Rensselaer Plateau Alliance invites you to a Land-Owner’s Open House on Wednesday, May 18 from 3 to 7 pm at Old Daley on Crooked Lake in Averill Park, NY. [private]Land use attorneys, forestry, solar power and conservation experts, and representatives from local organizations will be available to answer your questions about managing woodlands for habitat and forestry; land conservation; and legal questions about land use. In addition, RPA staff will be available to discuss ongoing opportunities of the Forest Legacy Program.
A recently funded Forest Legacy project will conserve 12,348 acres on the plateau by paying participating landowners for development rights. It will create a conserved area that stretches for 14 miles and links state land (Cherry Plain State Park), county land (the Dyken Pond Center), and the new Rensselaer Plateau Community Forest.
The Land-Owners Open House is free to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information visit www.rensselaerplateau.org.[/private]
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January 17, 2025 Edition
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Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced that the Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery’s annual spring seedling sale is now open and will run until May 14th. Each year, the nursery offers low-cost, New York-grown tree and shrub species for sale to encourage plantings that help […]
Narcotics Investigation Arrest
Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On January 7th, Kandie L. Stowell, a 40-year-old resident of Hoosick Falls, was arrested for the second time in a year following a three-month-long narcotics investigation. Stowell, who was scheduled to appear in Rensselaer County Court on January 8th for sentencing to probation in a prior felony case, was […]
School News
Man Facing Charges Following Sexual Exploitation Investigation
Berlin Central School District Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Press Release A Cropseyville man is facing charges following a sexual exploitation investigation by the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Unit. Justin K. Covell, 31, is being charged in connection with four separate incidents involving the sexual exploitation of four minors. In the Town of Petersburgh, […]
Varsity Swim Meet
Berlin-New Lebanon Swim by Tim Christiansen, Berlin Varsity Swim Coach Berlin/New Lebanon took their first loss of the season to a talented Mt. Anthony team. Mt. Anthony took a commanding 16-2 lead to start the meet by placing 1st and 2nd in the first two races. Berlin-New Lebanon would bounce back with George Lamphere-Webster winning […]
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Hoosick Falls Girls Basketball by Jeffrey Bernstein Meg Barber, now the head coach at NYU, is one of the best basketball players to come out of Hoosick Falls High School. The 1998 graduate’s 1,643 career points were the most scored by a female Panther when she left the program. Barber held that record until 2020, […]