Hoosick Falls – Paul E. Corbin, 80, passed away surrounded by his family on Tuesday, March 15, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. He resided on Babcock Lake Road with his wife Katherine (MacInnis) Corbin. [Read more…] about Paul E. Corbin
Margaret Jones
Hoosick Falls – Margaret Jones, 76, passed away peacefully on Friday March 19, at the Bennington Health & Rehabilitation Center. She resided on Fisk Street in Hoosick Falls. [Read more…] about Margaret Jones
Vivian J. Matte
Hoosick Falls – Vivian J. Matte, 74, passed away on Sunday March 20, at the Bennington Health & Rehabilitation Center. She resided on Route 22 in Hoosick Falls. [Read more…] about Vivian J. Matte
Dorothy Dusha
Bennington, VT – Dorothy Grout Dusha, 83, succumbed to injuries suffered in an automobile accident on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Dorothy was born in East Arlington, VT on December 8, 1932 on her father Max (Ruth) Grout’s birthday. [Read more…] about Dorothy Dusha
Everyone Agrees: Hoosick Falls 25th Anniversary St. Patrick’s Day Parade Was the Best Ever
A Warm, Sunny Day With Floats, Bands, Drummers, And Bagpipers Galore [Read more…] about Everyone Agrees: Hoosick Falls 25th Anniversary St. Patrick’s Day Parade Was the Best Ever
PFOA Testing Results Released: 20 Of The 50 Samples Taken In Petersburgh Are Above EPA Limit
by Alex Brooks
On Monday March 14, the Rensselaer County Department of Health released the results of private well testing for PFOA contamination from the wells of 50 private homes, mainly within a half mile of the Taconic plant in Petersburgh. Twenty of the fifty samples contained PFOA at levels higher than the current EPA standard of 100 parts per trillion. [Read more…] about PFOA Testing Results Released: 20 Of The 50 Samples Taken In Petersburgh Are Above EPA Limit
All Three Incumbents Re-elected In Hoosick Falls; Voting Results Shows Strong Support For Village Board’s Response To Water Crisis
by Deb Alter
In the largest turnout of voters in a Village election since at least 2001, incumbents Robert Downing, Ben Patten, and Karen Sprague were reelected by a wide margin to the Hoosick Falls Village Board on Tuesday, March 15. [Read more…] about All Three Incumbents Re-elected In Hoosick Falls; Voting Results Shows Strong Support For Village Board’s Response To Water Crisis
New Lebanon Needs A New Backhoe
by Thaddeus Flint
When life hands you lemons, you go and buy a new backhoe. At least that is what New Lebanon’s Highway Superintendent was trying to accomplish at last week’s Town Board meeting. But government, like life, is not always that simple. [Read more…] about New Lebanon Needs A New Backhoe
Governor Comes To Hoosick To Say “The Filters Are Working!”
by Deb Alter
Governor Andrew Cuomo visited Hoosick Falls on the morning of Sunday, March 13 for the first time since the water crisis began. He toured the water plant with local officials and then held a press conference at “Command Center” at the old Haynes Ford building.
Cuomo announced that preliminary test results of water coming out of the new carbon filtration system were coming back as “non-detect,” meaning the amount of PFOA in the water is too small to detect. “The good news is that the filters work,” he said. [Read more…] about Governor Comes To Hoosick To Say “The Filters Are Working!”
Rensselaer County Executive Kathleen Jimino’s State Of The County Address Highlights Cost Savings And Slams State Mandates
By Doug La Rocque
As she has in years past, County Executive Jimino is taking New York State to task for what she labels as a frightening growth pattern of state mandates. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Executive Kathleen Jimino’s State Of The County Address Highlights Cost Savings And Slams State Mandates