William J. Kemble reports in The Daily Freeman that Amtrak will hold public forums about plans to fence off railroad lines at access points to the Hudson River in Columbia and Dutchess counties, but not yet. “Amtrak would like to wait [until] the Department of State weighs in on the plan,” Rhinebeck Supervisor Elizabeth Spinzia said. “Once the state weighs in on the plan ... they would be happy to meet with us and they are working in conjunction with New York (state) Department of Transportation, who’s their partner on this project, and they will most likely come here for a public discussion of what the actual plan is.” Under the plan, fences would go up in Rhinebeck, Rhinecliff, Tivoli, Germantown, Stockport, and Stuyvesant. Last month, protesters gathered in Germantown to oppose the plan, and so far Amtrak has few friends on this issue. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.