North Petersburgh
This section of NY 22 along the Hoosick River is quite pretty with the Taconic Mountains surrouding it.
Rensselear County
Visit the birthplace of ‘Yankee Doodle’ in Upstate NY – newyorkupstate.com
A Waffle Chart – November 2021 Active Enrollments in Rensselaer County
A different way to look at enrollment numbers.
Weather Update – February 11, 2022
You know your standards are low when you get excited about a 48 degree day. ⛅
But it’s been a long winter, so we will take whatever we can get. 48 degrees is almost as warm as my heat is, so it won’t be running much and the outdoors will feel nice, maybe almost even vest weather. Maybe I’ll wear my vest when I go for my evening walk. I thought about getting out of town on Saturday, but I think it might actually be a pretty cool and cloudy weekend, with a lot of dampness and breeze. Plus, I am hoping for better weather for President’s Day Weekend or maybe April, or however the dice may roll.
| Today. Feels like … March 24th. |
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Mostly sunny. South wind 8 to 17 mph.
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48 degrees | 5:21 sunset |
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| Tonight. Feels like … April 24th. |
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A chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Cloudy. South wind 11 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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40 degrees | 6:55 sunrise |
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| Saturday. Feels like … March 21st. |
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A chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy. Southwest wind 8 to 17 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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47 degrees | 5:22 sunset |
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| Saturday Night. Feels like … February 4th. |
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Mostly cloudy. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph.
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15 degrees | 4 max wind chill | 6:54 sunrise |
| Sunday. Cold ! |
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A slight chance of light snow before 1pm. Partly sunny. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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25 degrees | 4 max wind chill | 5:24 sunset |
| Sunday Night. Cold ! |
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Mostly cloudy.
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6 degrees | -2 max wind chill | 6:52 sunrise |
| Monday. Cold ! |
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Mostly sunny.
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20 degrees | -2 max wind chill | 5:25 sunset |
| Monday Night. Cold ! |
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Partly cloudy.
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9 degrees | 4 max wind chill | 6:51 sunrise |
| Tuesday. Cold ! |
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Partly sunny.
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30 degrees | 5 max wind chill | 5:26 sunset |
| Tuesday Night. Cold ! |
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Partly cloudy.
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14 degrees | 9 max wind chill | 6:50 sunrise |
| Wednesday. Feels like … March 2nd. |
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Partly sunny.
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40 degrees | 9 max wind chill | 5:28 sunset |
| Wednesday Night. Feels like … April 6th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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33 degrees | 6:48 sunrise |
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| Thursday. Feels like … April 4th. |
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Showers likely. Cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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53 degrees | 5:29 sunset |
Good Morning – February 11, 2022
Good morning! Happy Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 !
Spread enough lime over it and shouldn’t be too pungent as it starts to rot. Good advice for life.
Partly sunny and 31 degrees at the Dunn Memorial Bridge. ☀ There is a south breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. There are 3 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Sidewalks and other unsalted locations are a bit icy.
Nice mild sunny morning for a change. ☀ The cold of winter seems to be moderating for a change. That’s good for a change.
Walked down the express bus stop 🚏, it was sunny but the sidewalks were icy in spots. 🚌 The bus was on time, and I got off at the Concourse, took the stairs up to the plaza, walked around for a bit, and then came into the office. I will have to drop the window shade when I get into the office, as the sun is bright this morning. 🌞 ⬜
50 degrees later which nice, 😎 as that’s a warm as I keep my apartment most of the winter, so that means my heat won’t be working much today. Too cold though to open up the windows at this point. But maybe in a few weeks, as it looks like we might have a mild remainder of the month into March. That said, we will certainly have some cold blasts, as witnessed by the cold weather expected for Valentines Day, ❤️ that will certainly freeze your heart.
Work on new Hoosick Falls water source to take place
Last week, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released its final plan for a permanent replacement water source for the community of Hoosick Falls.
In 2015, PFOA was discovered in the community’s drinking water supply. Manufacturers Saint Gobain and Honeywell were found to be responsible.
The DEC’s plan is complex, but the nut of it includes developing two new groundwater supply wells, and converting existing test wells south of Hoosick Falls into production wells.
The plan is currently being reviewed by the community, but one Hoosick Falls resident, Jennifer Plouffe, told us she was skeptical. Plouffe and others argue that the entire region is polluted with PFAS chemicals. Additionally, she wondered aloud why the DEC didn’t decide to make the Tomhannock Reservoir, the drinking water source for the city of Troy, the new drinking water source for Hoosick Falls.
DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos told Capital Tonight that he, too, originally thought the Tomhannock was the community’s best bet.
“I will share that early on, I was also skeptical of the valley’s ability to provide clean water from the aquifer, but we let science be our guide,” Seggos said. “We really took years to drill into the aquifer in the entire valley to find clean water, and not just clean water, but enough water to meet the village’s need.”
When asked if the decision not to utilize the Tomhannock Reservoir, which is further away from Hoosick Falls, was made because of financial considerations, Seggos replied “absolutely not."