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Rensselaer Land Trust Annual Meeting

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Please join Rensselaer Land Trust (RLT) at its annual meeting on Saturday, December 6, from 8:30 to 11:30 am at Brown’s Brewing Co., Revolution Hall, Troy. The keynote speaker will be Tom Lake, presenting “Climate Change: We’ve Been Here Before!”

In the first half of the meeting learn about the RLT’s exciting 2014 accomplishments for land conservation and watershed protection in Rensselaer County. Over 150 community members will also be inducted into RLT’s new Blue Bird Society for their continued loyalty and support to RLT over the last decade.

The second half of the meeting will include a lecture by Tom Lake, NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program naturalist. Lake’s talk will bring guests back to earlier times in human history when severe climate change forced life on Earth to either adapt or become extinct. From Ice Ages to severe droughts, climate extremes have long been the catalyst for human change.

The Brown’s Brewing Co. breakfast buffet costs $15 per person. Please RSVP to Julie@renstrust.org or online at www.renstrust.org.

Vera A. Griswold

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Hoosick – Vera A. (Cipperly) Griswold, 91, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014, at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY. She had resided on Cipperly Road in Breese Hollow in Hoosick, NY. Vera was the wife of the late Ralph D. Griswold, whom she married on June 13, 1948.

Born on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1922, in Hoosick Falls, NY, Vera was the daughter of the late Harry and Alice (Webster) Cipperly. Vera was a graduate of Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls. She was a member of the All Saints Church in Hoosick and a longtime member of the Hoosick Grange. Vera was an avid card player. She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her children and grandchildren.

Survivors include her daughter, Kathy Bailey and husband Russell of Amenia, NY, two sons, Donn Griswold and wife Donna of Arlington, VT, and Jerry Griswold and wife Geri of Bennington, VT. She is also survived by eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren as well as a sister, Betty Kipp of Hoosick Falls, a brother, Robert Cipperly of Eagle Mills, NY, and many in-laws, nieces, nephews, godchildren, neighbors and friends. She is pre-deceased by five sisters, Ethel Sherin, Blanch Cipperly, Eleanor Lohnes, Helen Cloke and Doris Kipp, and six brothers, George, Dean, Waldo, William, Frank and Paul Cipperly.

The funeral service was held on Monday, November 24, at 5:30 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Relatives and friends called at the funeral home on Monday from 3 pm until the time of the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad or the Ronald McDonald House of Albany, NY, through the funeral home.

The Life Of George Holcomb – Election Time, 1833

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Sunday, November 3, 1833: This evening I rode over to Christopher after a Hays girl that my wife bargained to come and work for us, but the girl did not come.  Her excuse she was not able to do the work.

Monday: I today attended election as one of the board to the west part of town to John Babcock’s Jnr Inn. I paid 31 cts for my dinner and 3 cts for grog. This evening I went up to the widow Betsy Wylie’s and reckoned with her daughter Eliza for her work for us this season, which was 31 weeks at 75 cts per week, which was 23 dol 25 cts and for the same I paid her cash. Tonight severe cold weather for the time of year.

Tuesday: I attended election to Claudius Moffitt’s I attended as one of the board and I paid 31 cts for my dinner.

Wednesday we continued the election to Simon Cranston’s and this evening we canvassed the votes. Our Jackson Party got a handsome majority. I paid 31 cts for my dinner and I paid twelve cts for grog and in the evening I paid 25 cts for brandy wine and crackers and my two little sons went to election with me and I paid 19 cts for them, cake.

Saturday, November 16: On this evening I rode up to cousin Samuel Holcomb to a Universalist Society meeting, but it was bad weather and we did not do any business.

Sunday: Today Mother Spring slipped down or fell over backwards. It hurt her bad, and sent for the doctor and was bled.

Monday: I chopped wood to the door. Today our school began. Hiram Mattison keeps for ten dollars per month. My five children all goes to school and I give my hired boy a chance to go but said boy Charles Booge is not quite ready on account of clothes. I paid him 31 cts and today he went to the store to buy trimmings for his clothes.

Sunday: I walked over to Mr. Philander Carpenter’s to the funeral of his infant daughter. Elder Jones preached.  On this evening Mr. Moses Rouns came to my house and took Mrs. Dean and her goods and started for Albany, and Mrs. Dean gave me two old chairs and an old hoe for what trouble she had been to us.

Route 7 At Tibbetts Forest Claims Another Truck

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by Steve Bradley

A Missouri registered tractor trailer lost control negotiating a turn and overturned in Tibbetts State Forest Wednesday morning. The accident happened about one-quarter mile east of the Man of Kent pub.

The driver of the truck, who appeared to be in his forties, was shaken up and had some lacerations to his head but walked a short distance from the truck to waiting Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad personnel.

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Berlin Town Board Action – Tax Levy Increase Set At 14.93%

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by Kieron Kramer

The Berlin Town Board held a public hearing on the Town’s 2015 Budget at 6:30 pm on Thursday, November 13, an hour before the regular monthly meeting. The budget contains a 14.93% tax levy increase over 2014 and, combined with the modest 1.6% tax increase for the Fire District, will result in an increase of the tax rate per thousand of assessed value of $1.99, from $15.943 per thousand in 2014 to $17.933 in 2015. This means that a property owner will pay about $100 more on taxes in 2015 for property with an assessed value of $50,000.

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Petersburgh Town Board Action – Highway Department Has A New Look

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by Alex Brooks

At the Petersburgh Town Board Meeting on Monday, November 17, the Board heard from Rob Cottrell, its newly-appointed Highway Superintendent. He said he had hired two new highway workers, one full time and one part time. He said he was very pleased with the men he had hired. “They started work this morning,” said Cottrell.

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Hoosick Town Board Action – 2015 Budget Has A Tax Levy Increase of 3.13%

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by Bea Peterson

At the Hoosick Town Board meeting on Monday, November 10, the Board approved the 2015 budget of $1,446,110 with a tax increase of 3.13%.

“We have kept it under the allowable tax cap,” said Town Supervisor Mark Surdam. “The challenge is the pool, which is the Town’s major expense. We are still working on how to pay for it, and we expect it will affect the budget for the next five years.” [Read more…] about Hoosick Town Board Action – 2015 Budget Has A Tax Levy Increase of 3.13%