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Stephentown – LeRoy A. Wolcott, 88, of Stephentown, NY, died on July 15, 2015 at the Van Rensselaer Manor.
Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, he was son of the late Gerald and Vera Beattie Wolcott. At the age of two, LeRoy moved to Long Island and later moved to West Lebanon, NY where he resided for most of his life before retiring to Stephentown. [Read more…] about LeRoy A. Wolcott
Petersburgh – Mark D. Nelsen, 63, died on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Mark was born on September 13, 1951 in Queens, NY and was the son of Doris A. Olsen Nelsen of Albany and the late Andrew F. Nelsen. [Read more…] about Mark D. Nelson
by Bea Peterson
Saint Gobain Undertaking Soil And Water Testing
At the Hoosick Falls Village Board meeting on Tuesday, July 14, Mayor David Borge stated that since November 2014 the Village has taken a steady approach to a pilot study of Perfluorooctanic Acid (PFOA) in the water supply. “There is a filter system that will remove the PFOA,” he said. The filters last from 10 to 12 months. Total cost to install the filtering system is estimated to be $2.2 million. “An accurate engineering report is critical,” Borge added. New York State has a current budget of $200 million to help with these costs. The MRB Group is pursuing state and federal grants on behalf of the Village. “New York State is testing water samples for us,” said Borge. “Rensselaer County is establishing a grid, and we have an advisory group working on this.” [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Village Board Action
Permanent Building Inspector And Assistant Hired
At its regular monthly meeting July 20, the Petersburgh Town Board appointed Craig Surprise as the permanent Building Inspector, and appointed Nathan Michaels as Assistant Building Inspector. Surprise’s salary was set at $600 per month, and Michaels’ was set at $11 per hour. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Town Board Action
Town’s Old Gravel Pit Is Sold
by Thaddeus Flint
It’s July, a typically slow, sweaty month, so the big news from the monthly New Lebanon Town Board meeting isn’t really all that big: The Town’s gravel pit has finally sold.
The Board has been discussing the sale of the landlocked gravel pit up on West Hill Road since late last year. Holden and Associates from East Greenbush came and appraised the approximately 2.3 acres of land for $7,000. Some of the Board, however, were hoping for closer to $20,000 for the plot. But when it was put out to bid multiple times nobody wanted to pay close to that. Actually nobody wanted to bid at all. [Read more…] about New Lebanon Town Board Action
The very first graduating class of Berlin’s “School within a School” program saw a 100-percent success rate with all 13 students receiving a high school diploma.
On June 24, Berlin High School Principal Dr. Catherine Allain provided students with yellow honor cords to wear at graduation, normally reserved for honors students. [Read more…] about Berlin Central Schools’ Inaugural “School Within A School” Class Graduates 100 Percent Of Students
by Steve Bradley
A 34 year old man and his son narrowly escaped serious injury Sunday evening when a large tree split and fell onto their pickup truck, just missing the cab. The truck sustained extensive damage from the split of the tree, which was approximately 16 – 20 inches in diameter where it came into contact with the truck. The truck was pulling a 14 foot enclosed trailer. [Read more…] about Tree Falls On Vehicle Traveling On Route 22
For the 10th year the Hoosick Area Church Association is collecting school supplies for their Back-2-School Boost program. Sign-up sheets are available at the HACA Food Pantry at 26 John Street, as well as at all HACA churches, Hoosick Falls Central School and St. Mary’s Academy. [Read more…] about HACA Collecting Supplies For Annual Back-2-School Boost
The Rensselaer County Health Department is urging residents to take precautions to prevent exposure to tick borne diseases including Lyme, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis.
The warning stems from a significant increase in the number of cases of Anaplasmosis found in Rensselaer County in 2015 particularly in the Hoosick Falls/Petersburgh region. [Read more…] about County Health Department Warns Of Tick Borne Disease: Reported Cases of Anaplasmosis Have Sharply Increased In Rensselaer County
The Stephentown Food Pantry could use some donations of garden vegetables on Saturday mornings. If you have a surplus from your garden and you could take some fresh produce to the Stephentown Federated Church around or slightly before 9 am on a Saturday, it would be appreciated very much. [Read more…] about Stephentown Food Pantry: Produce Donations Needed
