them. Most people started 

diary keeping on January 1 of 

a given year. While they may 

not have continued recording 

until the end of the year, the diaries 

usually tell what their authors 

post card were showing doing on the New Preston Year’s Hollow Church after the bell was installed. 


A 

On Day. the Since right side this is edition the shed of where “The the horses were kept during services. On 

the Greenville left is the Pioneer” cemetery. is coming 

out on January 1, I thought I 

would share with you how some 

people spent that day in the past. 

I don’t even know the names of 

all those who kept the diaries. 

Often, they didn’t put their 

names in the books. Perhaps you 

can guess who the authors might 

have been. If you do find a clue, 

please let me know. 

Helen Tripp was one of the 

daughters of Alfred and Maria 

Utter Tripp. She was born January 

26,1853, and she lived until 

January 27, 1917. She lived 

in the brick house on the main 

street of Oak Hill with her family. 

On January 1, 1874, she 


started a diary: 

An early photo when the church was in good repair. Photo courtesy of “Peo- 

Thursday, Weather very 

ple Made It Happen Here”. 

pleasant. I worked around the 

house until noon. In the afternoon 

sewed on my dress. Did 

not go anywhere nor was there 

any one in here till evening. Mrs. 

Eliza Flower called. Received a 

letter from Libbie Russell. 

Friday, January 2: Weather 

very pleasant, thawed all day. 

I sewed on my dress nearly all 

day. Aunt Mary Utter and Jimmie 

came down this evening to 

go to the donation. [I can imagine 

what the donation was, but 

can anyone share more information?] 

Aunt Mary invited us to 

go with her. The coal fire went 

out last night. I had to make it 

up this morning. Aunt Mary had 

a very nice time; they cleared 

$104. 

Saturday, January.3: Weather 

very pleasant; thawed all day 

again today. I had to make the 

coal fire again today. Father, 

Mother, Hattie and Carrie [her 

two youngest sisters] went over 

to Uncle Briggs today. [Uncle 

Briggs was a Tripp and lived in 

Medusa or Westerlo]. I finished 

my dress, all but the buttons and 

pockets. 

Sunday, January 4: Weather 

very nice and pleasant. Went to 

Durham to church this morning. 

Did not get back in time 

for Sunday School. Did not go 

to church this afternoon. [The 

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NOT SOCIAL MEDIA HEADLINES & FAKE NEWS. 

was a time to go south. A series 

of diaries written by the Wade 

family give an idea of what the 

New York folks did in Florida: 

Gainesville Fla Jan 1, 1925. 

Many people k 

The back of the dustjacket of Brooks Atkinson’s bo 

his many achievements. 

Mary Wade of Oak Hill was one of the many area p 

winter. Some visited; others retired there. Most pe 

Florida, and there are numerous accounts of their 

and possibly car repairs along the way. 

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Vegetation has grown over the once beautiful stained-glass windows. 

Tripps lived next to the Oak Hill 

of Methodist “Old Furniture: Church [which and I were assume always 

in very the parsonage] involved 20 there.] chairs, Or- 

2 Elliston and others. Deed recorded 

conveyed to the church DUMPSTER 

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extension Did not go table; to church. 1 square [It table; sounds 1 sum of $900. 

cook like there stove; were 2 base opportunities burners; 2 carpets 

spend upstairs the ingrain; whole 1 day rag and carpet eve- 

on ledger The dress stated: Helen “A Mark Tripp special wrote Overbaugh about business 

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held fashionable attire 

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Nov. good 12, and 1950. notions. Rev. Some Garrett ladies brought in town had a dress 

clear, 1,1887: I find Thurs. it fascinating Went to to know Alcove—got 

was in the 3 gal. houses kerosene. and what the finances gether outside and meetings. our tents Rev. plac- 

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rett ing pointed our tables out a together. list of obligations (Menu: Touri 

I 1888 found Rained of interest all day. included Hugh mention 

in evening. of a committee to investigate 

here Board. white Proctor potatoes, Scott cucumber made a motion pickles, 

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obligations. 

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and the building wind a is church still hall blowing. over 

dishes for us. Mrs. Bates and anniv 

Secretary.” 

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I could shed. Miss not get Florence home Kline last 1920 

On Feb. 1, 1953, the first wedding 

ever in the church was that 

night 

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for the for snow 1 year. was Mrs. drifted. Florence Mr. 

Hale, 

Jan 1, 1928: Spend the day a Palm 

Whitehead organist and one myself year. 1924 played Mrs. of Robert Dingman and Rosemary 

5 

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home. Bates are away the week and I 

games of assistant dominoes organist. this morning. 

In the Whitbeck evening elected played trustee tendants were Mr. and Mrs. David 

1928 Provan 1:30 p.m. Sunday. At- 

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for this afternoon. We spend our turke 

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brother to have drove electric them to lights the in house the On April 25, 1957, aw church 

church to break — out committee the roads. for lights are window was broken by a truck. 

three trustees with Lucina Dingman In Deland 1963, the Fla: church Jan was 1, 1930 sold to A ness 

and Mr. Jan. G. 1, H. 1918: Wood. A diary from William very lovely McMahan day. who Need held no services 

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head cheese and hockeye [a pig in afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Kipp 

product]. 

from Orange City call in the 

For years many Oak Hill and evening. Tooldie seems some 

Vicinity families have gone to better today. 80 in the shade. 

Florida in the winter; the Tripps, Jan 1, 1935: A lovely day. 

the Fords, and the Wades all had We call on Mr. and Mrs. Vincent 

houses in the Bradenton area. #SupportRealNews 

and the Hacks. Have our din- 

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CLERK, from page 1 

the integrity to stand up and say 

this was all bad treatment,” Park 

said. 

She asked Town Supervisor 

Paul Macko to publicly acknowledge 

who he voted for at 

the caucus, and claimed Town 

Councilman Travis Richards 

“hasn’t looked me in the eye 

since May.” 

“Unless you are going to say 

that you supported me, I don’t 

really want to have thanks because 

it is not shown,” Park 

said. 

She also alleged that Town 

Councilman Richard Bear has 

been “slandering” her around 

town. 

Bear denied the accusation. 

“I am sorry, but I don’t know 

where I slandered you,” Bear 

said. 

Park claimed the caucus was 

not advertised sufficiently and 

that many Republicans were unaware 

that it was taking place in 

June. 

“There were a thousand Republicans 

that did not have a 

vote at that caucus because they 

didn’t know about it,” Park said. 

“And anyone on the committee, 

and anyone that knew about it, 

should have been able to stand 

up and say, ‘Jackie has done a 

great job and she keeps us in 

line as best she can.’ It is very 

disappointing.” 

Around 100 Republicans 

took part in the June caucus, 

held at the North Barn in Vanderbilt 

Town Park. 

Rosemary Lewis, a member 

of the Greenville Republican 

Committee and mother-in-law 

of Town Clerk-elect Jessica 

Lewis, said Park’s claims are “a 

personal opinion.” 

“You go to caucus, you bring 

people and people get nominated, 

and then the townspeople 

vote for who they want to run in 

the election,” Rosemary Lewis 

said in a telephone interview. 

Macko said at the meeting 

he cast his vote for Park at the 

caucus. 

“May lightning strike me 

dead, I voted for you at that 

caucus and [Town Councilman] 

John [Bensen] sat right next to 

me, right alongside me, and saw 

who I voted for,” Macko said. 

Bensen agreed. 

Park, a registered nurse, said 

she will next return to the health 

care field. 

“This dirty politics has 

messed with my retirement, 

my health insurance, and what 

I do,” Park said. “Thank God I 

have a license to fall back on. 

This is not a joke and it’s disgusting 

what happened.” 

Jessica Lewis could not be 

reached for comment at press 

time. She will take office effective 

Jan. 1. 

CAIRO, from page 1 

“As a board member, it makes 

you think, if so many people 

came out for this,” Kralovich 

said. “I will be honest — I was 

kind of leaning in the other direction, 

but listening to everyone and 

the passion, it makes you think.” 

Watts voted to opt in and said 

a wait-and-see attitude could cost 

the town money. 

“I am afraid if we opt out, 

businesses are going to skip right 

over us and we will miss the opportunity 

because we are not 

ready for them,” Watts said. 

Watts said he surveyed shoppers 

at the Hannaford supermarket 

about the issue and the great 

majority were in favor. The responses, 

he said, were sometimes 

surprising to him. 

“I asked from elderly people 

right down to 18, everybody that 

would vote, and it was 95% of 

the people said they were for it 

or they didn’t have an opinion,” 

Watts added. “Only about 5% 

of the people said no, absolutely 

not.” 

Most of the people in the audience 

were in favor of permitting 

dispensaries. 

“It’s my opinion that it is not 

a bad thing to have a dispensary,” 

Claudia Zucker said. “I don’t 

think it’s a great idea to have 

lounges, but I think a dispensary 

is a great thing for the town. I 

understand it is very expensive to 

get the license and I am for it. As 

a business owner on Main Street, 

I am for it.” 

Several supporters of dispensaries 

said they would bring both 

tax dollars and additional economic 

activity to the area. 

“In Saugerties, four stores are 

opening,” Robert Malkin said. 

“Hudson stores are opening, 

Catskill stores are opening. Are 

we sending our people here and 

tourists to those towns? Why? 

If you look at Great Barrington 

(where dispensaries are permitted), 

all the restaurants, they are 

getting so much business.” 

Augie Freeman believes the 

town will miss out if they opt out 

now and then opt in later on. 

“If you wait — and if you 

have a business owner who wants 

to buy land and open something 

here — if you kick this can down 

the road three months, six months, 

he will be somewhere else,” Freeman 

said. “This is going to be fast 

and furious when it happens. It 

will be a done deal. People that 

have the funds to do these things 

are going to do it quickly. They 

want to be open and operational.” 

“Are pot heads scary?” he 

added. “They are not. It’s not that 

big of a deal.” 

Attorney Monica Kenny-Keff 

was one of a couple of residents 

and business owners who spoke 

in favor of opting out and not permitting 

dispensaries in the town. 

“I am supporting opting out 

because you can opt back in. 

The more information you had 

to make the decision, the better it 

is,” Kenny-Keff said. 

In Colorado, where dispensaries 

have been permitted since 

2012, the economic impact was 

harmful in the beginning, she 

said. 

“Insurance rates in Colorado 

are through the roof. They have 

lost money — Colorado lost millions 

when they first did it. It is 

going to take them years just to 

break even,” Kenny-Keff said. 

“Where my building is on Main 

Street, I have had to call the police 

several times for the drug 

addicts hanging out down the 

street…. Catskill may be opting 

in, Coxsackie has opted in. Jewett 

has opted out. Durham, I believe, 

is opting out. So we are not the 

only ones saying wait, let’s see 

how this goes.” 

Nancy McGahan supported 

permitting dispensaries. 

“I totally agree with opting in 

on the law,” she said. “Already 

we have high marijuana use in 

this area and oftentimes it is laced 

with other things. Waiting will 

just put us behind the eight-ball. 

We have surrounding communities 

that are already opting in and 

on top of that, Cairo needs revenue. 

Why would we leave money 

on the table? I don’t understand 

why the board would even consider 

opting out at this point.” 

Business owner Sheila Gallagher 

urged board members to 

check out cannabis dispensaries 

in other states, such as Massachusetts, 

to see how they operate. 

“You really should visit — 

these are professional businesses. 

These people have to put a lot of 

money into these businesses. I am 

absolutely for opting in,” Gallagher 

said. “Cairo needs businesses. 

These are businesses just like 

any other. We cannot opt out of 

this. We need to go forward. If we 

opt out and then try to go back later, 

we will miss the bus.” 

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The Cairo Town Council voted 3-2 to opt out of permitting cannabis dispensaries and lounges in the town despite 

vocal opposition during a December public hearing. 

spring all adults were eligible, 

though vaccines for children 

ages 5-11 would not be approved 

until late in the year. 

After a winter surge early 

in the year, virus infections 

slowed dramatically for a time 

in New York state, and at one 

point over the summer the number 

of infections in Greene 

County ground to a halt, and for 

a brief two days was at zero active 

cases. 

But the decrease in cases 

was short lived, picking up 

again until the delta variant 

became the prominent variant 

worldwide and led to a sharp increase 

in cases and, once again, 

deaths. 

Testing picked up in Greene 

County as the county provided 

a mobile testing van that traveled 

the county providing free 

testing for the virus. Booster 

shots also became available to 

all late in the year and are now 

viewed by the U.S. Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention 

and other health experts as one 

of the most important tools in 

fighting the latest variant of the 

virus, omicron. 

As of Dec. 23, the Greene 

County Public Health Department 

reported one of the highest 

numbers of active cases of 

the virus this year at 463, with 

60 of those cases at the correctional 

facilities in Coxsackie, 

and 28 residents hospitalized 

with COVID-19. Ninety-two 

county residents have died from 

the virus since the beginning of 

the outbreak. 

Face masks came and went 

for the most part in 2021. While 

mask mandates from the state 

let up over the summer and fall, 

with the rise of the omicron 

variant late in the year, Gov. 

Kathy Hochul reinstituted the 

requirement, but some counties 

in the state have declined to 

enforce the mandate, including 

Greene County. 

While things were far from 

normal in 2021, the economic 

shutdowns of the previous year 

became a thing of the past, with 

stores and businesses reopened. 

Schools were in person again, 

though some transitioned back 

and forth between in person and 

remote due to outbreaks and 

staffing shortages. 

2: BOSQUE HOUSING 

DEVELOPMENT 

The biggest story of 2021 

in Durham was the proposed 

Bosque housing development 

slated for Strong and Cornwallville 

Roads. 

The proposal, which includes 

12 high-end homes and a 

farm with a barn that will serve 

as a community and event center, 

was proposed in December 

2020 and since then has drawn 

sharp criticism in the community. 

Opponents to the project 

cite concerns about changing 

the character of the community, 

along with traffic, water and 

other issues, particularly with 

the development’s siting within 

the Cornwallville Historic District. 

The project received a negative 

declaration by the town 

council for environmental impacts 

following a six-hour review 

over two town meetings in 

August and early October. The 

declaration led to a lawsuit by 

local residents that awaits adjudication 

in the courts. 

The town also held two public 

hearings in November and 

December, which drew a full 

house to the former Durham 

Elementary School, where opponents 

continued to voice their 

concerns. 

The hearings were not intended 

for responses from either 

the town council or the developer, 

Town Supervisor Shawn 

Marriott said at the beginning 

of each session. Responses to 

local concerns are expected to 

be addressed as the review process 

continues in 2022. 

3: GREENVILLE INFRA- 

STRUCTURE UPGRADES 

The town of Greenville 

moved forward in several aspects 

of its infrastructure in 

2021. 

The town completed sidewalk 

construction in the middle 

of the year, with work beginning 

in April. The $714,160 

project installed sidewalks in 

front of George V. Vanderbilt 

Town Park up to Greenville 

Country Estates, and by Kelly’s 

Pharmacy, The Tasting Lab and 

the Tiny Diner on Route 32. 

Callanan Industries was the 

project’s contractor. A majority 

of the cost of the project was reimbursed 

by the state. 

Work commenced also in 

front of Greenwood Apartments, 

the Boy Scouts building 

and Prevost Hall on Route 32. 

Elevated areas of existing sidewalks 

that were not previously 

handicapped accessible were 

also replaced. 

The Greenville project was 

combined into a single bid 

with a similar project slated 

for Cairo at the suggestion of 

the state, leading to savings for 

both towns. The Cairo project 

was completed last year, but the 

weather turned cold in late 2020 

before the Greenville project 

could be done, so it was pushed 

to spring 2021. 

Bid out twice in search of 

a lower price tag, the second 

bidding process came in at $1.2 

million from Callanan Industries, 

for both towns combined. 

The Greenville portion of the 

bid came to $714,160, with 80% 

of the cost of the project reimbursed 

by the state Department 

of Transportation, according to 

Town Supervisor Paul Macko at 

the time. 

The project was completed 

in late June. 

4: CAIRO CANNABIS 

DISPENSARY BAN 

In December, the town of 

Cairo became one of the first 

communities in Greene County 

to opt out of permitting cannabis 

dispensaries and on-site 

consumption lounges, despite 

significant community pushback 

supporting the businesses 

at a public hearing in December. 

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 

who resigned in August 

amid scandal, in April signed 

legislation legalizing adult use 

of marijuana in New York state, 

leaving it up to individual municipalities 

to decide whether to 

opt in or opt out. 

Dispensaries and lounges 

will be legally permitted to 

open in the state in April 2022, 

but local communities can 

choose to prohibit them following 

a public hearing. 

Communities throughout 

Greene County in late 2021 held 

public hearings to discuss the 

issue, with some opting in and 

others opting out. Those that 

opt out before Dec. 31 will be 

able to opt in later on, but those 

that opt in this year will not be 

able to alter that decision, under 

the state law. 

The Cairo Town Council 

in December voted to opt out, 

leaving many residents attending 

the Dec. 15 public hearing 

angry. Most attendees at the 

hearing voiced support of permitting 

the dispensaries, though 

many did oppose on-site consumption 

lounges — communities 

have the option to opt in 

for one and not the other, or for 

both. 

Supporters of the dispensaries 

said they could be an economic 

boon for Cairo, and the 

economic development would 

be welcomed, advocates said. 

Two individuals spoke out 

against both dispensaries and 

lounges, claiming the town 

should wait and see what happens 

in other communities that 

opt in. 

Town officials agreed with 

them by a vote of 3-2, with 

Town Councilmen Jason Watts 

and Stephen Kralovich voting 

in favor of opting in. 

At press time other local 

communities, including Greenville 

and New Baltimore, had 

not yet made a decision. 

5: SUPERINTENDENT 

RETIRING 

District Superintendent 

Tammy Sutherland announced 

in August 2021 that she was retiring 

Feb. 1 after 36 years with 

the district. 

Over nearly four decades, 

Sutherland served in many 

roles, including treasurer, assistant 

superintendent for business 

and district superintendent. 

“While her accomplishments 

are too numerous to 

list, one has only to look at the 

campus to see how a vision can 

be transformed into reality,” 

according to an Aug. 10 letter 

from the board of education to 

local families. 

The district hired the educational 

firm Castallo & Silky, 

which has worked with more 

than 120 school districts on superintendent 

searches, in September. 

The firm’s fee under the 

contract was approved in September 

at $16,000 plus expenses 

not to exceed $3,000. 

The district began the search 

with approving a timeline and 

included questionnaires completed 

by board of education 

members outlining the qualifications 

and qualities they would 

like in the new superintendent. 

The board also put out a 

survey in the fall asking local 

residents and families to gauge 

what they would like to see in a 

new superintendent. 

The district continues the 

search and interview process 

for a new superintendent. 

Holiday Match update: 

More than $1.7 

million going to local 

charities so far 

The Stewart’s Holiday Match 

Program is showing the true spirit 

of the holidays with giving; customer 

donations have reached over 

$871,000 through Dec. 22. That’s 

more than $1.7 million with the 

Stewart’s match so far. 

These donations stay local and 

support local nonprofits. Funding 

reaches libraries, arts programming 

and many school programs 

just to name a few. 

Each week, a different Holiday 

Match recipient is highlighted, this 

week, we are featuring Things of 

My Very Own. This non-profit organization 

provides crisis intervention 

services to children impacted 

by extensive abuse or neglect. The 

organization also helps children at 

risk of a child protective services 

intervention due to lack of necessities. 

Things of My Very Own 

has helped children in 11 counties 

across New York’s Capital Region 

and surrounding areas. 

The Stewart’s Holiday Match 

Program has no administrative fees 

and donates 100% of donations received 

to charities in their market 

areas. Stewart’s Shops matches 

each donation penny for penny and 

dollar for dollar and has been doing 

so for the past 35 years, raising 

over $32 million for local charities. 

While many other fundraising 

efforts spend 30% or more on 

overhead expenses, Stewart’s has 

no administrative fees and covers 

all the expenses. This means 100% 

goes to local nonprofits. 

Holiday Match funds are 

collected from Thanksgiving to 

Christmas Day in each of the 354 

shops. Local children’s organizations 

are encouraged to apply for 

funding here. The deadline for submission 

is January 31, 2022. All 

groups applying must be locally 

based, benefit children under 18, 

and be a qualified, charitable 501c3 

organization. A listing of all the 

local organizations that received 

funds last season is available online. 

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FAMILY FEATURES 

Gathering your team to plan for 

a truly memorable game day 

at home starts with almost 

everyone’s favorite part of 

the festivities: the food. From meaty 

meals and zesty appetizers to sweet, 

long-lasting snacks, fuel your crowd 

with recipes that keep them coming 

back from kickoff to overtime. 

One superstar of the menu at many 

homegating parties is salsa, whether 

it’s used as a finishing touch in recipes 

or as a standalone snack to enjoy with 

chips, veggies or other pairings. In fact, 

according to the Game Day Eats Report 

from Fresh Cravings, 22% of guests 

would insist on running out to pick up 

salsa if it wasn’t available for the feast; 

18% would even be devastated and 

consider leaving. 

Chef Anthony Serrano recommends 

these all-American recipes he makes 

for his family on game day. Pulled 

Beef and Slaw Sliders are perfect for 

piling high with delicious toppings 

before hitting the couch just in time 

for kickoff. Snacking throughout the 

action is a preferred approach for many 

fans, making Cast-Iron Smoked Queso 

Dip and Hummus Deviled Eggs go-to 

options for armchair quarterbacks. 

These crowd-pleasers make game 

day worth celebrating, especially 

if you use a salsa with high-quality 

ingredients like vine-ripened tomatoes, 

crisp vegetables, zesty peppers 

and spices found in Fresh Cravings 

Salsas. Their flavor-packed, vibrant 

recipe offers a homemade-tasting 

alternative to the softer, duller blends 

of jarred salsa. 

To find more championship-level 

game day recipe inspiration, visit 

FreshCravings.com. 

Pulled Beef and 

Slaw Sliders 

Recipe courtesy of chef 

Anthony Serrano 

Pulled Beef: 

2 pieces (about 3 pounds 

each) beef chuck roast 

2 tablespoons taco seasoning 

or barbecue rub 

1 cup beef bone broth 

16 ounces Fresh Cravings 

Chunky Mild Salsa 

Salsa and Queso Slaw: 

16 ounces Fresh Cravings 

Chunky Mild Salsa 

16 ounces broccoli slaw blend 

1/4 cup green onions, sliced 

1 teaspoon salt 

1 cup crumbled queso fresco 

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 

1/2 cup mayo 

2 tablespoons apple cider 

vinegar 

2 tablespoons cilantro 

(optional) 

slider buns 

Fresh Cravings Salsa 

barbecue sauce 

pickles 

jalapenos 

sliced cheese 

roasted peppers 

onions 

To make pulled beef: Season both 

sides of beef with taco seasoning. 

Wrap with plastic wrap and place in 

fridge 2-12 hours before cooking. 

Place meat, beef bone broth 

and salsa in pressure cooker; seal 

according to pressure cooker 

directions. Cook on high 60 

minutes. Once pressure cooker 

is safe to open according to 

instructions, open and let meat rest 

in liquid 15 minutes. 

Remove meat from liquid and 

place in large bowl. Carefully 

shred meat. Pour liquid, up to half, 

over meat while shredding to keep 

it juicy. 

To make salsa and queso slaw: 

In large bowl, mix salsa, slaw 

blend, green onions, salt, queso 

fresco, Dijon mustard, mayo, 

apple cider vinegar and cilantro, 

if desired. Cover with plastic 

wrap and refrig erate until needed. 

To assemble sliders, place pulled 

beef and salsa and queso slaw on 

buns. Top with salsa, barbecue 

sauce, pickles, jalapenos, sliced 

cheese, roasted peppers and onions. 

Hummus Deviled Eggs 

Recipe courtesy of chef Anthony Serrano 

6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled 

1/4 cup Fresh Cravings 

Classic Hummus 

1/4 cup smoked cheddar cheese 

2 tablespoons bacon, cooked 

and crumbled 

1 teaspoon yellow mustard 

1 teaspoon salt 

smoked Spanish paprika, 

for garnish 

parsley, for garnish 

Cut hard-boiled eggs in half lengthwise. 

Remove yolks and place in bowl. Using 

fork, mash yolks into fine crumble. 

Add hummus, cheese, bacon, mustard 

and salt; mix well. 

Evenly disperse teaspoons of yolk mixture 

into egg whites. Sprinkle with any 

remaining bacon, paprika and parsley. 

Cast-Iron Smoked Queso Dip 

Recipe courtesy of chef Anthony Serrano 

2 cups cheddar cheese 

1 cup Monterey Jack cheese 

1 teaspoon almond flour 

1 cup heavy cream 

1 cup Fresh Cravings Restaurant Style Salsa 

1 teaspoon paprika 

1 teaspoon sea salt 

1/4 cup cooked chorizo 

1 teaspoon liquid smoke 

cilantro, for garnish 

diced bell pepper, for garnish 

In cast-iron pan, mix cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese 

and almond flour. Pour in heavy cream and salsa; bring to 

gentle simmer. Whisk while simmering 5-7 minutes, or until 

queso dip begins to thicken. Add paprika, salt, chorizo and 

liquid smoke; adjust seasoning as necessary. 

Garnish with cilantro and bell pepper.


Living on Purpose 

Being prepared when it’s time to stand 

By Dr. Billy Holland 


In our modern world, we can 

agree there is no shortage of information. 

We are constantly surrounded 

by voices wanting to help 

us understand every subject under 

the sun. 

However, in our quest for gathering 

accurate information, we also 

realize that most of what we listen 

to, especially political news, is 

sprinkled with half-truths, speculations 

and biased observations. 

The bottom line is that we actually 

know very little about facts and 

depend heavily on outside sources 

to relay to us what they have heard. 

Imagine what we would know 

if there were no television, radio, 

newspaper, telephone, internet, or 

any type of media communication. 

Knowing about state, national or 

world events would be comparable 

to those who lived 200 years ago. 

Yes, we have certain convictions 

about social and spiritual issues, 

but for the most part, our views are 

shaped not by what we positively 

know to be a fact, but rather by 

trusting what someone has told us. 

When it comes to our spiritual 

perspectives, Christians have God’s 

Word and His Spirit that speaks 

directly to us, along with pastors 

and teachers who give us their interpretations, 

but again we must be 

discerning with the knowledge we 

gather. 

I have a friend who is in his 

80s and is known for saying that 

he listens to everything, but when 

it comes to politics and religion, 

he keeps his opinions to himself. 

He believes that political and spiritual 

views are deeply personal and 

a sure way to cause arguments, divisions, 

and make enemies. This is 

true, but I also believe especially 

from an evangelical perspective 

we should not be intimidated when 

God provides an opportunity to 

share our faith. 

When it comes to divine appointments, 

we are reminded of St. 

Francis who said that we should 

“preach everywhere and only use 

words if necessary,” which emphasizes 

the need to demonstrate Christ 

instead of just talking about Him. 

Christians are not secret agents, 

but are called to be ready and 

equipped to explain what we believe 

and why, even when it’s not 

popular. 

We are emotional beings but we 

cannot afford to be controlled by 

our emotions, and one of the most 

difficult challenges is to develop 

our spiritual discernment to the 

point where we know the difference 

between God’s voice and everyone 

else’s, including our own. 

Have you noticed when you 

sense the Holy Spirit beckoning for 

you to say or do something, immediately 

there are resisting persuasions 

trying to talk you out of it? 

No doubt, there are powerful 

forces at work attacking our 

thoughts and trying to distort and 

control our attitudes, emotions, and 

especially our obedience to Christ. 

Fear wants to manipulate, but we 

have the choice to allow it to dominate 

us or we can resist it. 

Our trust in Jesus as our Lord 

includes inviting Him to rule and 

reign within our mind and conscience. 

He wants to literally possess 

us, but without surrendering 

our will to Him, we are not able to 

walk in covenant with Him. This is 

why we study God’s Word every 

day and are constantly asking the 

Lord for wisdom and determination 

to execute self-discipline. Our spiritual 

destiny can be accomplished, 

but He is not going to do it for us. 

I sense we are moving into a 

time where the Christian can no 

longer use immaturity as an excuse 

to live in sin. I’m not just talking 

about blatant wickedness, but rather 

the subtle apathy of neglecting to 

walk with God. The sins of omission 

are refusing to do what God is 

saying and there are many who are 

hiding in the shadows as they refuse 

to learn and ask God for the courage 

to represent His truth. 

How can anyone say they love 

Him if they do not invest their time 

into knowing Him? How can we 

live in the light of His love if we are 

choosing to serve the darkness? We 

cannot dwell in the life of His truth 

if we are absorbing sin, which are 

the wages of death. 

Our flesh will argue we are too 

busy to concentrate on our relationship 

with the Lord, but we always 

make time for what we love. For 

those who are satisfied with living 

in lukewarmness, they will suffer 

great loss, but for the ones who are 

dedicated to abiding in the secret 

place of the most high, they will 

stand when it comes time to stand. 

Read more about the Christian 

life at billyhollandministries.com. 

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Because you care! 

Sometimes, things don’t always work out at home for a child. 

New York’s Office of Children and Family Services estimates that 130,000 

children around the state live with a grandparent, an aunt or uncle, or other 

family member. Some even live with close family friends. When a family member 

or close family friend assumes the responsibility of caring for a child, that’s called 

Kinship Care. 

Perhaps you are a kinship care provider, or know someone who is. If you are, 

you do it for all the right reasons. Because you care. But there’s good news. 

St. Catherine’s Center for Children has launched a new program to support 

kinship caregivers in Albany, Schenectady, Greene and Ulster Counties. The 

program connects caregivers like you to a variety of community and public 

support services, providing you with the tools you need to succeed. Want to learn 

more? Call us at the number below, or email kinshipcare@st-cath.org 

St. Catherine’s Center for Children 

40 North Main Avenue, Albany, NY 12203 

www.st-cath.org • 518-453-6700


Be A Better Gardener 

Greener maintenance: The silent landscaper 

By Thomas Christopher 


Qualified households may now 

pply for Home Energy Assistance 

ro¬gram (HEAP) grants, a federlly 

funded program that provides 

oth reg¬ular and emergency fiancial 

assistance to help pay heatng 

and utility bills. 

The grants are available 

hrough local Department of Soial 

Services (DSS) offices and 

ffices for the Aging. Customers 

f Central Hudson Gas & Electric 

orp. who receive a HEAP benet 

toward their ac¬count will also 

e issued a monthly credit on their 

ill for a max¬imum of 12 months 

ased on service type and amount 

f HEAP benefit. 

“We’re pleased to offer addiional 

assistance to families who 

ay be struggling and depend on 

EAP benefits, and encourage all 

ligible households to apply,” said 

nthony Campagiorni, Vice Presdent 

of Customer Services and 

egulatory Affairs. 

Campagiorni explained that 

ualified families using electricty 

or natural gas as their primary 

eating source may receive a reglar 

HEAP benefit $350 or more, 

epending on family income and 

ize guidelines, applied toward 

heir Central Hudson account. 


When environmental landscaper Matthew Benzie plants turf, he prefers to 

use mixtures of fine fescues, pictured, which require far less mowing than 

the traditional Kentucky bluegrass. 

“In addition to these grants, eligible 

customers will also receive a 

credit on their utility bills that provide 

further assistance in lowering 

their energy costs,” said Campagiorni. 

The bill credit is based on the 

type of heating source and income 

level. 

He added that qualified households 

receiving a HEAP benefit for 

non-utility heating fuels such as 

oil, propane, wood/wood pellets, 

kero¬sene, coal or corn are also eligible 

for a monthly credit on their 

electric or non-heating gas bill. 

“We’re happy to provide bill 

discounts to customers who heat 

with these fuels, as well,” said 

Campagiorni. 

Customers should email their 

HEAP Notice of Decision Letter to 

Central Hudson at CareUnit@cenhud.com 

to be enrolled and receive 

the bill credit. 

Regular HEAP grants for the 

fall and upcoming winter are available 

between now and Mar. 16, 

2020, or until funding is exhausted. 

Emergency HEAP grants will 

be available between Jan. 2 and 

Mar. 16, 2020. These benefits are 

designed to meet an eligible household’s 

immediate energy needs. 

There’s a story that has been 

getting a lot of attention from the 

media. In October, the state of California 

passed a law that, barring 

any unforeseen political or legal 

roadblocks, will phase out the use 

of gasoline-powered landscape 

equipment statewide by 2024. 

And yet – that puts the famously 

progressive state six years, I calculate, 

behind Matthew Benzie. 

Matthew is the proprietor of 

“Indigenous Ingenuities,” a landscape 

design, build and maintenance 

firm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 

Matt grew up, he says, loving 

the outdoors. When he graduated 

with his landscape architecture degree 

from the University of Massachusetts, 

he decided that his professional 

endeavors should further 

his personal ideals. He returned to 

Doylestown, a picturesque town 

in scenic Bucks County where 

he had passed his teenage years. 

Doylestown wasn’t as self-consciously 

progressive as some of the 

communities where Matthew had 

lived since, such as Northampton, 

Massachusetts, or Ashville, North 

Carolina, but he felt he could make 

an impact there. So, it was there 

that Matthew founded Indigenous 

Ingenuities in 2013. 

Matt’s goal was to earn a living, 

of course, but also to reinforce the 

connection between residents and 

their environment while also creating 

wildlife habitat and helping to 

heal the local environment. 

This involved some scrutiny of 

the profession he was entering. In 

fact, the so-called “green industry” 

isn’t always so green. 

We have traditionally relied on 

non-native plants that don’t serve 

pollinators or other local wildlife, 

and we have arranged these for visual 

display, too often without consulting 

how such a practice affects 

relationships within the landscape 

or between the landscape and the 

surrounding ecosystem. 

In addition, of course, this purely 

aesthetic approach to design 

commonly results in high-maintenance 

landscapes, arrangements 

that won’t survive without lots of 

labor and environmentally unsustainable 

inputs of resources. 

Matthew and his team at Indigenous 

Ingenuities have responded 

by planning landscapes that rely 

on a backbone of native plants, and 

plants that are as much as possible 

sourced from local growers. Matthew 

minimizes lawn areas in his 

designs. He includes areas of turf 

with a purpose, such as play space 

for children, but doesn’t use lawn 

as the default landscape treatment. 

Moreover, where he does plant turf 

he prefers to use mixtures of fine 

fescues that require far less mowing 

than the traditional Kentucky 

bluegrass. 

Good design is a foundation, 

but without appropriate maintenance, 

any landscape soon falls 

apart. Accordingly, Matthew included 

a maintenance crew in the 

staff of his company. He equipped 

this crew in keeping with his greener 

mission. Gasoline-powered 

Home heating assistance 

An additional benefit, the 

Heating Equipment Repair or Replacement 

(HERR) program, is 

available to assist income qualified 

homeowners in repairing or 

replacing their primary heating 

equipment when the systems are 

inoper¬able or unsafe. Applications 

for HERR are accepted 

through Sept. 30, 2020, or until the 

funding is ex¬hausted. 

To apply for HEAP and HERR 

benefits, customers may contact 

their local DSS office, call (800) 

342-3009, or visit www.mybenefits.ny.gov. 

In¬dividuals who are 

60 and older and do not receive 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) benefits may 

contact their local Office for the 

Aging to learn of the eligibil¬ity 

requirements by calling 800-342- 

9871 or by visiting www.aging. 

ny.gov. 

For more information on 

HEAP eligibility requirements 

and benefits, visit www.Central- 

Hudson.com/HEAP or http://otda. 

ny.gov/programs/heap/program. 

asp; and for more on all of Central 

Hudson’s assistance and billing 

programs, visit www.CentralHudson.com, 

and click on “My Account.” 

landscape maintenance equipment 

is disproportionately polluting. Operating 

a 2-stroke backpack blower, 

according to a 2011 study, emits 

23 times as much CO2 as driving 

a full-sized pickup truck for a similar 

length of time, and more than 

300 times as much smog-producing, 

non-methane hydrocarbons 

(NMHC). 

Gasoline-powered lawn mowers 

are bad, too. According to the 

U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, a new gasoline-powered 

lawn mower produces volatile organic 

compounds and nitrogen 

oxides emissions air pollution in in 

in one hour of operation as 11 new 

cars each being driven for one hour. 

Matthew wasn’t going to subject 

his employees to the hazards 

of operating such equipment, either. 

The noise from a leaf blower, 

which can be louder than a plane 

taking off, is likely to cause permanent 

damage to the operator’s hearing, 

and the unburned fuel that is 

spewed out in the blower’s exhaust 

exposes him or her to compounds 

identified as probable carcinogens. 

In light of all this, Matthew 

opted for battery-powered mowers 

and blowers. Less powerful than 

their gasoline-powered equivalent, 

they were nevertheless adequate 

for the modest lawns he designed. 

To transport the new equipment, 

he bought a child carrier and had it 

converted into a customized aluminum 

cart that his employees could 

pull from job to job around the 

neighborhood with a bicycle. 

Matthew’s employees have appreciated 

his consideration for their 

health. His customers call his crew 

the “Ninja lawn service” because 

their work is so relatively silent. 

Of course, the whole neighborhood 

benefits from that. 

To hear additional tips about 

environmentally friendly, low-input 

landscape maintenance, listen 

to the Berkshire Botanical Garden’s 

Growing Greener podcast at 

thomaschristophergardens.com/ 

podcast. 

Be-a-Better-Gardener is a community 

service of Berkshire Botanical 

Garden, located in Stockbridge, 

MA. Its mission, to provide knowledge 

of gardening and the environment 

through a diverse range 

of classes and programs, informs 

and inspires thousands of students 

and visitors each year. Thomas 

Christopher is a volunteer at Berkshire 

Botanical Garden and is the 

author or co-author of more than 

a dozen books, including Nature 

into Art and The Gardens of Wave 

Hill (Timber Press, 2019). He is the 

2021 Garden Club of America’s 

National Medalist for Literature, 

a distinction reserved to recognize 

those who have left a profound and 

lasting impact on issues that are 

most important to the GCA. Tom’s 

companion broadcast to this column, 

Growing Greener, streams on 

WESUFM.org, Pacifica Radio and 

NPR and is available at his website, 

https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com/podcast. 

Shortnose sturgeon tagged in 1995 recaptured in November 

DEC’s Hudson and Delaware researchers to recapture fish, the sturgeon population using acoustic 

telemetry and side-scan sonar. to mathematically estimate popu- 

according to DEC. The side-scan 

count other fish. The data is used funding for more frequent counts, 

Marine Fisheries researchers conducting 

a population estimate of in this case was a surprise. Recap- 

Acoustic telemetry uses stationary lation numbers in overwintering ar- 

transmitters are long-lived and 

length of time between captures 

shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson 

River caught one on Nov. 19, information on its growth rate and from tagged marine species like er. The receivers store the unique 

turing the same sturgeon provides receivers to detect signals emitted eas and in the overall Hudson Riv- 

should continue providing signals 

into the 2030s. 

that had been tagged 26 years ago confirms that the fish are using the sturgeon. The side-scan sonar uses tag number, and the date and time 

during the last shortnose count, according 

to the Department of Envi- 

The shortnose was the first river floor and objects in the wa- 

(like E-Z Pass for sturgeon). staff are working with colleagues 

same overwintering area. sound to create an image of the that a fish swims past a receiver 

Hudson and Delaware fisheries 

ronmental Conservation. 

species listed as endangered when ter column and is one method for In order to provide validation from the U.S. Geological Survey 

The fish is likely more than 40 the 1973 Endangered Species Act counting fish. 

for the technologies, to make sure Eastern Ecological Science Center 

in Kearneysville, West Virgin- 

he Greenville years old. Pioneer • Friday, December 20, was 2019 enacted. An initial population Fifty adult shortnose sturgeon the objects imaged are indeed 

13 

The 33.5-inch shortnose sturgeon 

was first tagged in 1995 in the the Hudson River, with the second mitters in April and May, which used panels of netting that snag 

estimate took place in the 1970s in were caught and fitted with trans- 

shortnose sturgeon, fisheries staff ia, the University of Delaware, 

and Delaware State University to 

same overwintering area near Staatsburg, 

New York. Records from In the spring of 2021, academic, of acoustic receivers as the fish also used when this sturgeon was 

count occurring in the 1990s. are detected on a riverwide array fish, called gill-nets. Gill-nets were 

conduct this population estimate. 

1995 show that the fish was already federal and state research scientists move throughout the estuary. The landed and tagged in the 1990s. 

Funding for the project comes from 

25.5 

grants 

inches and possibly 15 years 

now 

embarked on a 

available 

large-scale project researchers can follow them using The fisheries team expects to the Hudson River Foundation and 

The 

old, 

Greenville 

based on its 

Pioneer 

size. 

that will provide an updated estimate 

for the Hudson’s shortnose with side-scan sonar to locate and 2023 and hopes to secure additional 

telemetry, which is used in tandem complete the current survey in July DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Program. 

• Friday, January 17, 2020 13 

While it’s not uncommon for 

CMH unveils 

3D biopsy technology 

Hannacroix Rural 

HUDSON — Medical and community leaders joined in Hudson 

recently to unveil state-of-the-art 3D breast biopsy technology that 

officials at Columbia Memorial Health say will significantly improve 

the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for breast cancer patients 

Greene Cemetery and Columbia counties. seeks 2020 

The stereotactic 3D biopsy system, known as Affirm, will provide 

more precise targeting of tissue abnormalities identified through 

CMH’s mowing 3D mammography capabilities, donations 

yielding earlier and more 

accurate detection of breast cancer. The technology was acquired 

through HANNACROIX the generosity — of The community Hannacroix members Rural Cemetery, who contributed which is to located 

the Columbia 

on Route 

Memorial 

411 in Dormansville/Westerlo, 

Health Foundation. 

is seeking donations for 

the 2020 mowing expense for the cemetery. 

“This life-saving 3D biopsy technology, paired with our 3D mammography 

service, provides our patients with the most advanced diag- 

Whether you have a loved one buried there or would just like to 

give a donation, it would be greatly appreciated, organizers said. They 

nostic 

also thank 

care available 

all who have 

in locations 

helped 

that 

in the 

are 

past. 

comfortable, convenient and 

close Organizers to home,” said need CMH your help President to keep and the CEO cemetery Jay P. maintained. Cahalan. Contributions 

In addition can be to sent offering to: Hannacroix 3D mammography Rural Cemetery, and 3D biopsy C/O Linda services, Smith, 

CMH Treasurer, has significantly 115 State Route augmented 143, Westerlo, its radiology New and York pathology 12193. expertise 

through its affiliation with Albany Medical Center. The Albany 

Med and CMH radiology and pathology services are now fully integrated, 

which means that mammograms, and all imaging and diagnostic 

studies, are interpreted by the region’s leading experts. 

“Each year in the U.S. more than 268,000 women are diagnosed 

with breast cancer,” said Tariq Gill, M.D., chief of Radiology at CHM. 

“This technology, now available right here in our community, is a tremendous 

step forward in our ability to detect and diagnose early stage 

breast cancer, significantly improving the likelihood of successful 

treatment.” 

Columbia Memorial Health Foundation Vice Chair Anne Schomaker 

said: “This technology is truly a gift of life made possible 

through the tremendous generosity of our donors. We are grateful beyond 

words to our supporters who continue to rally around CMH to 

ensure its essential mission can continue and expand.” 

WE WANT TO HEAR 

FROM YOU! 

The Greenville Pioneer wants to hear 

from you. Send information about upcoming 

events and news to news@ 

greenvillepioneer.com. 

(We need to have announcements 

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efficiency this fall


Social Security Matters 

Should I take my widower benefit now? 

By Russell Gloor 


Dear Rusty: I lost my wife seven years 

ago. I was told that I could possibly collect 

30% to 35% of her benefit as a widower 

benefit when I turned 60. I will be 61 

soon. Would it make sense to pursue this 

if it is true? 

I am still working full time. Would this 

affect my ability to collect Social Security 

on my own account once I retire? 

Signed: Working Survivor 

Dear Working: Survivor benefits for a 

widower can be paid as early as age 60 

if you have not remarried prior to that. 

But collecting a survivor benefit before 

you have reached your full retirement age 

(your “FRA,” which is age 67) creates 

some other considerations you should be 

aware of: 

• Your survivor benefit will be based 

upon the SS benefit your wife was entitled 

to at her death. Taken at your FRA, you’d 

get 100% of the SS amount your wife was 

entitled to at her death, but if taken any 

earlier than your FRA the survivor benefit 

will be reduced. 

• Taken before your FRA, your survivor 

benefit will be actuarially reduced 

according to the number of months prior 

to your FRA it is claimed. The reduction 

amount is 4.75% less per full year earlier 

than your FRA, and that is a permanent 

reduction. If you take your survivor benefit 

at age 61, you’ll get 71.5% of the SS 

benefit your wife had earned up to her 

death. 

• Since you’re not yet receiving your 

own SS retirement benefit, you can take 

your survivor benefit first and allow your 

personal SS retirement benefit to grow. 

Assuming your personal SS retirement 

benefit will be more than your survivor 

benefit, you can switch from your survivor 

benefit to your SS retirement benefit 

at any time after you are age-eligible to 

do so (age 62). You can also, if you wish, 

choose to continue your survivor benefit 

up until your personal SS retirement benefit 

reaches maximum at age 70. At age 70 

your own benefit will be 24% more than 

your FRA benefit amount. 

• If you claim the survivor benefit 

before your FRA and you are still working, 

you’ll be subject to Social Security’s 

“earnings test,” which limits how 

much you can earn before SS takes away 

some of your benefit. The earnings limit 

for 2021 is $18,960 (the 2022 limit is 

$19,560) and if your earnings from work 

exceed that amount, SS will take back 

benefits equal to $1 for every $2 you are 

over the limit. 

So, although you can claim a survivor 

benefit from your deceased wife now (and 

allow your own SS benefit to grow), practically 

speaking you may not be able to 

get a survivor benefit if you are working 

full-time and earning considerably more 

than the annual earnings limit. In other 

words, the penalty for exceeding the earnings 

limit may entirely offset the survivor 

benefit you are entitled to. 

If you’re over the earnings limit by 

only a small amount, you’ll only lose benefits 

for the number of months needed to 

repay what you owe. 

And for clarity, in the year you attain 

FRA the earnings limit goes up by about 

2.5 times and the penalty is less ($1 for 

every $3 you are over the limit), and once 

you reach your full retirement age there 

is no longer a limit to how much you can 

earn. 

To avoid the earnings test, you could 

also choose to wait until your FRA to 

maximize your survivor benefit and then 

wait until age 70 to claim your maximum 

SS retirement benefit. 

Regardless of when you claim your 

survivor benefit, your own SS retirement 

benefit won’t be affected. Your SS retirement 

benefit, which will replace your 

smaller survivor benefit, will be based 

solely on your lifetime earnings history 

and the age at which you claim it. 

This article is intended for information 

purposes only and does not represent legal 

or financial guidance. It presents the 

opinions and interpretations of the AMAC 

Foundation’s staff, trained and accredited 

by the National Social Security Association 

(NSSA). NSSA and the AMAC 

Foundation and its staff are not affiliated 

with or endorsed by the Social Security 

Administration or any other governmental 

entity. To submit a question, visit our 

website (amacfoundation.org/programs/ 

social-security-advisory) or email us at 

ssadvisor@amacfoundation.org.

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