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Suspected murderer caught
Yes, this is old news. Last Friday Sept. 26, we wrote about the manhunt for suspected killer Anthony Bechand had reached 12 days, and a few hours after that Morning Call post ran, officials said they had caught him. We meant to update everyone yesterday, but missed it. Here’s the story from WAMC: 53-year-old Anthony Bechand, who is suspected of murdering his girlfriend Amanda Rodriguez, was found and arrested by State Police Franklin County. On Thursday Sept. 25, police held a press conference asking people to come forward if they knew anything, and they did, apparently, as police said the request was “instrumental” in the capture. The Times Union is reporting that Bechand pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other, lesser, charges. The judge ordered him to stay away from relatives of his alleged victim. He is being held without bail, the story says.
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EV charging in the ADKS
Finding a electric vehicle charging location in the Adirondacks can be tricky, says a story in the Adirondack Explorer. In the winter this can be particularly bad, given that the vehicle’s heater runs on the same batter(ies) that drive the car, so drivers run cold in order to conserve power. The troubles e-drivers are facing: too few fast chargers, running cold to conserve energy, finding that chargers are broken, and other problems, the story says. Major roads are doing better than smaller roads, and the smallest hamlets are the least covered, the story says.
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The Underground Railroad, today
The Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany received $30,000 to bolster museum studies, Albany’s ABC channel 10 is reporting. At the center, students are introduced to a wide range of job opportunities available in museums and learn about the vital role the institutions play in local communities, the story says.
Radioactive water can be discharged into the Hudson
Tritiated water — a radioactive form of water — inside the shuttered Indian Point nuclear facility in Westchester County may be discharged into the Hudson River, a federal judge ruled, according to a story in the Times Union. In ruling for the company that is decommissioning the site, the judge said New York had overstepped its authority to regulate the process, which receives federal oversight. Tritiated water contains tritium, a byproduct in nuclear reactors that can be diluted enough to avoid harm to the environment and was released into the Hudson when Inidan Point was operational, officials told the judge. Attorneys for the company said the radiation exposure from the discharge would remain well within regulated safety limits, the story says.
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