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Ironman contest challenges their athletic mettle |
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Written by TED SALEM
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 13:04 |
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KINDERHOOK--Imagine, competing in a 26.2-mile race and asking yourself, OK, now what? That is what Valatie resident Ed Oldrich asked himself after completing a marathon in October 2008. The next July, he found his answer. After volunteering at the Ironman Triathlon in Lake Placid, he registered for 2010 event.
Mr. Oldrich, 37, is one of four local athletes who recently began a 24-week training regimen leading up to what the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) dubs “the world's most challenging endurance event.” The other three area athletes are Jack Nabozny, 53, also of Valatie, Ed Hamilton, 41, of Kinderhook and Kari Gathen, 41, of Albany. Less a team than a support group, they tend to train individually, averaging 10-12 hours a week working out in the early spring, progressing to 20-25 hours a week as race day approaches. During a group discussion at an Albany area restaurant right after the holidays, Ms. Gathen noted, “If this was March, we wouldn't be here.”
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Hillsdale survey seeks window on housing problems |
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Written by GEORGE WILSON
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 15:10 |
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HILLSDALE-- There's been talk in the town for years about the increasing lack of affordable housing here.
“We hear anecdotally that, particularly people who are native to the area, people who work in the service industries, say that they and their kids can't find affordable housing,” says Joe Browdy, a member of the Hillsdale Town Housing Committee.
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New law means better never than late in Copake |
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Written by DIANE VALDEN
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Monday, 08 March 2010 14:38 |
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COPAKE--A new local law allows the Town Board, the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Appeals to close the file on a pending or future application because it is going nowhere.
Housing Resources of Columbia County's pending application for a 138-unit senior and mixed-income housing development in the hamlet, called Copake Green, which has been inactive for about three years, could be affected by the new law. The proposal has generated controversy in the town.
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Town Board gives final approval to moratorium on mining |
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Written by DEBORA GILBERT
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 14:59 |
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TAGHKANIC--The Town Board officially adopted a new local law this week imposing a nine-month moratorium on new mining applications. The board also voted not to cede Reservoir Road to the City of Hudson.
The board took the actions Monday, March 1, at its regular monthly meeting held at the Taghkanic Firehouse.
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County joins Long Island suit to keep 'lever' voting |
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Written by DEBORA GILBERT
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 13:11 |
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HUDSON--Columbia County election commissioners have found an unexpected ally in their fight to retain lever voting machines.
Valatie resident John Ciampoli was the lead attorney for the Republican challenge to the county Board of Elections' handling of absentee ballots cast in last November's election in the town of Taghkanic. That matter was not resolved until a state appellate court ruled in favor of the Democrats in January. By then, Mr. Ciampoli had taken a new position as county attorney for Nassau County on Long Island.
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