Supervisor Knott, working with Congressman Gibson, has addressed residents' concerns about the odor at the riverfront from the railroad ties being stored. The following link will take you to a letter from Supervisor Knott updating you on the status of that problem.
In an effort to correct inaccuracies and provide the most up-to-date information to stakeholders, landowners, and citizens, we here at National Grid want to share the following with you.
You may have recently received or viewed an email from Scenic Hudson, an opponent to the much-needed transmission upgrades. Included was a misleading graphic of what the new transmission system would look like in the Hudson Valley. The graphic misinformed the public, rather than provide a fair assessment of the upgrades. The graphic shows the current lattice transmission structures standing approximately 80-90 feet tall. Scenic Hudson's graphic also shows the proposed monopole transmission structures standing at 120 feet tall.
This is not what National Grid proposed. The proposed monopole structure would stand approximately 85-90 feet tall throughout most of the route in the Hudson Valley. The structures would not be 30 feet taller as shown by Scenic Hudson.
Scenic Hudson should be claiming victory: DPS released the final staff report, stating that an upgraded transmission system should not be expanded outside of the current right of way, that there would be no new Hudson River crossings, and there would likely be fewer structures than currently stand.
Here is a link to National Grid's latest Power Line Proposal.
Columbia County Board of Supervisors
Chairman of the Board - Pat Grattan
Deputy Chairman - Kevin McDonald
County Attorney - Robert J. Fitzsimmons
Clerk of the Board - Gail DiCosmo
Deputy Clerk - Rebecca Leader
Assistant Deputy Clerk - Courtney Radley
ANCRAM - Arthur Bassin
AUSTERLITZ - Jeffrey Braley
CANAAN - Richard Keaveney
CHATHAM - Jesse DeGroodt
CLAVERACK - Robin Andrews
CLERMONT - Raymond Staats
COPAKE - Jeffrey Nayer
GALLATIN - Thomas Garrick
GERMANTOWN - Roy Brown
GHENT - Lawrence Andrews
GREENPORT - John Porreca Sr.
HILLSDALE - Arthur Baer
HUDSON
1st Ward - Sarah Sterling
2nd Ward - Edward Cross
3rd Ward - Ellen Thurston
4th Ward - William Hughes
5th Ward - Richard Scalera
KINDERHOOK - Patrick Grattan
LIVINGSTON - Kevin McDonald
NEW LEBANON - Michael Benson
STOCKPORT - Matt Murell
STUYVESANT - Ron Knott
TAGHKANIC - Elizabeth Young
DID YOU KNOW ?
- The first Historic Stuyvesant day was in 1994, held at the sandbar, celebrating the newly restored bridge.
- The north end of our town was known as Poolsburgh, named after the Vanderpoel family who settled there.
- In 1939, the Stuyvesant-on-the-Hudson Garden Club was organized & still holds monthly meetings.
- An 1873 map of Stuyvesant shows there were eight districts with schools houses marked “SH” in six different locations.
- This week in history, in 1939 the Berlin Olympics were held & American athlete Jesse Owens shattered world records winning 4 gold metals.
- Herodotus (c. 484-425/413 BCE), was a Greek writer who invented the field of study as “history”.
- The first Town Board meeting was held in the new Town Hall in 2002.
- Ferry between Newton Hook and Coxsackie was discontinued in 1939.
- As late as 1850, the census showed there were 225 horses and 156 oxen on the 75 farms in town.
- On August 9th 1944, the first Smokey Bear poster debuts. Because of this, August 9th is used as Smokey’s birthday.
