by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board met on December 30 and adjusted the Town accounts to move money to accounts that are overdrawn from ones that have a surplus.
A Day At The Races
by Bea Peterson
HAYC3 is in the midst of its annual fund raising. Check the HAYC3 website for a letter from Board President Michael Baker listing all the accomplishments of HAYC3 in 2013. The goal is to make 2014 an even better year. That requires funds, hence the fund raising.
To sweeten the donating pie, HAYC3 Board member and owner of Contessa Racing, Gary Contessa, has made a generous offer. [Read more…] about A Day At The Races
PVMCC Donates To Taconic Valley Youth Basketball
by Sherry Bowman-Kluck
In these tough economic times, many towns, businesses and schools in our area have significantly cut back or eliminated funding for youth programs and its constituents. This is not the case with the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center. [Read more…] about PVMCC Donates To Taconic Valley Youth Basketball
BCS Board Discusses New Bus Garage
by Thaddeus Flint
As 2013 came to a close, the Berlin Central School District Board of Education, at its last monthly meeting of the year on December 17, began to look forward at possible new projects, including the replacement of the District’s bus garage.
HFCS Summer Environmental Program
by Alex Brooks
A presentation by environmental educator Howard Romack began the December 19 meeting of the Hoosick Falls School Board. He described a program he did for Mrs. Culver’s fourth grade class at Lake Lauderdale and a summer program he did a few years ago with Hoosick Falls students. [Read more…] about HFCS Summer Environmental Program
IDs Necessary At First Stephentown Food Pantry Visit
submitted by Meredith Rhindress
All Stephentown Food Pantry clients will need to bring identification showing their street address, such as a current utility bill, on their first visit of 2014. The pantry offers short term assistance to residents of Stephentown and Hancock, MA. [Read more…] about IDs Necessary At First Stephentown Food Pantry Visit
Operation Christmas Cookie
by Bea Peterson
It takes many volunteers doing a great deal of work to send 6,000 cookies, weighing 460 pounds, to troops in Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Oman and Afghanistan in time for Christmas. But, when you see the photos of the guys and gals with the cookies and receive their words of appreciation, it’s all worth it.
Me And Arthur – A Stephentown Reminiscence
a reminiscence by Dan Lorber
My old neighbor, Arthur Roberts, died Thanksgiving morning, alone in his house. He was my portal into a time gone by, a time where frugality was the reigning ethic and the country life was the only life a man ever knew. Arthur was a 19th century man living into the 21st century. He was 86, could barely walk at the end, and he was tough as nails.
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HFCS Announces First Quarter Top 10 Students
submitted by Judy Frost
Hoosick Falls Jr./Sr. High School proudly announces its Top 10 students for the first quarter of the 2013-14 school year. Principal Stacy Vadney congratulates the following top achieving students from each grade level 7-12 on their hard work and commitment to academics since the start of the school year.
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Panther Girls Win Hometown Tournament
by Steve Bradley
In Friday evening’s annual Hoosier Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament game, freshman Kelly Pine led the way as the Panthers pulled away in the fourth quarter to take a 47 – 26 victory from Catskill.