Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Alex Brooks
At its August 15 meeting, the Petersburgh Town Board unanimously passed a resolution to retain Kevin Young of the firm Young Sommer LLC to represent the Town in matters pertaining to the PFOA crisis. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Hires Environmental Attorney
By Doug La Rocque
Nearly a year after the investigation began, Grafton Town Court Justice Rebecca Snyder-Greene heard the request by the attorney representing Michael and Erica Costello to suppress evidence obtained in a search warrant executed on their Old Road Property. [Read more…] about Long-Awaited Suppression Hearing Held In Grafton Animal Abuse Case
By Doug La Rocque
Despite the heat and humidity of this summer, Grafton has managed to escape the fury of Mother Nature until Saturday August 6, when lightning, heavy winds and rain brought down trees and tree limbs across wires and roadways, snapped power poles, and generally made quite a mess. [Read more…] about Saturday Storms Take Down Trees And Electrical Lines In Grafton
By Doug La Rocque
At July’s Berlin Town Board meeting Youth Commission Director Tammy Osterhout shared her concern about this year’s swim program, noting only a handful had signed up. [Read more…] about Berlin’s Summer Swim Program Combines With Stephentown To Make It Work
by David Flint
Stephentown is one of only a few towns that have had any provision for authorizing and permitting of open burning in the Town, and the authority has long rested with the Fire Department. [Read more…] about Code Enforcement To Take Over Burn Permits From Fire Dept.
by Thaddeus Flint
It was parks, speeding, snakes (mechanical), those zoning variances being “handed out like Halloween candy”, and the quality of life for Seniors at the monthly Board meeting in New Lebanon last week. [Read more…] about Taking Care of Shatford Park
By Doug La Rocque
The appointment of a new Social Services Commissioner and the public hearing for the new Agricultural Protection Plan highlighted last week’s meeting of the legislature, but so did resolutions like the one that declared September 2016 to be a month of Remembrance. [Read more…] about Remembrance And Preparedness A Common Theme At The August Meeting Of The Rensselaer County Legislature
By Doug La Rocque
Jane McDermott’s proposal to construct a post and beam banquet house called Greywacke Meadows is still stalled by environmental permits. [Read more…] about Grafton’s Proposed Banquet House Still Has Some Obstacles To Clear
By Doug La Rocque
Latham’s Eric Youns was the first across the finish line in Sunday’s event at the Grafton Lakes State Park in a time of 18:16, with Grafton’s Ryan Gosse placing second, about a minute behind. The first woman to cross the line was another Grafton resident, Serena Rizzo in a time of 20:42. [Read more…] about Local Runners Amoung The Top Finishers In Run For The Roses At Grafton Lakes State Park
By Doug La Rocque
Two weeks ago Grafton Lakes State Park held its first Cinema on the Beach, screening the popular Disney children’s movie Ratatouille, the story of a French rat who dreams of becoming a chef. [Read more…] about Cinema On The Beach, Again This Friday Night
