The 17th Annual Poestenkill Fire Company Car Show will take place on Sunday, August 14, at the Poestenkill Fire House, 182 Main Street in Poestenkill. There will be food, refreshments, vendors, door prizes and free parking, and spectators enter for free. There will be music by the K-Man.
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Tsatsawassa Pig Roast
On Saturday, August 20, the Tsatsawassa Protective Fire Company Inc. will hold its 23rd Annual Pig Roast on the Fire House grounds located just off Route 20 in the hamlet of Brainard. Doors will open at 1 pm, and the afternoon will be filled with fun events including door prizes and games as well as hot dogs, sausage, hamburgers and drinks. All the while the whole pig covered with foil, will be roasting on the spit in view of the attendees.
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Texas Hold’em In Stephentown
The Veterans of Stephentown and the Stephentown Fire Department will sponsor a joint Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, August 20, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located on Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp.
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A New Meet-Up Group Travel Club
Looking for kindred souls who are hooked on travel? Seeking a fun group of fellow travelers to build travel memories with? Then join Latitude Adjustment – a Berkshire/Lebanon Valley Travel Club on August 17 at 6:30 pm at the New Lebanon Library.
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The Battle of Bennington: A Turning Point Remembered
by John Sheaff, Walloomsac Battle Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
After the loss of Fort Ticonderoga to the British in 1777, British forces continued to pursue retreating American forces. The British caught up with the Americans in the vicinity of Hubbardton, VT, and The Battle of Hubbardton was fought on July 7, 1777. The result was a disaster for the Americans who suffered considerable loses, not only in terms of men and materiel but in area control as well.
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Marion Lohnes
Hoosick – Marion (Webster) Lohnes, 100, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011 at the Hoosick Falls Health Center. She had resided on the Hill Road in Hoosick, NY, and was the wife of the late Harold G. Lohnes; they were married for nearly seventy-two years.
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John S. Weaver
Petersburgh – John S. Weaver, 73 of Prosser Hollow Road, Petersburgh, NY, died suddenly on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY, after being sticken while driving in Grafton, NY.
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Nellie L. DeMars
Hoosick Falls – Nellie L. DeMars, 79, passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center. Formerly she had resided at the Wood Park Apartments and on River Street, both in Hoosick Falls, NY, with her husband Thomas DeMars.
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Karen Gutermuth
Berlin – Karen Gutermuth, 53, died peacefully on February 5, 2011, at her home in Lexington, VA, following a year long battle with cancer. Born April 2, 1957, in Troy, NY, she was a daughter of William D. Gutermuth of Berlin, NY, and Lady Ricker Rucinski of Saratoga Springs, NY.
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WCW’s Hoosick Falls Buildings In Foreclosure
by Bea Peterson
According to Rensselaer County Attorney Stephen A. Pechenik, J.W. Realty, owners of the WCW properties at 1 Mechanic Street in Hoosick Falls, owe the County $1.4 million in back taxes; $320,000 of that amount is late penalties and interest. J.W. Realty has not paid any taxes on the Mechanic Street properties since WCW, owned by the Wilkinson family, moved into the buildings in 2007. [Read more…] about WCW’s Hoosick Falls Buildings In Foreclosure