Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
By Thaddeus Flint
“So here we are again,” was New Lebanon resident Cynthia Creech’s reaction last Thursday night to yet another discussion on the proposed sale of a local property to the Corkscrew Rail Trail. [Read more…] about Discussing The Corkscrew Rail Trail…Again
A New Stewart’s Shop Is On The Horizon
By Thaddeus Flint
The new Stewart’s shop, sited for where the New Lebanon Mini Mart currently sits on State Routes 20 and 22, is proceeding apace, it was heard at the May 16 Planning Board meeting. However, that pace could be a brisker one for some residents. [Read more…] about New Lebanon Planning Board
The dinner will be held from 6 to 9 pm at the Greywacke Meadows Event Venue (aka The Wedding Barn) at 40 Dunham Road in Grafton. [Read more…] about Grafton Potluck Dinner
By Steve Bradley
Cambridge 1 at HF 5
Friday, May 18. First round game. By the time number nine seeded Cambridge (O 5-12, L 4-10) scored in the top of the seventh inning, Hoosick Falls (O 6-12, L 4-10) had built a five run cushion. [Read more…] about Eastwick Area Sectional Baseball Results
By Doug La Rocque
Following a public hearing at which there were no speakers, the Grafton Planning Board Monday night, May 21, approved a minor three lot subdivision of land owned by Leslie McDermott at 303 Old Seik Road. [Read more…] about Dividing Property Three Ways
Submitted by David Theriault
The Berlin Parade Committee welcomes entries for floats highlighting American inventors, past, present and future. [Read more…] about “American Inventors” Berlin 4th of July Parade Theme
George’s First Anti-Rent Meeting
Monday, October 9, 1843: Today Mr. John Matthews began to build a chimney in my cheese house and to set a kettle and build an oven and I tended mason. My boys tended mason part of the time and gathered apples. [Read more…] about George’s Holcomb
Sewer Project Bids Are High
By Alex Brooks
The Village’s Sewer improvement project has suffered a setback because bids from contractors came in much higher than the original estimates from three years ago. The project was originally estimated in 2015 to cost $3.7 million. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Village Board
Tree On Wires Issue Discussed
By Doug La Rocque
Some say the pine tree has been hanging across the telephone lines for as many as ten years. [Read more…] about Grafton Town Board
Having decided to move back to Rensselaer County from the outskirts of Hudson in Columbia County, I made the error of not making sure usable internet would be available where I was moving to. [Read more…] about No High Speed Internet For Country Folk
