Do you have a Kindle, Nook, iPad or other e-Reader? Come and learn how you can check out digital books, audiobooks and movies from the Library. Join us on Tuesday, March 4, at 6:30 pm at the Brunswick Community Library, 4118 State Highway 2, when Jo-Ann Benedetti of the Upper Hudson Library System explains it all for you.
Vegetable Gardening For Beginners At The New Lebanon Library
John Senger, New Lebanon resident and proprietor of Windswept Farms, will conduct a workshop on vegetable gardening at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, March 6, at 6:30 pm. This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome.
Gardening topics discussed will include benefits and rewards of starting plants from seed, how to select plants when seeds are not an option, necessary equipment and soil and site requirements. This workshop will help both novice and experienced gardeners start planning their best gardens ever.
A graduate of the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, John Senger has amassed more than forty years of experience in gardening. Since 1986, he has run Windswept Farms in New Lebanon with his wife, Amy, and before that managed Senger’s Nursery in Pittsfield.
For further information on this free event, please call the New Lebanon Library at 518-794-8844. The Library is located at 550 State Route 20, ¼ mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.
Cheney Library Book Sale
The Cheney Library will be having its monthly book sale on March 1 from 8 am to 1 pm in the Library. There is a large selection of books, and we have donations of new materials that are in great condition. Cheney Library is located in Hoosick Falls on NY 22. Our phone number is 518-686-9401.
Berlin Fire Department Monthly Breakfast
On Sunday, March 2, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its monthly breakfast. Breakfast includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, French toast, biscuits with homemade sausage gravy, bacon and sausage, home fries, toast and eggs (sunny side, over easy or over hard, scrambled). Beverage choices are of coffee or tea (both available as decaf), hot chocolate, milk and orange juice.
Prices are $7 for adults, $4 for children ages 5-12 and no charge for children under 5.
Harold J. Jones
Hoosick Falls – Harold J. Jones, 56, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2013, at his residence after a brief illness. He was the husband of Cindy Lou (Wilson) Jones.
Born on May 14, 1957, in Cambridge, NY, Harold was the son of Howard B. and Blanche (Sherman) Jones of Buskirk, NY. He graduated from Cambridge Central School. Harold was employed by the Hoosick Falls Central School as a bus driver. He also drove bus for the Green Mountain Express and was formerly employed at Oak Mitsui in Hoosick Falls, NY. Harold was a member of the Vermont Army National Guard, the Cornerstone Fellowship Church and the North Hoosick Fire Department. He was a former member of the Hoosick Falls Fire Department and the Buskirk Fire Department. Harold enjoyed camping, Sunday rides with his wife Cindy and the time spent with family.
Survivors, other than his wife Cindy, include his daughter, Katrina Jones Inigo of Hoosick Falls, his sister, Lynn Jones of Buskirk, three brothers, Howard Jr. of Palatka, FL, Paul of Hoosick Falls and Doug of Stephens City, VA, three grandchildren, Jaylen Michael, Jenny Grace and Jane Addaline, his father and mother-in-law, Skip and Jackie Wilson, his sister-in-law, Bonnie Lee, his brothers-in-law, Clinton Jr., Wayne and Eric Wilson, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are on Thursday evening, February 27, at 7 pm from the North Hoosick Fire Department on Route 22, North Hoosick, NY. Relatives and friends may call at the Fire House on Thursday from 4 to 7 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the North Hoosick Fire Department. Arrangements are under the direction of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls.
Shirley R. Minkler
Petersburgh/Grafton – Shirley Rena (Etman) Minkler, 78, a longtime resident of Grafton, NY, and recently Petersburgh, NY, died peacefully on Saturday, February 22, 2014, at her residence following a long illness with her family by her side.
Joan M. O’Neill
Hoosick Falls – Joan M. O’Neill passed away on February 20, 2014, at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY, at the age of 80. She had resided on Clay Hill Road in Hoosick, NY, and was the wife of the late Charles O’Neill, who died on May 27, 2009.
Born on August 5, 1933, in Hoosick Falls, NY, Joan was the daughter of the late John and Madelyn (Doyle) Murphy. She graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls and received her B.A. in English from Southern Vermont College in Bennington, VT. Joan was a real estate agent. She owned and operated Joan O’Neill Real Estate in Hoosick Falls, for several years. She enjoyed skiing and swimming and was an instructor for both. Joan was an avid gardener and enjoyed her morning walks throughout Hoosick Falls with her dog Molly. She was a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church. Joan’s family was the fourth generation living in Hoosick Falls, a community she loved.
Survivors include her daughters, Deborah Lockemeyer of Shortsville, NY, and Mary Ellen O’Neill of Hoosick Falls, her sons, Robert O’Neill and wife Debra of Exeter, NH, and Timothy O’Neill and wife Patty of Fredericksburg, VA, her brother, Jonathan Robert Murphy of New Port, FL, and seven grandchildren, Robert William O’Neill and Julianna O’Neill, both of Exeter, Charlie, Sam, William and Zoey O’Neill, all of Fredericksburg, and Noah Chani of Hoosick Falls.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Monday, February 24, at 1 pm from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial followed the Mass at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hoosick Falls.
There were no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary’s Academy through the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, which is handling the arrangements.
The Life Of George Holcomb – A Trip To Troy For Jury Duty
by Alex Brooks
September of 1830 was filled with peddling trips to Williamstown, Pittsfield, Dalton, Lebanon, Ancram and Kinderhook to camp meetings, musters and military training.
Sunday, September 19, 1830: On this evening brother Wm and I started for Hoosic to be there for peddling to training tomorrow. Wm’s daughter Lucretia went and stayed to her grandfather Barnhart’s. We returned and left her.
Monday: This morning at seven o’clock we got to Hoosic Corners and we peddled there, sold cake and cider, today to training. Tonight we came down to Petersburgh and stayed to the widow Runnels to a private house. Our expense was 37 cts.
Tuesday: We came on to Berlin to Hammon Village to training these two days. I made about eight dollars and 96 cts. I bought a few auction goods to the amount of 87 cts. We got home about ten this evening.
Wednesday: Today we peddled in our own town cider and cake. I made about four dollars and bought about 40 cts worth of auction goods.
Thursday: Today brother Wm and I went to Pittsfield peddling cake and cider, and tonight we went on to Lanesborough and stayed to Baker’s tavern.
Friday: This morning we went on from Lanesborough to Cheshire to training peddling cake and cider. These two days I made ten dollars. Today when I was to training I found a pocketbook on the ground stamped into the dirt. I heard of no inquiries and I fetched it home to advertise for the owner. In said pocketbook is seven dollars and 26 cts and notes over eighty dollars. We got home about ten this evening.
Monday, September 27: This morning about one o’clock I start for Troy. I walked all the way. I got into Troy about seven this morning and I went to one Mr. Joseph Swallow to board at two dols per week, during the time that I stay as juryman. I took my breakfast at nine this morning. We was called in to court at eleven. The court did nothing today but organize. George R. Davis sets as first judge.
Tuesday: Today the court was called in at nine this morning. I only sat on two juries today.
Wednesday I sat on two juries.
Thursday: This morning I took a letter from Mr. A.J. Wilson and called over the river to Gilbinsville to a Justice in order to get my note that I had left with said Wilson nearly two years hence for to collect against James Landon, but could not find said note. I returned to Troy and informed Wilson the note was lost and he agreed that he would find said note and return it to me. I paid seven cts for crossing the ferry twice and six cts to a barber to shave me. Today at noon the Judges discharged me on account of my being hard of hearing. I paid for my board to said Swallow’s which was one dollar. Today my wife came to Troy in company and to help her two sisters and husbands on their way home to take the canal for the west. I then drove my wagon home that my wife came out with. We got home at ten o’clock this evening. My gateage home was 14 cts. While I was in Troy this week I paid 12 cts for beer and peaches.
Firemen Dig Out Hydrants
by Steve Bradley
On Monday evening, Hoosick Falls Fire Department members spread out through the second ward of the Village to dig out any fire hydrants that weren’t already accessible. The HFFD clearing crews did have to take a break to answer a call to assist the rescue squad on Church Street, then they were right back at it. [Read more…] about Firemen Dig Out Hydrants
Garbage Wars?
by Kieron Kramer
The issue of the renewal of Petersburgh’s contract to use the Berlin transfer station, which has been percolating for weeks, surfaced right at the end of the Berlin Town Board meeting last Thursday, February 13, when mild mannered, man of the people, badge-toting Dog Control Officer Doug Goodermote said to the Board, “I’ve been reading the last two weeks in the Eastwick Press that you people are dishonest and unfair.” [Read more…] about Garbage Wars?