Matt Murell, chairman of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors, was the first speaker among approximately 50 who testified on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at a public hearing on the Shepherd’s Run solar project application that was held in the Copake Town Hall. Approximately 100 residents and citizen groups attended and 50 testified at the first session held by Administrative Law Judges, from left, Dawn MacKillop-Soller and Maureen Leary. At center, Executive Director of…..