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Feb 15, 2011 5:45 am
Ethics training draws small class
The Conference of the New York State Association of Counties held a legislative ethics training last week served as a refresher in integrity for area lawmakers. The Daily Mail reports that only two Greene County legislators, both Democrats, attended.
Insurance company will pay town $300,000 in wake of stolen funds
The Travelers Insurance Co. has agreed to pay the town of Kinderhook $300,000 for money stolen from the town coffers between Dec. 7, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2009 by former town bookkeeper Pegeen Mulligan-Moore. indicted last September on 18 felonies and two misdemeanors, including the theft of another $50,000 from the Town of Greenport. Kinderhook is also sueing Mulligan-Moore for $750,000 not covered by insurance.
Diocese Admits it received complaint
In the wake of the recent trial that found a New York priest guilty of rape in the Berkshires, the Times Union reports that the Albany diocese of the Catholic Church has admitted receiving complaints on the Rev. Gary Mercure as early as 2000.
Hudson 101: The Cement Plant Battle
Sam Pratt helped marshal the highly successful fight against St. Lawrence Cement's plans for a new facility in Hudson. He's got a great account of all that was involved up on his superb blog now, along with some succinct local restaurant updates.
Poll gives Cuomo, millionaires tax plenty of support
While we await word of that high-end tax talk from Albany on Valentine's Day, there's a new poll out that shows two thirds support for extending it for everyone earning over $200,00, for NOT cutting SUNY or education in general, but that really likes the new gov.
Fierce interest in pups spurs halt to adoption
The 20 young Golden Retrievers rescued last week from a home in Ashland, now at the Columbia-Greene Humane Society, have received over 400 requests to begin the adoption process... so much interest that they will not longer be accepting adoption applications. Authorities have yet to file criminal charges against the homeowners, who they are saying did not show "malicious intent."
The Conference of the New York State Association of Counties held a legislative ethics training last week served as a refresher in integrity for area lawmakers. The Daily Mail reports that only two Greene County legislators, both Democrats, attended.
Insurance company will pay town $300,000 in wake of stolen funds
The Travelers Insurance Co. has agreed to pay the town of Kinderhook $300,000 for money stolen from the town coffers between Dec. 7, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2009 by former town bookkeeper Pegeen Mulligan-Moore. indicted last September on 18 felonies and two misdemeanors, including the theft of another $50,000 from the Town of Greenport. Kinderhook is also sueing Mulligan-Moore for $750,000 not covered by insurance.
Diocese Admits it received complaint
In the wake of the recent trial that found a New York priest guilty of rape in the Berkshires, the Times Union reports that the Albany diocese of the Catholic Church has admitted receiving complaints on the Rev. Gary Mercure as early as 2000.
Hudson 101: The Cement Plant Battle
Sam Pratt helped marshal the highly successful fight against St. Lawrence Cement's plans for a new facility in Hudson. He's got a great account of all that was involved up on his superb blog now, along with some succinct local restaurant updates.
Poll gives Cuomo, millionaires tax plenty of support
While we await word of that high-end tax talk from Albany on Valentine's Day, there's a new poll out that shows two thirds support for extending it for everyone earning over $200,00, for NOT cutting SUNY or education in general, but that really likes the new gov.
Fierce interest in pups spurs halt to adoption
The 20 young Golden Retrievers rescued last week from a home in Ashland, now at the Columbia-Greene Humane Society, have received over 400 requests to begin the adoption process... so much interest that they will not longer be accepting adoption applications. Authorities have yet to file criminal charges against the homeowners, who they are saying did not show "malicious intent."