Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Deb Alter
Soil sampling and testing on the Little League and softball fields on Waterworks Road began on Monday, February 15. The results are due back in a few weeks, sometime in March. [Read more…] about Little League, Softball Teams To Play At Town Athletic Fields This Year
Put Saturday, April 16 on your calendars now for the Fourth Annual “Lace up for a Cure” 5K Run/Walk sponsored by Healers from Here. [Read more…] about Lace Up And Run For A Cure
Berlin Free Town Library Trustee’s President Rebekah Lamphere and Trustee Lynne Hewitt with some of the containers of hand made chocolate covered strawberries. [Read more…] about Berlin Library Strawberries Sell Out Again
by Steve Bradley
A Sunday morning fire at 19 Wall Street gutted the upstairs level of a garage. The fire got a big head start before the call came. When the Hoosick Falls Fire Department arrived, the smoke was pouring out of all openings and fire was shooting sideways out a window at the rear of the structure. [Read more…] about Fire Guts Wall Street Garage
The Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club had a Baby Shower for the Southern Vermont Medical Center Maternity ward. This is our Kiwanis Governor’s wife service project for the year. She is a maternity nurse herself and has seen the need for this personally. [Read more…] about Kiwanis “Jack n Jill” Baby Shower For SVMC
Student Leaders To Travel To Washington D.C. For Highly-Selective Environment Forum
Ethan Mattison, a student at Hoosick Falls Central School has been selected to represent Hoosick Falls Central School as a National Youth Delegate to the 2016 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University. [Read more…] about Ethan Mattison Selected as National Youth Delegate For Prestigious Conference At George Mason University
The Hoosick Area Church Association (HACA) is offering free tax preparation services from IRS-certified volunteer preparers through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Refunds can arrive in as little as 10 to 14 days with direct deposit. [Read more…] about HACA Free Tax Service Now Open
Cheney Library in Hoosick Falls will begin an 8 week Spring Story Time on February 23 at 10 am in the Story Room, and story times will be every Tuesday at 10 am. [Read more…] about Cheney Library Programs
The ninth seeded Panthers defeated the eighth seeded Red Raiders in Mechanicville Tuesday evening to advance. [Read more…] about Panther Advance In Sectional Play, 56 – 48
Berlin Boys Fall To Cambridge But Head Into Sectional Play Optimistic
By Doug La Rocque
The Mountaineers closed out the regular season with an 80 to 59 loss to the Cambridge Indians, stepping up in class as a tune up to this week’s Section 2 Class D competition. Roark Slattery again led from the way with 27 points and six rebounds. Slattery also dropped in six from three-point land. Senior Ryan Shumway added 12 points while Ryan Gosse contributed another 11 points. The Mountaineers held their own on the defensive boards, but only four offensive rebounds hampered their scoring efforts. [Read more…] about Berlin Boys and Girls Basketball
