by Joe Jenkins, The Daily Voice PEEKSKILL, N.Y. — Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (SAPE) will host a rally in Peekskill at Pugsley Park on Saturday, Oct. 25, from noon to 3 p.m. Speakers will include State Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, Peekskill Common Council members Kathleen Talbot, Joe Torres and Darren Rigger, Cortlandt Town Board members Debbie Costello and Seth Freach, North…

Erik Lindberg (Letter to the Editor, Patch) Residents met in Somers on Thursday night to hear Spectra Energy present their proposal for the Atlantic Bridge gas pipeline project to the Somers Town Board. Still in the early planning stages, Atlantic Bridge continues the controversial expansion of the Algonquin pipeline currently planned for Rockland, Westchester, and…

by Mark Lungariello, Westchester County Business Journal The plan to rebuild and expand a pipeline that pumps natural gas through the Hudson Valley region includes a receiving station in the village of Buchanan. (View full report here.)

by Bob Dumas (Your Yorktown) Residents and officials from around the area expressed concerns about a second proposed gas pipeline expansion during an open house held Monday night by Houston-based Spectra Energy, the pipeline’s owner. (View full version here)

Bob Dumas for the Somers Record Members of a grassroots citizens group formed to half the expansion of the Algonquin gas pipeline in Northern Westchester County say that even though current plans to not call for the expansion to take place in Somers, there are other aspects of the project that could negatively impact the…

by Lori Bordonaro WNBC Members of one Westchester County community are worried about a planned pipeline set to be expanded near an elementary school. “Spectra Energy, the company behind the project, wouldn’t comment on potential health risks.” (View full report here.)

by FIOS1 Westchester Residents say hazardous waste could accumulate in the pipelines, putting them in danger (View full report here.)

by Rosanne Brackett (View in The Journal News) A Yorktown mom has a political awakening over Spectra’s planned expansion of the Algonquin pipeline, and Yorktown leaders’ willingness to “alienate” parkland for the project. (View full report here.)

Listen to Susan van Dolsen of Stop the Pipeline Expansion (SAPE) and Alison Rose Levy for a conversation about pipeline risks in the Northeast US on Connect the Dots at 10 AM ET this Wednesday, October 1st. (Listen here.)

By Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff) Peekskill city officials submitted a motion to Intervene Out-of-Time and to be granted Full-Party Status re Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC under CP14-96. The city is the representative of the residents who will bear the brunt of the construction of a new, larger pipeline to replace Spectra Energy’s current pipeline to New…

by Courtney Williams (Patch Letter to the Editor) Monday was the final day for public comment on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Expansion. As expected, a flood of comments poured in from citizens, elected officials, non-profits, opposition groups, and New York State permitting…

by Susan Siegel (LoHud Letter to the Editor) Yorktown faces many challenges from Spectra’s Algonquin Incremental Market pipeline expansion plan. A fight to protect parkland continues. (View full report here.)

by Tatyana Komin (LoHud Letter to the Editor) The AIM project creates countless hazards, health and safety risks, promotes dirty energy (fracking), impacts climate change and gives Westchester residents nothing in return. (View full version here)

Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff) As today’s deadline approached for comments on the Algonquin natural gas pipeline expansion proposed by Spectra Energy, written comments have poured into the Federal Energy Regulation Commission. The pipeline would run through Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties on its way to New England. (View full version here.)