Stony Creek Reservoir is off the block
The back-up water source in the Town of Clifton Park has been pulled for sale, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. The town halted bidding for the Stony Creek Reservoir, a 1,000 acre pond north of Colonie, to make time to change regulations that restrict use of the property. When first put up for sale, the town said the state would support a request to rescind the regulations to help sell the property, allowing for sailing, canoeing, kayaking, rowing, fishing and swimming, the story says. The town will take RFP's once the legalities are worked out, the story says.
Vaccinations for state employees
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said 130,000 state employees must be vaccinated by Labor Day, with certain exemptions, but he is facing backlash from state unions, the Times-Union is reporting. All healthcare workers who work with patients at 10 state-run hospitals must also get the vaccination. The option for weekly testing is open to the state employees but not the healthcare workers, the story says.
Owner of pizza bakery tips huge
A story in the Post-Star this morning says the owner of Paesan’s Pizza in Guilderland had dinner at the Lake George Beach Club in Lake George Village, saw many pizzas at many tables and tipped huge: $1,840. Frank Scavio told waiter Raffaele Sanchez-Anunziato to keep the first $840 and spread the rest to other staff, the story says.
New data on Short-Term-Rentals
This Village of Saranac Lake has 80 short-term rental properties and 120 online listings, data from Rentalscape shows, according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Rentalscape’s count is the first to come from listings on sites like Airbnb, Vrbo and Adirondack by Owner. Some residents fear the large number of vacation rentals will change the village, so local leaders are considering a permit system for short-term landlords. The fear is also that apartments once offered long-term will become short-term vacation spaces, pushing locals out of the market, the story says.