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Stage One Dispensary holds grand opening in Rensselaer

Stage One Dispensary holds grand opening in Rensselaer

Little Free Food Pantry set up in Rensselaer

RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Doane Stuart School and the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Rensselaer County have partnered up to create a Little Free Pantry for the city of Rensselaer.

Rensselaer CEO FRC celebrates new STEM-inspired playground

RENSSELAER, N.Y. — The Rensselaer Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) held a ribbon-cutting at its Family Resource Center (FRC) recently to celebrate the opening of the FRC s new STEM-inspired playground. STEM stands for education in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. It is a current hot topic in the education industry as more and more educational leaders call for increased emphasis on teaching STEM curricula. The new playground at the Rensselaer FRC has many structures that are designed to inspire opportunities of STEM thinking and learning for the children that attend the daycare there. On the preschool side of the playground is a climbing structure that looks like a rocket ship, a pretend car that looks like the Mars Rover, a music station, and a structure with gears and other manipulatives that demonstrates cause and effect. On the toddler side of the playground is another cause-and-effect structure and a kitchen play center.

Tonko and Delgado discuss census, infrastructure, jobs with Chamber

CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. — The Rensselaer County Chamber of Commerce hosted a virtual conversation with Congressmen Paul Tonko and Antonio Delgado. The congressmen, who represent New York s twentieth and nineteenth congressional districts, respectively, discussed an array of topics Wednesday morning. Among those issues was the recent announcement regarding New York s projected loss of one congressional seat, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and rebuilding the economy and infrastructure. Both lamented on the 2020 U.S. Census count and what it will mean for New York s representation. - Advertisement - We lose one voice of 27 in the delegation, and so that weakens our clout through committee assignments and through votes on the floor, Tonko said.