Drew Chesney said the federal money for the Turnpike Rescue Squad he directs would be used to buy extrication coats, pants, gloves, and helmets, to “protect our members at the roughly 200 motor vehicle accident and extrication incidents we run each year.”

Village officials hope to get a piece of a $50 million federal grant to build a rail museum in Voorheesville at the head of a rail trail to Albany.