Jan 6. Rallies, Glens Falls, Saranac Lake
From the Post-Star: A voting rights and pro-democracy vigil was held in Glens Falls by the Saratoga-Warren-Washington Progressive Action group. Over 100 people attended. Just one truck drove by and cursed at those assembled. They were remembering the riotous attack on the U.S. Capitol building last year, the story says. Candidates Matt Castelli and Matt Putorti, both Democrats seeking the party’s nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, (R-NY21), spoke, calling on the Representative to release phone and email records. Her office said there were none to release and countered that Stefanik was following the Constitution when she voted not to affirm Joe Biden’s election win.
From the Daily Gazette on the same event: During the rally in Glens Falls, dozens called for Rep. Elise Stefanik to be held accountable for continuing to push falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election. She was one of 147 Republicans to vote against certifying the election results on Jan. 6, 2021 just hours after a mob breached the Capitol in an attempt to stop the process, the story says. Five people died in the melee.
From the Adirondack Daily Enterprise: Around 70 Saranac Lake locals turned out on Thursday to hold a candlelight “Vigil for Democracy.” Voters for Change organized the rally. Those in attendance said the mob that broke their way into the capitol were acting illegally and called the riot dangerous to voting rights.
Hague is pretty slick in its use of road salt
The Town of Hague mixes its own salt brine and sprays it on town roads along the shore of Lake George. It’s a key tool to fight slippery roads and keep salt out of the lake at the same time. This is the third winter the town is using brine, a story in the Adirondack Explorer says, and the town is leading the way in salt reduction. Hague Brook, which runs along Route 8 in the town and empties into the lake, has had lower concentrations of chloride year-over-year since the start of brining.
SUNY Poly under Gov’s scope
Part of Gov. Kathy Hochul's state-of-the-state plan, outlined earlier this week in her speech and released as a book of proposals, would merge SUNY Polytechnic Institute's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering back into the University at Albany. This is part of the governor’s focus on research at the state’s largest schools, a story in the Times Union says.