Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Board Votes To Accept Payment
By Alex Brooks
At a Special Meeting on Tuesday, February 27, the Village of Hoosick Falls Board of Trustees unanimously voted to accept a payment from Honeywell and Saint-Gobain to pay some of the Village’s PFOA-related expenses. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Village Board
By Doug La Rocque
If it’s Maple Sugar season, one of the area’s foremost places to visit is Ioka Valley Farm on Route 43 in Hancock, Massachusetts, just over the state line from Stephentown. [Read more…] about Ioka Valley Farm Is A Sweet Place To Be
Dy Doug LaRocque
About 2 pm on Tuesday, February 27, school administrators were again told by students that another student was making comments about shooting up the school. [Read more…] about A Second Threat At Berlin MS/HS
Hoosick Falls Girls Battle To the End
By Steve Bradley and Doug La Rocque
Cambridge 49 – HF 42
Tuesday, February 27. Cohoes HS. Hoosick Falls lost to Cambridge by 33 and 26 in their regular season meetings and it looked like more of the same early. [Read more…] about Basketball Sectionals
New Stewart’s Shop And SAF Expansion Takes A Step Forward
By Doug La Rocque
Thursday, February 23 was a busy night for the Berlin Planning Board. First up was the proposal to build a much larger Stewart’s store at the intersection of Route 22 and Elm St. [Read more…] about Berlin Planning Board
First Look At HFCS 2018-19 Budget
By Alex Brooks
At a meeting of the School Board on February 15, the Hoosick Falls Central School District presented a first draft of its budget for next year. Overall spending was $23,363,933, which is $85,000 less than the current year. [Read more…] about HFCSD Board Meeting
Support, Confusion Over CEO Dean Herrick
By Thaddeus Flint
You know something is up in Stephentown when you find yourself driving around the dirt piles at the Highway Garage like it’s a Manhattan street looking for a parking spot. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board
Dy Doug LaRocque
The Stephentown Town Board met in a special session Monday, February 26, to re-affirm the appointment of David Cass to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). [Read more…] about Cass Appointment To Stephentown ZBA Re-Affirmed
By Doug La Rocque
At its Monday night, February 26 Workshop meeting, the Grafton Town Board awarded the purchase of the long awaited new ambulance to P and L Custom, Vander Molen of Syracuse, for the bid price of $163,073. [Read more…] about Grafton Awards Ambulance Bid
Sam Cottrell, owner of Hos-Cot Builders, Inc. and Hoosick Self Storage, was named to the Rural Builder Hall of Fame at the 2018 Frame Building Expo in Columbus, Ohio, February 15. [Read more…] about Sam Cottrell Named to Rural Builder Hall of Fame
