Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
A Tough Way To Start The Day
by Steve Bradley
At 8 o’clock Wednesday morning, a local woman driving a sport utility vehicle pulled out of the old Falls Motel parking lot across Rt. 22 from HFCS and drove into the path of an oncoming southbound tractor trailer. [Read more…] about Accident And Fuel Spill On Route 22 Across From HFCS
29 To Lose Jobs
by Bea Peterson
On November 7 Oak-Mitsui Technologies, LLC, announced it is closing its FaradFlex Technologies facility at 80 First Street in Hoosick Falls. Production is scheduled to continue into January and cease in February 2015. All machinery and Research and Development equipment for the making of their circuit board product will be transferred to the Malaysia FaradFlex operation during March and April.
[Read more…] about Oak-Mitsui Closing Hoosick Falls Facility
by Alex Brooks
The Grafton Town Board meeting on November 10 went through the usual routine until Town Supervisor Frank Higgins made a motion, seconded by Councilwoman Barbara Messenger, to adopt the preliminary budget as the final budget.
[Read more…] about Grafton Town Board Action – Budget Vote Delayed
by Alex Brooks
After all the ballots were counted last Friday, November 7, Ingrid Gundrum had a total of 437 votes, and Eric Buckley had 426. [Read more…] about Gundrum Elected In Grafton By An 11 Vote Margin
by Thaddeus Flint
Reporters covering meetings in small towns often come to realize most of the way through a meeting that there will be nothing to report.
And then there is New Lebanon.
[Read more…] about New Lebanon Town Board Action – Supervisor Takes A Flyer
by Deb Alter
At the Hoosick Falls Village Board meeting on Monday, November 10, the Board discussed the closing of the Oak Mitsui plant, the resignation of Trustee Jeremy Driscoll, who has moved out of the village, the possible closing of the Center Street railroad crossing, a Monolith Solar project, a pilot project by MicrOrganic waste water treatment and the purchase of a piece of property by HooRWA for the Village, among other things.
by Kieron Kramer
The Rensselaer County Legislature held its November regular meeting on Wednesday evening instead of the usual Tuesday because of the Veterans Day Holiday. Three resolutions commending Eastwick residents for their achievements were presented as was a resolution in memory of Berlin’s Maurice L. “Kipper” Maxon.
Most town supervisors, who are in the throes of developing the 2015 town budgets while paring down the property tax levy increases, will be interested in the resolution providing for the distribution of mortgage tax to the towns.
[Read more…] about Rensselaer County Legislature – Eastwick Residents Commended And Memorialized
by David Flint
Stephentown Veterans Day ceremonies, held on Saturday, November 8, at the Veterans Park, focused this year on those members of the Stephentown Veterans from the post-Korea and Vietnam War eras.
[Read more…] about Stephentown Honors Post-Korea And Vietnam Era Veterans
by Bea Peterson
The temperature was 60 degrees as the Immaculate Conception Church bells rang 33 times to honor those soldiers from Hoosick killed during World War II. The Village fire siren blew, and the American Legion Post 40 ceremony began in Wood Park at 11 am on Tuesday, November 11. [Read more…] about Large Crowd Honors Hoosick Veterans
by Bea Peterson
At 3 pm on Veterans Day the Patriot Riders returned the Voice of a Vet’s Tribute Flag, Liberty, to Hoosick Falls where it was flown in Wood Park. [Read more…] about Liberty Returns To Hoosick
