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                        Some municipalities in the Capital District are struggling to house stray or missing animals. And local governments are asking for help.
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                        The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has renewed operating permits for a notorious construction landfill in Rensselaer.
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                        A New Jersey-based waste company has scuttled plans to build a sludge incinerator in the city of Rensselaer, which is now moving toward officially discouraging similar proposals.
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                        Activists and Mayor Mike Stammel are up in arms over a New Jersey-based waste company's plan to build a sludge incinerator in the city of Rensselaer.
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                        Congressman Paul Tonko was in Rensselear Friday marking the three-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, with $500 million allocated to the region.
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                        The City of Rensselaer is soliciting public input prior to submitting a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative application to the state.
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                        The city of Rensselaer has come under fire in a New York State Comptroller's audit.
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                        A storm that brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to eastern New York over the weekend took trees and power lines down with it.
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                        A year-long planning effort to attract investment and funding opportunities to the city of Rensselaer has begun.
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                        The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is holding two in-person sessions today on the embattled Dunn Landfill in Rensselaer.