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🌱 Rensselaer sewer bills could climb nearly 33% by 2029

Rensselaer, New York Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Rensselaer sewer bills could climb nearly 33% by 2029
  • Help shape Rensselaer's downtown: What's on the table Thursday
  • How Rensselaer's drone team found a missing man in darkness

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Periods of sun, with a high of 55 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with rain, temps: high: 47, low: 35.
  • Friday: Cold with rain, with a high of 38 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Some Rensselaer County sewer rents could rise nearly 33% by 2029 (timesunion.com) — Rensselaer households in County Sewer District No. 1 could see sewer rates rise nearly 33% by 2029 under a proposal awaiting legislative approval in this report. An 18% increase in 2027 would add $45.60 for a household using 60,000 gallons annually. Officials cite a projected budget shortfall, maintenance needs and staffing vacancies.
   

• Rensselaer seeks public input on $10M state grant to reshape downtown (timesunion.com) — Rensselaer residents can help choose downtown projects at a Thursday workshop, with $9.7 million in state funding available. The 26 proposals include apartments and a supermarket near the train station, plus a hotel. City planners say public feedback will heavily influence their recommendations, though the state makes the final funding decisions.
   

• Drones and thermal imaging critical in locating missing vulnerable person in Rensselaer (cbs6albany.com) — Rensselaer emergency crews found a vulnerable missing man along the Hudson River Sunday night using a drone's thermal imaging, after darkness kept searchers on foot from spotting him. He was located within 45 minutes of the drone taking flight and taken to a hospital for evaluation.
   

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    Friday November 13
  • Once Upon a Stage
    Columbia High School, 962 Luther Rd, East Greenbush
    7:00 pm
    • Thursday November 19
  • Public Board of Education meeting (11/19)
    Harriet Gibbons Student Services Center, 75 Watervliet Ave., Rensselaer
    6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Curia Global, Inc. - AMRI Global posted a job opening for Senior Program Manager III in Rensselaer. Apply here.
  • Chili's Grill & Bar posted a job opening for Line Cook in Rensselaer. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rensselaer here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Greenbush

  • Police Investigate Human Bones Discovery in East Greenbush Woods (q1057.com)
  • Rensselaer County lawmakers to consider three-year sewer rate increase (wnyt.com)
  • NY lawmakers to examine Flock cameras as privacy concerns grow across Capital Region (wnyt.com)

Albany

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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