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Wanted: Cancer-Fighting Super Heroes!

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The 2016 Bennington County Relay for Life Kick-Off Expo is coming up on Wednesday, February 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Vermon Veteran’s Home, 325 North Street in Bennington. This year’s theme is “Super Heroes,” so come in  your best cancer-fighting costime. Prizes will be awarded! [Read more…] about Wanted: Cancer-Fighting Super Heroes!

Rensselaer County Legislature

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Rensselaer County Legislature Honors Three Former Grafton Residents

By Doug La Rocque

Twice this past week the Legislature met to honor veterans and prominent members of the county who have passed on.  The first was Stanton Burdick, a Korean War Veteran and father of Grafton Town Justice Becky Snyder-Green and Deputy Town Clerk Vicky Burdick.  [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Legislature

Rensselaer County Legislature

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Legislators Remain Opposed to Compressor Station Project; Nine Locations Being Considered in Schodack And Nassau

submitted by Rich Crist

Members of the Rensselaer County Legislature today said Kinder Morgan should halt the siting of a compressor station project for a huge natural gas pipeline, saying the gas giant has failed to answer basic questions about the project in over a year. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Legislature

Lumber Jack’s Coffee And Snacks Offers Fresh-Brewed And Original-Recipe Coffees On Route 7 In Hoosick

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by Deb Alter

What do you get when you combine a young couple’s dream of being entrepreneurs, a shop for sale, and their love of coffee? Lumber Jack’s Coffee and Snacks on Route 7 in Hoosick, a unique little drive-through tucked between the hills of New York and Vermont that serves great coffee and espresso drinks at very competitive prices. And, they have a “coffee club”; for every nine cups, you get the tenth one free.  [Read more…] about Lumber Jack’s Coffee And Snacks Offers Fresh-Brewed And Original-Recipe Coffees On Route 7 In Hoosick

Jimino Urges State To Pay For Indigent Legal Representation

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submitted by Chris Meyer

Rensselaer County Executive Kathleen M.  Jimino (at podium) is pictured during a recent press conference where she joined State and other County officials, along with representatives of the New York State Bar Association at a press conference in support of legislation that would require the State to assume the cost of indigent legal representation.  [Read more…] about Jimino Urges State To Pay For Indigent Legal Representation

Jimino: Rensselaer County Offers Pet Vaccination Clinics

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Rensselaer County Executive Kathleen M. Jimino has announced the 2016 schedule of the County’s Rabies Vaccination Clinics. The clinics aim to prevent human exposure to the potentially deadly disease by immunizing domestic animals and pets that could potentially carry the virus. [Read more…] about Jimino: Rensselaer County Offers Pet Vaccination Clinics

Rensselaer County Announces Anti-Opioid Program To Help Break The Chain Of Dependency

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Program Will Focus On Soon To Be Released County Jail Inmates

In an effort to combat the opioid dependency epidemic within our communities, County Executive Kathy Jimino and Sheriff Pat Russo are pleased to announce a new collaboration between the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office, Rensselaer County Mental Health, Hudson-Mohawk Recovery Center and Alkermes Inc. that has established an Addiction Treatment Readiness Group and Vivitrol (Naltrexone) treatment option. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Announces Anti-Opioid Program To Help Break The Chain Of Dependency