Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
To the Editor:
I too was at the Budget Workshop meeting on March 31. It was very short and there wasn’t any discussion about the budget! I was there for just that, to hear about the budget. If it had changed, the public, along with half of the Board members, were not informed about this change.
[Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – To Set The Record Straight
Re-enactor Stuart W. Lehman will appear as a Colonial Physician in a program on 18th century medicine at the Stephentown Historical Society meeting on Monday, May 4. [Read more…] about Colonial Physician To Visit Stephentown
Attention residents of Stephentown. There will be a neighborhood food drive on Saturday, May 2. [Read more…] about Girl Scout Food Drive
Don Bogardus, Chairman of the Hoosick Falls Memorial Day Parade, calls all officers and members of all organizations, together with the general public, to participate in the parade to honor our military men and women, past and present.
[Read more…] about Village Honors Military With 2009 Memorial Day Parade
by Bea Peterson
Rain postponed the 49th Annual Lions Club Penny Hunt in Wood Park until Saturday, April 11. Before each group started Lions members tossed handfuls of pennies into the air. The sun reflected off the shiny copper as they fell. [Read more…] about Lions Penny Hunt And Egg Toss
by Alex Brooks
Petitions for candidates running for the Hoosick Falls School Board were due this week. The District Clerk received two, so there will be two candidates on the ballot running for two open seats. Laurie Gormley is running for re-election, and Ryerson N. Mausert 3rd is running for election to the School Board as well. Greg Laurin, whose term is expiring, declined to run for another term.
[Read more…] about Two Board Candidates And French N’est Pas At HFCS
by David Flint
Two seats on the Berlin School Board are up for election on May 19. The candidates were announced at the Board’s regular monthly meeting on Monday. The seat now held by Don French will be contested by John Nash of Grafton and Gina Goodermote of Stephentown. Julie Darling is running for reelection and she will be opposed by John Greene of Berlin. Both positions are for three-year terms.
The proposed 2009-2010 school budget includes funding for a district-wide pre-kindergarten (pre-k) program for resident children who reach the age of four on or before December 1, 2009. Transportation for the program will be provided for all eligible pre-k students by the School District.
[Read more…] about Berlin Central School District Pre-K Registration
Ziti Dinner
The Berlin Middle School Student Council will be hosting its Second Annual Ziti Dinner. Come join us Friday, April 24, at the Berlin Middle/High School cafeteria for a homemade ziti dinner (vegetarian or meat). Dinner includes drinks and dessert.
by Fidel Moreno
The fourth planning meeting for the 4th Annual American Indian Pow Wow and Music Festival is happening April 30 at 6 pm at Hoosick Tire on Rt. 7 in Hoosick. Pow Wow updates and festival information will be shared at this meeting. [Read more…] about American Indian Potluck Planning Meeting In Hoosick
