Join Extra Helpings and save money on your food bill. Extra Helpings is a community food buying club with no age limits or income limits. Now there are more choices and better quality. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Extra Helpings!
Mid-Summer Visiting
Saturday, July 3, 1852: Today I and John F. and Irish John hoed on the hill potatoes on the Maxon farm. [Read more…] about Mid-Summer Visiting
Yule Log Tradition At The Dyken Pond Center
Celebrate the outdoors this season by attending the annual Yule Log Event at the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center on Sunday, December 13. Beginning at 1 pm, there will a search for the hidden yule log. [Read more…] about Yule Log Tradition At The Dyken Pond Center
A New Roof For Stephentown Federated Church
The Stephentown Federated Church’s new roof was well under way in time for Thanksgiving. The congregation is deeply grateful to all individuals and groups in the community who contributed toward this project. [Read more…] about A New Roof For Stephentown Federated Church
Lady Panther Field Hockey – 2009 Regional Champions
Hoosick Falls Goes To Final Four
by Bea Peterson
On Saturday, November 14, the Hoosick Falls Field Hockey team traveled to the Hudson Valley Sports Complex in Milton, NY and played against Pine Plains in The Dome. [Read more…] about Lady Panther Field Hockey – 2009 Regional Champions
Berliners Ponder Important Vote
by Kieron Kramer
It’s official. At its meeting on November 12 the Berlin Town Board voted unanimously to set the time and place of the referendum on the use of Capital Reserve Funds to purchase the Berlin Lumber property. The referendum will be held on December 14 with voting from noon to 8 pm in the Town Hall. Absentee ballots must be obtained from the Town Clerk no later than November 30.
An Open House hosted by The Kinderhook Group, Berlin Lumber’s realtor, will be held on Sunday, November 22, so that Town residents can inspect the property before they vote. [Read more…] about Berliners Ponder Important Vote
Controversy Over A Wood Chipping Mill In Stephentown
Stop Work Order Stayed
by David Flint
Mark Frankel of East Road asked why a wood chipping business on Jones Road is still operating after a stop work order was served on it. Frankel and others at the meeting pointed out that the mill is in an R-1 Residential zone and is operating noisily seven days a week and is detrimental to the neighborhood. [Read more…] about Controversy Over A Wood Chipping Mill In Stephentown
Panther Football Team Crushes Ogdensburgh On Way To State Semi-Final
by Gary Danforth
No one could have predicted the cavernous discrepancy in this 2009 New York State high school quarterfinal football championship game. And if anybody says they could have, you’d better get them working on far more serious projects like how to solve the economy and how to cure deadly diseases. Quick. [Read more…] about Panther Football Team Crushes Ogdensburgh On Way To State Semi-Final
Bond Spurs Contentious BCS Board Meeting
by Phillip M. Zema
Those attending Berlin’s School Board meeting witnessed several contentious presentations regarding the District’s policies and economic plans. While discussion sometimes became blatantly confrontational, it must be noted that the meeting highlighted some obvious upsides of the District, especially the growing interest in band-related activities.
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Litigation Regarding Star Ridge Way
by Alex Brooks
At the Petersburgh Town Board Board meeting on Monday night, Planning Board Chairman Dave Miller spoke to the Board about the road in the Star Ridge development. He said there is litigation going on about it between the developers of the subdivision, Michael and Joan Buzerak, and the five lot owners, which he became involved in because he was asked to give an affidavit about the terms of the Planning Board approval. [Read more…] about Litigation Regarding Star Ridge Way