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Photography Exhibit At The Hoosick Falls Health Center

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Corrina Aldrich grew up on a dairy farm in Woodsville, NH. Her love of cows and farming life are the primary inspiration for her work. A self taught photographer, she picked up a camera about twelve years ago and has taken photography and art classes to help define her style and develop her eye artistically. Her favorite subject matter is the Washington County landscape and the barns, farms and old equipment that populate its various corners.
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Election Day Spaghetti Supper And Mini-Hot Dogs

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There will be an election day spaghetti supper on November 2 at the Petersburgh Memorial Hall. Servings begin at 4:30 and end at 7 pm. The cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children 6 to 12 and free for children 5 and under.
Mini Hotdogs with Charlie sauce will also be on sale from 10 am to 4:30 pm with take-outs available. For more information, call 658-3788 or 283-5397. This event is sponsored by the Petersburgh Methodist Church.

George P Cuts His Hand

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Tuesday: John F. is unwell and did not hoe. Today a severe hot weather and we hear of some being sun stroked. Today John F. carried his 50 young sheep at one dollar and 63 cts per head and had 10 dollars in advance to Mr.    from Nassau.
Friday: I and Thomas hoed on the hill and finished hoeing potatoes, John F. did not hoe, he was unwell.
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Lead Danger Dominates Berlin School Board Meeting

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by David Flint
The report on lead testing at Berlin Elementary School, arranged by Questar III BOCES and conducted last May and June, was finally posted on the Berlin Central School District’s website (berlincentral.org) earlier this month. The results have produced a fire storm of anger and confusion that was reflected at the School Board meeting attended by over 100 people on Tuesday evening, October 19.
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Berlin Board Votes At Special Meeting To Make Offer On Berlin Lumber Property

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Stormy Meeting Ends In Consensus
by Kieron Kramer
At a Special Meeting on Wednesday, October 20, the Berlin Town Board voted 4-1 to make an offer on the Berlin Lumber property on Route 22 in Center Berlin. The offer voted on was very different from the one that the Board refused to ratify at the Town Board meeting on the Thursday before. The new offer contains contingencies for voiding the sale agreement which answer a number of the concerns expressed by the people who attended the meeting Wednesday. [Read more…] about Berlin Board Votes At Special Meeting To Make Offer On Berlin Lumber Property

Hoosick Falls House Gutted By Fire

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by Bea Peterson
Tom Vassello was in the process of selling his late parent’s home. “The house had been empty about a month,” he said. “We had a buyer and they were preparing to move in.” Unfortunately a suspected electrical fire created a change of plans. “Thank God no one was in there and no one was hurt,” said Vassello on Wednesday as he looked over the ruins. He believes the whole building will have to come down. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls House Gutted By Fire

Petersburgh Town Board Action – Planning Board Attacked

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by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Planning Board came under attack from several citizens during the public comment period of the Town Board meeting.
Planning Board Chairman David Miller, who was attending the meeting to speak to the Town Board about a proposed moratorium on subdivisions, left the meeting just before the statements critical of him and the Planning Board began, so he did not hear any of the complaints.
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