Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Bea Peterson
According to Maureen Marion of the Corporate Communications Postal Service the last business day at the Hoosick Post Office will be Thursday, July 3, as the Post Office must be out of the building by July 4. “This is a leased facility,” said Marion. “We will continue to work toward other solutions.”
by Kieron Kramer
In May the Rensselaer County Legislature passed a resolution memorializing Berlin’s Joan deLeon, who died on April 4 of this year. On June 10 the deLeon family came to the well of the Legislature in prodigious numbers during the presentation period before the Legislature’s regular meeting to participate in the ceremony honoring their matriarch. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Legislature Action – Berlin’s Joan deLeon Remembered
by Steve Bradley
Stephen Colvin, 21 year old son of Craig Colvin and Melissa North, was this past winter in an accident while skiing in Maine with his college buddies. It was a tragic event, felt literally across the world. But good things can come from the most terrible of things. This past Saturday a great thing came from the tragedy.
by Bea Peterson
Robert Flores of CT Male and Jeff Turbilio of MRB Group were the bearers of bad news at the Village of Hoosick Falls Board meeting on Tuesday, June 10.
[Read more…] about Village Of Hoosick Falls Board Action – Bad News About Water And Sewer Systems
by Alex Brooks
The Grafton Town Board received a letter of resignation from Marie Claus, in which she said she had decided to resign “due to personal issues.” Her resignation was effective June 1, 2014. The Board also received a letter of resignation from Peter Gundrum from his position on the Planning Board.
by Thaddeus Flint
The few first blades of a new grass roots movement started to take root Tuesday night at the New Lebanon Town Board meeting when some residents began to question a proposed high pressure natural gas pipeline that could one day pass through the Town. The seeds, so to speak, had been sewn at a meeting in Canaan the week before by a new group called the Columbia County Citizens for a Sustainable Future, who have begun to organize against the project which would follow the route of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline that already cuts through the area.
[Read more…] about New Lebanon Town Board Action – Concern About Gas Pipeline Percolates
by Bea Peterson
Three resolutions approved by the Village of Hoosick Falls Board last month were approved by the Hoosick Town Board at its meeting on Monday, June 9. These shared services resolutions were:
[Read more…] about Hoosick Town Board Action – Shared Services Agreements With Village Approved
McMahon Wins
by Steve Bradley
On two beautiful days last weekend, off road motorcycle racing events were held on Fish and Game Road in Hoosick. The road is on the west side of Potter Hill, just east of the Potter Hill Barn. The racing, a newer and popular format called JDay Racing, consists of 80 percent cross country, 25 percent motocross and an optional 15 percent X-Treme racing. The track was 3.5 miles long.
[Read more…] about Small Engines Draw Big Crowds In Hoosick Motocross
by Bea Peterson
“This has been a team effort,” said U.S. Congressman Chris Gibson on Monday at the opening of the new Rock Maple Farm production and storage site at 2112 Route 7 near the Pittstown/Brunswick line. “It is the very best of what federal, state, county and town governments can do working together. [Read more…] about County Economy On Rebound – New Bacon Business Opens
by Alex Brooks
A brief special meeting was held by the Petersburgh Town Board on June 9 to appoint a new Deputy Town Clerk. Only one application for the position was received.
