About 400 elementary- and middle-school students taking part in the Shenendehowa Inventors program will display their inventions at the former Cotton Market store at Clifton Park Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Andrew, There are 2 signs of spring for me....the geese and the Harley's riding thru town. The noise has never bothered me. Unless you live next to a "biker" bar, repair shop, or dealership....whats the big deal?? And even then, they dont just sit and race the engine for hours on end. I think you need a hobby or something worthwhile to focus on.
It wasn't until recently that I found out cats have the same leash laws as dogs. Which in itself is funny....Ive had many cats in my day and only 3 were leashed, and ok with it. By choice, this was prior to the law. I have 3 house cats, but 1 is a Houdini, he does escape but stays close to the house and wants in after about 1/2 an hour.(yes hes fixed) Now on to the cat poop issue. Cats cover wherever they "go" so I think you'de be hard pushed to find the evidence....unless you are looking for it? :)
How about a route that comes out to Rotterdam Junction, and/or Pattersonville via 5S. I know, I for one would LOVE the opportunity to use the bus line, as I'm sure, plenty of others would agree with me.
@tgeorge12345.... I understand about the school budgets, which is a whole other can of worms for SC's. But the vote for REMS was not handled fairly/properly. It should have been done like every other election in the town of Rotterdam, or anywhere else. And you are certainly entitled to your opinion, however, I think the writer made a good point. Seniors are more likely to need an ambulance at some point in time, and not all of them live in the middle of town. Many live farther out. If god forbid, you should ever find yourself needing an ambulance/EMT/Paramedic, and every second counts....would you rather have one IN the district, or have to wait on the additional 10-15 mins. for one outside the district to show up? Is yours, or anyone's life not worth the additional minimal tax? (example: $3.00 more a month?)
"The school district at least gave voters the option of casting absentee ballots (as long as they were received by Monday), but for the ambulance taxing district proposal, the town insisted that people come to town hall in the flesh if they wanted to weigh in. (Was this a sneaky way for opponents of the plan, which included the town’s political leaders, to discourage seniors, who were probably most likely to approve the plan, from exercising their franchise? Everyone knows retirees are more likely to head south at this time of year, or at least less willing to go out in the cold.)"
The voting should have been done like all the voting options every year. There should have been more than ONE place to go. Why wasnt this as important as electing town officials?? REMS employees bust their butts for the town of Rotterdam! I can understand why some of the people left the long line. I'm sure a lot of the elderly didnt go because of because of the location. We (Pattersonville) have many elderly people and I doubt they were able to get to town hall. I say RE VOTE....and give the town more places to cast their ballots! I bet the numbers would be very different.
Deya I am very sorry your Dad suffered from health issues throughout his lifetime. But all adults know the dangers of smoking. It's a personal choice. That being said, I feel anything that makes our men and women of the military, especially the ones in other countries fighting even the tiniest bit more comfortable, I say let them have it! How pray tell are there other ways to reduce stress while sitting in a fox hole for days on end? Or behind a sand wall, under a building, on 24 hr watch, laying on a cot in a tent......doing all this while hoping not to get shot/killed? I would imagine even the ones stationed here in the US, in constant worry for their brothers and sisters is a lot of stress as well. Hell, some of them dont even have family to lean on, so as i said, if they want it? Let them have it. Who are we to tell these brave men and women fighting for us, to give up what might be the only crutch they have.
Hank, well said! I missed the pic/story in the paper, but found out later that day, there was a ride for the homeless. As usual the Biker community rallies for a great cause. I too wish you/they got more recognition for the good that they do. My Dad work with Don Birch for years and my family just adores him. The stigma and discrimination attached to bikers is rediculous. Sure they have their rowdies but they are no different than anyone else, they just ride a motorcycle. I was a bartender of a small pub in Sch'dy years ago Kellys Pub and I can tell you first hand, there was not ONE biker who was disrespectful to me and they were welcomed with open arms. When my 17 yr old daughter took a job in sales traveling across the US the one thing i always told her, was that if she was ever in any trouble, trust a biker to help her above any one else, and i tell her that to this day. Hopefully someday every one will wake up and give you guys all the positive attention that you so deserve.
In a personal choice, I disagree with abortion. However, there are circumstances such as rape, or incest,too young Etc for having an EARLY abortion. That being said, the partial birth abortion Obama wants to reinstate is in my opinion, shared by the letter to the editor, barbaric at best! How or why is it that a woman would want to wait until the end of the pregnancy to abort? If one is pregnant would they not know long before that, that they dont want the baby??
Posted on February 5 at 9:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Andrew,
There are 2 signs of spring for me....the geese and the Harley's riding thru town. The noise has never bothered me. Unless you live next to a "biker" bar, repair shop, or dealership....whats the big deal?? And even then, they dont just sit and race the engine for hours on end. I think you need a hobby or something worthwhile to focus on.
On Letters to the Editor for Feb. 4