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Coaldale passes county-town IDP bylaw

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:31 GMT

By Nikki JamiesonSunny South NewsCoaldale town council has approved a new IDP between the Town of Coaldale and Lethbridge County.During Coaldale town council’s regular March 13 meeting, a public hearing was held for Bylaw 861-P-01-23, or the Lethbridge County and Town of Coaldale Intermunicipal Development Plan.An IDP helps to provide a framework regarding land use and development in the fringe area between two or more municipalities. The Municipal Government Act (MGA) mandates that two or more councils of municipalities with common boundaries that are not members of a growth region must adopt an Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) through the passing of a bylaw.“Fundamentally speaking, this document is very similar to the previous plan, which was adopted in 2010. The fundamental difference is that the borders are expanded, which is reflective of the annexation that occurred back in 2018,” said Cameron Mills, director of growth and investments for the town, speaking during the pub...

Police make arrests in suspicious Chesterfield death

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:31 GMT

CHESTERFIELD, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- New York State Police have arrested two people in connection to a suspicious Chesterfield death reported on Tuesday. Michael Rougeau, 48, and Michael Natasia, 30, both face second-degree murder charges. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On March 20, around 2:12 a.m., police responded to State Route 9 near the AuSable Chasm Bridge in Chestertown for reports of a suspicious death. Police found Kenneth Darrah, 37, dead on the riverbank on the north bank of the river. An investigation including Plattsburgh City Police, the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, Essex County Sheriff's Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Border Patrol determined a physical altercation happened on the bridge, which Darrah was stabbed and thrown off of it. Moreau traffic stop leads to drug arrest for three Both were arrested on Tuesday, Rougeau at his house and Natasia in the City of Plattsburgh...

Famed NYC pizzeria 2 Bros. no longer serving $1 slices: reports

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:31 GMT

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A famed New York City pizzeria is no longer offering its $1 slice to customers after inflation forced it to hike the price by 50%, according to reports. 2 Bros. Pizza is ending the deal at its St Mark's Place location in Manhattan's East Village, according to Eater New York. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The slice will now cost New Yorkers $1.50. Owner Eli Halali told the New York Post that the pizzeria's other locations across the city were already serving the $1.50 slices. The increase is also supposed to hit the Bronx location this week, according to the report. “The biggest issue in recent months was cheese prices stabilizing at a higher average than where they’ve been for the last decade,” Halali told the Post. He said that cheese makes up over 40% of the company’s food costs. Sotheby’s hopes to sell ancient Hebrew Bible for record $30 million Prices on everyday products have increased with infla...

Tenants, legislators rally at Capitol for good cause eviction

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:31 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Hundreds of people rallied at the state capitol today calling on the government to support tenant protections and affordable housing in the 2024 budget.  Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Support for exploring good cause eviction, affordable housing and the housing voucher access program was included in both one-house budgets. Good cause measures at the local level have been challenged in the courts, with the State Supreme Appellate Court striking down Albany’s good cause eviction law earlier this year, saying it conflicted with state law. Tenants and legislators are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislature to pass good cause statewide. “Ask people what is it about your business model that requires you to put people out of their homes for no good reason in order to run your business," State Senator Brian Kavanaugh said. Governor Hochul included affordable housing in her budget proposal w...

Albany County talking proposed solar project

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:31 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The office of Albany County Executive Dan McCoy is hosting meetings on a potential solar energy installation at 897 Watervliet Shaker Road. The first of these meeting is on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the BOCES Career and Technical Education Center down the street from the proposal site in Colonie, at 925B Watervliet-Shaker Road. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! McCoy said that people who live in Albany will have the chance to learn about the project and give feedback. They'll also be seeking input at the second public information meeting on April 4 at 5:30 p.m. The second installment will be on Zoom with no in-person component, and you must RSVP via email to participate.

Moreau traffic stop leads to drug arrest for three

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:31 GMT

MOREAU, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A traffic stop in Moreau resulted in three drug arrests on Saturday. Alexia Azan (19, Fort Edward), Joshua Waddell (42, Fort Edward), and Matthew Bennett (40, Queensbury) each face charges. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On Saturday, March 18, around 8:20 p.m., police pulled a car over in Moreau for several vehicle and traffic law violations. Police identified the driver as Waddell and Azan and Bennett as passengers. Following an investigation, police say they found all three possessed drugs, with Bennett also having drug paraphernalia with drug residue.Charges:Seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substanceSecond-degree criminally using drug paraphernaliaAll three were taken to Wilton State Police for processing. They were all issued appearance tickets to return to the Moreau Town Court on April 5 and were later released.

Lake George votes in its next mayor

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:31 GMT

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) - The village of Lake George is about to undergo a tremendous change. For the first time in 52 years, it's going to have a different mayor. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On Tuesday, village trustee Ray Perry was voted in unopposed as the next mayor of Lake George. Perry will replace Mayor Bob Blais, whose 52-year term comes to an end on Friday, March 31. Blais has been celebrated for his decades of work to turn the village into the tourist destination it is today, culminating last week in the form of a commendation from Warren County, naming March 17 "Mayor Bob Blais Day." Perry has served on the village Board of Trustees since 2007. He works as an independent contractor who works with cell phone service providers around the Lake George region and northeast at large.Perry was not available for comment early Wednesday. Join an evening with historians for A Tale of Two Sagamores Running unoppose...

Many St. Louis suburbs praised in 'best places to live in Missouri' list

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Several St. Louis suburbs have earned praise from Niche.com as the "best places to live in Missouri." In fact, each of the state's Top 10 in Niche's new list are St. Louis municipalities. Niche is a ranking and review site that analyzes public data, reviews and surveys to help families find the best places to live. To form their 2023 rankings in Missouri, research teams collected data from Census, FBI and other government sources. Niche unveiled the new rankings on Monday. Person of interest wanted for killing two people in Troy, Missouri The following St. Louis suburbs round out Top 10:10. Webster Groves9. Olivette8. Rock Hill7. Ballwin6. Glendale5. Ladue4. Brentwood3. Richmond Heights2. Chesterfield1. ClaytonIn Niche's new rankings, dubbed as the "2023 Best Places to Live in Missouri," the first 23 cities recognized are all St. Louis suburbs. The first non-St. Louis suburb ranked on the list is Parkville in the Kansas City area at 24. Clayton, Missouri,...

Illinois strengthens regulations on health insurance companies following Blue Cross Blue Shield investigation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:31 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) - Health insurance companies will be under much more scrutiny going forward.The Joint Commission on Administrative Rules passed a new set of rules for how the Department of Insurance will enforce the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. The new rules were proposed in April of last year following a Target 3 investigation into Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. Central Illinois lawmakers celebrated the changes. The Bottom Line: ‘Ghost network’ haunts affordable access to health care "Taking on insurance companies is like taking on the elephant in the living room," Rep. Sue Scherer (D-Decatur). "And how do you eat an elephant one bite at a time. And that's what I feel like we're doing here is one bite at a time we're packing away until we get this right."The Network Adequacy and Transparency Act requires health insurance networks to meet certain adequacy standards, but the Department of Insurance could not enforce the law effectively because of the rule...

2nd Illinois prison guard sentenced

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:31 GMT

A second Illinois corrections officer has been sentenced to prison, according to a news release.Todd Sheffler. 54, a former lieutenant at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, was sentenced Tuesday to an aggregate 20 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for civil rights deprivation resulting in bodily injury and death and obstruction of justice in connection with the death of Larry Earvin, an inmate at the facility,At the sentencing hearing in front of Senior U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough, the government summarized the evidence from Sheffler’s 2022 trial. During the trial, the government presented evidence that Sheffler and co-defendants Alex Banta, 31, who was a correctional officer, and Willie Hedden, 43, who was a sergeant, participated in the May 17, 2018, assault of Earvin, 65, during their forcible escort of Earvin from the residential housing unit of the prison to the segregation housing unit while he was restrai...