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Stephentown Board Hears From Youth 2 Youth

February 21, 2014 By eastwickpress

by David Flint

Looking for community support and more community awareness, three young students from the Youth 2 Youth group made a compelling presentation Monday evening before the Stephentown Town Board. [Read more…] about Stephentown Board Hears From Youth 2 Youth

Filed Under: Front Page, Local News, Stephentown

HFCS Budget Draft Hopes For Improved State Aid

February 21, 2014 By eastwickpress

by Alex Brooks

The Hoosick Falls School District presented a first draft of its 2014-15 budget at its meeting on February 12. It shows an overall increase in spending of $1,047,809, which is a 4.8% increase.

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Filed Under: Front Page, Hoosick School Dist., School News

Grafton’s Helen Ellett Celebrates Her 100th Birthday

February 21, 2014 By eastwickpress

by Randy Kneer

Sunday, February 16, was Helen Ellett’s 100th Birthday. Her family put on a beautiful birthday party for her at the Grafton Everett Wagar Senior Citizen Center from 12 to 3 pm. The public was invited.

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Filed Under: Front Page, Grafton, Local News

New Life For The Ruditis Building

February 21, 2014 By eastwickpress

by Bea Peterson

Yucel Erdogan lives in Brooklyn and has a weekend place in East Nassau. While up for a weekend three years ago he was exploring the area and discovered Hoosick Falls. “I liked the area, the architecture,” he said. He came back several times, did other things, then got in touch with Herb Loretan about the Ruditis building. [Read more…] about New Life For The Ruditis Building

Filed Under: Front Page, Hoosick Falls, Local News

BCS Facilities Informational Meeting

February 21, 2014 By eastwickpress

by Thaddeus Flint

The Berlin School Board held a special informational meeting on February 6 in an effort to determine the public’s interest in using the District’s facilities outside of the normal school day.

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Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., Front Page, School News

The Hoosipalooza Is March 1

February 21, 2014 By eastwickpress

Join HAYC3 for Hoosipalooza-3, the Hoosick community celebration day that’s jam packed with all kinds of activities for kids, grown-ups and families, on Saturday, March 1. Start the day at 11 am with a walk in Wood Memorial Park amid the harmonious sounds of a collection of wind chimes created by local artists and the wind.
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Filed Under: Front Page, Hoosick, Hoosick Falls, Local News

School Is Out, Hill Is Perfect!

February 21, 2014 By eastwickpress

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Filed Under: Front Page, Hoosick, Hoosick Falls, Local News

Letter To The Editor – About The Transfer Station

February 21, 2014 By eastwickpress

To the Editor:

I am again compelled to respond to last week’s letter to the Editor entitled, “Transfer Station Agreement Unfair.” The Town of Petersburgh has always worked to make general improvements and reduce finances in cooperation with its citizens. Apparently this way of handling things is not the case of some, who have decided to take a confrontational approach in addressing Town matters.

I myself have been working on this matter diligently for the last several months, as have our new Town Board members prior to their even assuming office.  The Town of Petersburgh has always had a good relationship with our neighboring Town of Berlin, and it is unfortunate that these aggressive opinions may risk destroying this avenue. Again, not to be repetitive, but the Town is aware of and working to rectify this situation; at the January Regular Town Board Meeting, I made it publicly known that the Board is working on the situation. Elaboration was not provided, not because the Town is trying to “hide the facts,” but rather to ensure continued cooperation and friendly discussions with the Town of Berlin in regard to the Transfer Station agreement.

In the meantime, this office is spending a lot of unnecessary time answering accusations instead of spending time where it is really needed. Prior to my knowing this particular letter appeared, I went to the Transfer Station to deliver recyclables and was hostilely confronted by the attendants, all due to Mr. Berry’s statements that appeared in the letter. This unprofessional and undiplomatic method of addressing Town operations has been extremely counterproductive.

I am available at any time to listen to and discuss any concern that citizens may have. It is my belief that our Board would extend the same courtesy. Since I took office I have attempted to form many committees for Town-related business in order to encourage involvement from the public. Hardly any positive interest has been shown despite the Town’s repeated attempts to involve the community. Now that these negative interpretations of the Town’s intentions have been displayed, it only helps to create further problems instead of solutions.

Siegfried Krahforst

Petersburgh Town Supervisor

Filed Under: Letters & Comments, Local News, Petersburgh

Letter To The Editor – About The Transfer Station

February 21, 2014 By eastwickpress

To the Editor:

This is a reply to Tom Berry’s Letter to the Editor entitled “Petersburgh/Berlin Transfer Station Agreement Unfair.”

If a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound?  If a person doesn’t attend the public budget workshops meetings in the Town of Petersburgh does that mean they can accuse the Town Board of not being accountable?  That is what Tom Berry did!  He didn’t attend the budget workshop hearings last year. It’s possible he didn’t attend any in past years either.  Therefore he did not hear the Supervisor and former Town Board openly discussing the costs to the town for the Transfer Station.  Many of us did hear. Since Mr. Berry was not present he felt it necessary to form the opinion that the Town officials are not informing the citizens.

Over the past few weeks one question comes to mind. Is aggressively accusing your Town government by Mr. Berry and others a helpful way to move in the right direction?  To use Mr. Berry’s words, is that a “healthy well-functioning democracy?” I suppose that is for the public to decide. I do see a silver lining. Mr. Berry’s questionable statements may get more residents to take an interest in the Town government and attend Board meetings. It would certainly be beneficial for more Petersburgh people to get involved in the Town.  It would be even better if folks attended Board meetings throughout the entire year.  If you don’t wish to attend, we would like to hear from you in other ways (emails, letters, phone calls).  We welcome your concerns and questions. We need to know what all of you are thinking, not just a handful of people.  Please speak up!  We are your town government.  We represent ALL of you!

I do agree with some of the points Mr. Berry brought up in regard to Petersburgh’s cost to use Berlin’s transfer station.  However, things cannot happen overnight.  The cost for Petersburgh to use the Berlin Transfer station has been close to or the same for the past 15 years.  Recently, the Town Supervisor and the Board as well as other Town officials have begun working toward a solution that is best for our town.  That doesn’t mean we are leaving the Berlin Transfer station out of the picture.  Also, it doesn’t imply we shouldn’t try to reduce costs when possible.  However, let’s not jump to something we’ll be sorry for later.  Let us carefully weigh all our options.  The Supervisor and the Town Board will continue to speak to vendors and other towns in our area to see what refuse programs they have and how successful they are.  We will keep trying to convince Berlin to come to the negotiation table as well.  You can help too. Please come to the Board meeting with, or send in, your ideas for garbage and refuse collection.

With that in mind, Mr. Berry is correct to say the payment to Berlin is substantially more than the revenue in.  However, he is wrong to label it as a “deficit.” In reality this is an expense for a service.   Other municipalities consider the cost of garbage collection a service for their residents. I believe that past Petersburgh Supervisors as well as past Town Boards considered this expense a necessity in order to provide a service to the Petersburgh residents.  Going forward, Supervisor Krahforst, along with the new board, is taking a different approach on many issues including the Transfer Station.  When we feel it’s necessary, we will rethink what has been done in the past.

We know full well the struggle Petersburgh faces with this year’s bleak economic condition.  If we are dealing with uproar and bullying how can the Town officials focus on what needs to be done in an efficient and sensible way?

Yes, the previous Board had to raise taxes.  No one was happy about that.  Budgets in most Town departments were cut to the point of bare bones.  The brand new Town Board has just begun.  I can say sincerely the new Town Board will do its best to make improvements across the board, even in spite of the minimal resources we have. I am confident we will work hard and make decisions that are best for the Town.  One step at a time.  It will get better.  Together we can make good things happen for Petersburgh.

Denise Jacon Church

Petersburgh Town Council Member

Filed Under: Letters & Comments, Local News, Petersburgh

Panthers Gallop Past Indians, 73 – 28

February 21, 2014 By eastwickpress

by Steve Bradley

When the Coxsackie – Athens Indians came out for warmups prior to the game Tuesday evening it looked like they would be a tough opponent. They were big, tall and athletic looking. Perhaps their number 15 seeding was not an indication of their abilities. It appeared this could be more of a game than anticipated. But looks turned out to be deceptive. In the end, the Panthers crisp passing on offense and a stellar defense, which gave up just 17 points by the end of the third quarter, was far too much for the Indians.

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Filed Under: Hoosick School Dist., School News, Sports Outdoors

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