Emilia Teasdale is reporting for The Columbia Paper the Kinderhook Town Board is weighing proposals for two projects in and around Volunteer Park. One is from the Northern Columbia Little League to rebuild the snack bar and storage area at the town park. The second has been made by the town’s Trail Committee about building lean-tos on the 78-acre parcel located next to the park, which was gifted by the state to the town last year. At the August 5 board meeting, Mark Browne and Greg Seaman, members of the Trail Committee expressed the concern, based on the conditions of that gift, that if the town did not use the land, it could be lost. So Browne said they developed a plan to put one to three lean-tos on the property for the local Boy Scout troops to use. The kits to build the structures would cost around $8,000. Browne said the committee would need board support to apply for a grant to cover the cost of the kits. Supervisor Pat Grattan instructed the committee members to go to the town Recreation Committee for review. He said the town board defers to that committee on anything park related. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.