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Kenneth D. Patenaude – 89

STILLWATER- Kenneth D. Patenaude, 89, longtime resident of Hudson Ave., died Saturday, August 17th at home, after being stricken.

Born in Mechanicville, Sept. 21, 1923, son of the late William and Florence Patenaude, Ken enlisted in the US Navy during WWII, serving aboard the USS Upham APD-99, in the Atlantic Theater and Mediterranean Sea.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years Louise Gaudette Patenaude, daughter Deborah (Bob Hagadorn) Patenaude, son Kenneth R. (Phyllis) Patenaude and granddaughter Rebecca Patenaude all of Stillwater, sister Doris Petronis of Mechanicville and brother Earl Patenaude of Cal., along with many nieces, nephews and their families.

Ken was also predeceased by sisters Lydia DeLaRosa, Evelyn Bolton, Connie Rush and brothers Lionel, LeRoy, Wilford and Arnold Patenaude.

A Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday at 11:30 AM at the DeVito-Salvadore Funeral Home, 39 So. Main St., Mechanicville.  Burial with military honors at Saratoga NationalCemetery.

Calling hours at the Funeral Home on Tuesday from 4-8 PM.

Remembrances may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, in memory of Kenneth D. Patenaude.

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Malta/Stillwater GloFo & Brown’s Beach News

By Harold Wessell

STILLWATER AND MALTA, Aug. 1– The Malta Town Board at its late July agenda meeting included a special meeting in which it deemed complete the most recent update of environmental impact studies on GlobalFoundries' emerging Planned Development District.

On August 1, the Stillwater Town Board, Planning Board leadership and engineer likewise reviewed the four requested amendments to the project, and can schedule action on them after Malta, as lead agency in this PDD process, holds a public hearing and special meeting and rules on the requests, scheduled for August 19 starting at 6:30PM.  (Stillwater's regular business meeting will have been on Aug. 15, so that it would presumably set a special meeting.)

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The Mechanicville/Stillwater 12U

The Mechanicville/Stillwater 12U team finished in second place in the Great Escape Baseball Tournament in Queensbury this week after losing a hard-fought championship game to the Queensbury Spartans by a score of 9-6.
MS compiled a 3-2 record in the tournament.  In the Round Robin Round, they defeated the Clifton Park Titans 21-6 and the Clifton Park Grizzlies 14-4.  They lost to the Spartans 12-9.
In the elimination round, they beat the Grizzlies 4-0 to earn a spot in the championship game on Monday night.
MS is coached by Peter Enzien, Mark DeVito and Dom DeVito.
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First row:  Nate Kemble, Rocco DeVito, Marcus Tobin and Scott Travis.
Second row: Coach Mark DeVito, Brody Peacock, Peter Enzien, Nick Billert, Chris Ciccarelli, Luke Schultz and Coach Pete Enzien.
Missing from the picture are Jacob Zdonik, Jeff Halusic and Coach Dom DeVito.

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Stillwater Prepares for Brown’s Beach Purchase – Reported by Harold Wessell

TOWN OF STILLWATER, July 20 – The Stillwater Town Board on Thursday voted several procedural resolutions wrapping up approval of the new Consolidated Water District #6; and firmed up major preparations for potential purchase of Brown's Beach.

The beach site was the de facto main focus of a Public Hearing prior to the Board business meeting, to consider submission of a funding application to the New York State Department of Housing and Community Renewal on or about August 12, 2013, for $750,000 (with no local match required) under the 2013 Competitive Round Community Development Block Grant Program. The application for the grant was authorized during the business meeting.

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First Round of GloFo- Stillwater Foundation – By Harold Wessell

TOWN OF STILLWATER, July 9–

Two large "checks" were displayed at the front of the Stillwater Town Board chamber at a special meeting on this day.

One, explained Supervisor Edward Kinowski, was for $1 million, which had been received from GlobalFoundries.  "And thank God for GlobalFoundries as far as I'm concerned. They've done amazing things for our Town, by the money they've provided; and by the jobs and everything they've provided for Saratoga County, and our area."

The check to the right was the subject of the evening's meeting: for $242,482, the total amount of 27 grants awarded by the Stillwater-GlobalFoundries Foundation, inaugurated about two years ago. This was the first disbursement of grants by the Foundation.

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Town of Stillwater Working on Disaster Preparations – By Tom Rinaldi, Chairman

The Town of Stillwater has an Emergency Management Planning Committee that has been meeting for 8 years.  The committee represents both the Town and the Village in addressing planning issues in the event of a community emergency or disaster and is positively supported by the elected officials in both jurisdictions.  The members of the committee are a diverse group made up of town and village residents, members of the first response community including the town and village fire departments, members of the town and village board, civic organizations, the Community Center, National Park, the Town Highway and Police departments, Saratoga Lake Association, church groups, school facilities, the National Weather Service and mental health professional.  The current chairman of the Committee is Tom Rinaldi who is a 45 year member of the fire service and retired from New York State after 27 years with 12 years at the Office of Emergency Management in various capacities including Deputy Director.

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Malta & Stillwater Rescues to Combine – By Harold Wessell

MALTA, May 29 – Malta Ambulance Corps representatives met with the Malta Town Board

at its agenda meeting for June 3, to outline a proposed plan, long under consideration by the Corps and the Stillwater Rescue Squad, that would essentially absorb the Stillwater service and formalize daytime assistance that Malta has been providing for a decade.

The move reflects steps - such as hiring paid staff for daytimes -- that emergency services including fire departments have had to resort to for some years because of lack of volunteers.

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Preparedness For Flooding – Heavy Rain Due In The Next Several Days

It appears we are in line to receive up to 3” of rain over the next 5 days, with most of that coming during Thursday and Friday.  We will have to be alert to flooding in low lying areas and carefully watch the rise on streams and rivers.  Rainfall of this magnitude would be enough to cause some hydrologic issues as recent rains have allowed for wet soil conditions and many streams/rivers remain high.

Preparedness activities:

  • If you rely on a sump pump be sure that it is working, that it is connected to a ground fault protection.  Be prepared for a back up pump.
  • Make sure your sump pump discharges at least 10’ or more from the foundation or it will seep back in.
  • The fire department is unable to pump basements less than 3”, obtain a shop vacuum appropriate to remove water or install a sump & pump.
  • This rain event is not going to come from violent storms, it will be heavy tropical type rain so the risk from losing power will be from trees falling due to over saturated ground.
  • If you live in low lying areas expect water to collect and rise, structures cannot be pumped out until the water recedes and stops flowing in.
  • Sand bags need to be filled and in place before the rain comes, after is too late.
  • If your basement floods due to high water conditions and you do not have a sump pump, it is suggested that stored material either be removed or placed high off the floor.
  • If your basement floods regularly or has the potential to flood, a long term mitigation effort will be to move important utilities up out of the range of flooding waters and to remove appliances to another location.
Tom Rinaldi
Chairman
Stillwater Emergency Planning Comm
tom@rinaldi1.com