Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Grafton/Petersburgh – Andrea Lynn Whitelaw, 41, of 18 Woodland Road, Niantic, CT, passed away Friday, April 3, 2009, at the Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London, CT. Andrea was born on July 19, 1967, in Troy, NY, the daughter of Gordon (Gunny) Gundrum and Elizabeth Styles Cooper.
Stephentown – Hilda M. Schrufer Smith, 71, of NY Route 22, Stephentown, NY, died on Sunday, April 19, 2009, at Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA, after a long illness.
Berlin – Dorothy A. Yerton Bentley, 89, of Greene’s Brook Road, Berlin, NY, died on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at her daughter’s residence under the care of Community Hospice of Rensselaer County.
Hoosick Falls – Vivianna Margaret Deysenroth, infant daughter of Daniel and Jessica (Holmstedt) Deysenroth of Shaftsbury, VT, died on Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY, where she was born prematurely on April 7. [Read more…] about Vivianna Margaret Deysenroth
White Creek – Mrs. Ruth A. Woffenden, 87, a resident of McCart Road, White Creek, NY, died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. [Read more…] about Ruth A. Woffenden
White Creek – JoAnne Harrington, 54, of Lincoln Hill Road, White Creek, NY, died peacefully, surrounded by family and loving friends, on April 18, 2009, at the Rivers Edge Community Care Home in Bennington, VT. She resided on Lincoln Hill Road with her husband John Harrington.
Granville – Kenneth H. Peck, 74, of Dublin Road, Granville, NY, passed way peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Glens Falls Hospital.
Thursday, June 5, 1851: I hunted a young cow in my swamp that had a calf.
by Bea Peterson
On Wednesday, April 8, the Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society removed 55 dogs, 16 of them nursing puppies, and 14 cats from a single-wide mobile home on Spicer Rd. in Hoosick. [Read more…] about Sixty-nine Dogs And Cats Taken From Hoosick Home
by David Flint
A deer hit by a car may have made a meal for the elusive mountain lion reported to have been seen occasionally in these parts. [Read more…] about A Meal For A Mountain Lion?
