Charlie’s At It Again! – Touhey proposes housing units in the Pine Bush

Charlie’s At It Again! – Touhey proposes housing units in the Pine Bush

Charlie Touhey, whose proposed office complex at 300 Washington Ave. Ext. was voted down by the Common Council last summer, is proposing yet another development for his 12-acre site in the Pine Bush. There is a twist to this one, though.

Usually, developers never want the neighbors to know what they are doing. In all my years of working for Pine Bush preservation, not a single developer ever voluntarily notified the neighbors about a proposed project. This time was different.

Last summer, Mr. Touhey said that if he didn't get his office complex, he would build low-income housing. The residents of the Dunes housing development took that as a threat, as houses with significantly lower value would lower the value of their houses.

Touhey Family nature preserve opens in Delmar Monday | NEWS10 ABC

Touhey Family nature preserve opens in Delmar Monday | NEWS10 ABC

DELMAR, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Touhey Family Preserve opened on Monday, offering an easy 1-mile loop through forest habitat with scenic views of the Phillipin Kill river and the neighboring Phillipin Kill Preserve.

“You don’t have to be a resident of Bethlehem or Delmar or Slingerlands to enjoy this lovely piece of land. We can be a part of a little bit of evening out the scales of environmental justice and enabling people to enjoy this land,” says Charles Touhey. “We are very happy today to dedicate and to consecrate this wonderful piece of land for the benefit of everyone to use.”

I often walk past that property to when I hike out to Five Rivers. I will have to explore it now that the trails are open. Charlie Toughie may be a scumb bag developer who spent many years developing the Pine Bush but at least he's letting people hike on his lands now across from the Delmar Vetrianians office.

Fed Chair Powell calls for more help from Congress, says there’s a low risk of ‘overdoing it’

Fed Chair Powell calls for more help from Congress, says there’s a low risk of ‘overdoing it’

Noting progress made in job creation, goods consumption and business formation, among other areas, Powell said that now would be the wrong time for policymakers to take their foot off the gas.

Doing so, he said, could "lead to a weak recovery, creating unnecessary hardship for households and businesses" and thwart a rebound that thus far has progressed more quickly than expected.

October 6, 2020 Night

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. β˜οΈπŸŒƒ There is a south breeze at 8 mph. πŸƒ. The dew point is 48 degrees.

It was a pleasant evening sitting out back. 🌌 Maybe not the clearest night but it’s mild and pleasant for sitting out back. I went for my evening walk 🚢🏻 and now I’m sitting out back for a while. I ended up being at work later then expected so I didn’t make it over to John Wolcott’s house 🏑.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy ☁️, with a low of 51 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 18th. Maximum dew point of 48 at 9pm. South wind around 8 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1986.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous πŸŒ– Moon with 77% illuminated. The New Moon 🌚 is on Thursday, October 22. The darkest hour is at 12:44 am, followed by dawn at 6:31 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:59 am in the east (97Β°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 7:37 am with sun in the east-southeast (103Β°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 32 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 67 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 29th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 1pm. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1963.

In the morning I’ll head down to the library πŸ“š and work down there for a Zoom Meeting πŸ“Ή. Midday πŸ•› I’m thinking about getting my flu shot. πŸ’‰ Seems like a good day to get it without many crowds and it’s more important now than before as nobody wants to get the flu with Coronavirus all around.

In four weeks on November 3 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (250Β°) at 4:45 pm (Standard Time),πŸŒ„ which is one hour, 42 minutes and 19 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 53 and 30 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 53 and 35 degrees. The record high of 75 degrees was set back in 1990.

Looking ahead, Election Day 2019 πŸ—³οΈ is in 4 weeks, Average High is 50 πŸ‚ is in 5 weeks, Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone 🦌 is in 6 weeks, December πŸŽ„ is in 8 weeks, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 2 months, Saint Nicholas Day πŸŽ… is in 2 months, Bill of Rights Day πŸ“œ is in 10 weeks, Days are Getting Longer β˜€οΈ is in 11 weeks, Cold Moon πŸŒ• is in 12 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 13 weeks, 5:30 PM Dusk πŸŒ† is in 16 weeks, Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 17 weeks and Save the Pine Bush Turns 43 πŸ¦‹ is in 4 months.

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Stocks Tumble After Trump Calls Off Stimulus Until After The Election : NPR

Stock prices dropped sharply Tuesday, erasing earlier gains, after President Trump called on his representatives to stop negotiating with Democrats on another coronavirus stimulus package until after the November election.

Trump's message, contained in a tweet, came hours after Federal Reserve Jerome Powell had urged Congress in a speech to provide another round of pandemic relief, saying it's better to do too much than too little.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had been up more than 200 points earlier in the day, suddenly reversed course and retreated as much as 413.5 points at one point.