The organization has been crowdfunding since last month. The efforts come after a state agency informed the group it was prepared to help finance the upgrades.
Continuing its opposition to the renewal of the operating permit for the Dunn Landfill, the Rensselaer Environmental Coalition wants the county Department of Health to probe the dump.
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• MUD SLUG: Willow Slough in Newton County will host a Mud Slug event on May 15, with participants paddling in a kayak for 1 mile, bicycling for another 20 miles and taking a 10-mile trail run. They will encounter a variety of terrain from sand to mud on the trail. Start time is 9 a.m. To register and to retrieve maps and more information, go to www.newtoncountyparkboard.com.
⢠RUMMAGE SALE: Brushwood United Methodist Church will bold a rummage sale on Friday, April 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds will go towards Brushwoodâs missions.
⢠SKIN SCREENING: Faith Lutheran Church of DeMotte at 1700 S. Halleck St. will be hosting Dr. Nicholas Retson as he performs skin cancer screening as a free service to the community on Saturday, April 24. The times are 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and it is open to the public. For more information, call (219) 987-3730.
CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. â Delivering on his promise of robust relief for New York state and localities, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, declared that âhelp is on the wayâ and detailed the contents of the $23.8 billion in state and local fiscal aid, including $12.56 billion for New York stateâs government and more than $10.8 billion for counties, cities, towns, and villages, he secured for New York in the American Rescue Plan he led to passage in the Senate.
Upon President Joseph Bidenâs signature, officials said the American Rescue Plan will provide a vital and substantial injection of funding for cash-strapped localities that can be used to pay for essential services, retain vital frontline workers, and offset lost revenues and increased costs from the COVID-19 emergency.Â
Former acting Rensselaer Mayor Rich Mooney is trying to win the job back.
Voters elected Republican Mike Stammel mayor in a November 2019 special election. Mooney had served as Acting Mayor for about a year following the death of then-Democratic Mayor Dan Dwyer. When I was mayor, the city of Rensselaer had momentum building for it, taking off, doing well. And what I see now, looking in, it seems like Rensselaer has just crawled off the tracks. We re at a standstill. Things are stale. We don t have any momentum, no excitement in the city. I wanna change that.
Also a Democrat, Mooney, a former common council president, says he would make the city a cleaner and greener and safer place to live. He says he wants to provide opportunities for new development and growth to expand the tax base.