Raymond Pignone reports for Columbia-Greene Media that Coxsackie Mayor Mark Evans said an apparent petroleum spill in the Hudson River May 28 that shut down a beach, boat launch and docks there may not have been oil. A press release from the Department if Environmental Conservation on May 29 said, “On May 28, DEC was notified of an apparent petroleum spill causing a sheen on the Hudson River in and around Coxsackie.... DEC Spill Response experts and Environmental Conservation Police Officers responded to the scene and worked to trace the source of the spill as part of the investigation. DEC spill responders and ECOs continued to investigate and assess the extent of the oil sheen on Monday and found it had largely dissipated. A source has not yet been identified. DEC Spill Response and ECOs will continue to periodically monitor the river in the coming days. U.S. Coast Guard personnel are also continuing to monitor the situation in coordination with DEC. The boat launch at Coxsackie Riverside Park reopened Sunday evening.” But Evans said on May 29 that, “The first report that went out said that it was an oil spill, but it wasn’t oil.... It was some other substance." Even though there was something in the Hudson River, Evans just suggested those who wanted to get in the water could do so nearby. He said, “We lost a little business, but the people who couldn’t use the boat launch were mostly local and they knew they could go to Athens and Catskill.” Read more about this story at HudsonValley360.com.