Monday, March 30, 1829: Today brother Wm came and we divided the scraps of iron and steel in the blacksmith shop and I agreed to see him paid 25 rails and 12 panes of glass and not demand of him for the three week keeping of the cow that I an keeping for him that he took of said Garret Hirse for house rent. All this I do to have him give up said cow by paying him nineteen dollars in cash that I got signed by subscription but not all paid, and Wm signed off one dol from the 20 dol house rent, but still retains damages to make the debt 23 dol that I do agree to pay as is before stated.
On this day Old Mr. John Bristol fetched me his son’s note Henry Bristol for the remainder of my house rent which was four dol and eighty seven cts to be paid by the first of June.
Wednesday, April 1: This forenoon I walked over to Mr. Jay Moffitt’s to see if I could get a house for Garret Hirse to live in but could not. Said Hirse chopped for me while I was gone. This afternoon I split wood
Thursday: We chopped and split some wood but some stormy. today Asa Sheldon moves into my house.
Friday brother Wm called and I handed him the nineteen dollars as is stated on Monday this week, and he delivers all claim of the Hirse cow up to me.
Monday, April 6: Today I took my single wagon and went to Lebanon and fetched Mr Rowland Danford’s family, he moves today into the house that he bought of brother Wm and Garret Hirse packs his goods in my still house from said house of brother Wm. For moving said Danford I charge him fifty cents. I drew 25 rails from my stack yard to Rowland Danford’s fence where Garret Hirse burned them up for firewood and agreed to take said Hirse pay master one dol and likewise agreed not to call on brother Wm for the three weeks keeping if said Hirse cow and agreed to take said Hirse paymaster one dol and 50 cts, all this in addition to the twenty dollars I raised by subscription to redeem said cow that was in brother Wm’s hands for house rent, which makes the cost of the cow 22 dol and 50 cts.
Tuesday: Today I went to town meeting to Abner Bull’s. I voted on the Union Freemason ticket, and it was elected, Claudius Moffitt Supervisor, Randall Brown Town Clerk, and the rest to please us.
Wednesday: Today I split wood and took the single wagon and carried Garret Hirse family and left them in the highway near Mr. Reuben Andrews house.
BCS School Bus Involved In Accident
At approximately 3 pm on Friday, October 4, one of the Berlin Central School buses was involved in an accident on Route 22 just north of the Route 2 intersection. The cause of the accident is under investigation. There were no children on the school bus at the time of the accident. [Read more…] about BCS School Bus Involved In Accident
Thrust And Parry In The Last Hoosick Town Board Meeting Before The Election
by Bea Peterson
Charges and countercharges were bandied about during the Public Comment period of the regular Hoosick Town Board meeting held on Tuesday, October 8. The public comments were sometimes heated, and all were directed at the Board or at Town Supervisor Keith Cipperly directly.
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Rensselaer County Offers Towns Health Insurance Option
by Kieron Kramer
It may be the silly season, as Rensselaer County Legislator Stan Brownell, Vice Chairman of the Legislature, described it after the last regular meeting of the Legislature before the County elections in November, but you’d never know it from Tuesday’s meeting. There were no debates, no presentations, no speakers, no controversial resolutions and no posturing – shocking, absolutely shocking. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Offers Towns Health Insurance Option
HF Boy Scout Troop 63 Rescues Flags
submitted by Bernard Davock
A water line broke in the American Legion Post 40 building on Main Street in Hoosick Falls recently. Members of the Legion found that water was spraying all over the basement, and the water was about 2 feet deep. A lot of property was soaking wet and in danger of being destroyed. [Read more…] about HF Boy Scout Troop 63 Rescues Flags
Nothing Doing In New Lebanon Before Election Day
by Thaddeus Flint
It must be election season in New Lebanon. The lawn signs appeared almost overnight like mushrooms with the last rain. Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Town Board was the final one before election day, and very little happened, perhaps in anticipation of whatever political changes will soon befall the Town.
Covenant Circle Road
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Bless Me And Get 15% Off Your Car Insurance
Panthers Quiet Warriors, 35 – 0
by Steve Bradley
The Stillwater Warriors made a visit to the Panther Den last Friday evening. The 2 – 2 Warriors came in looking to upset the Panthers. The Warriors put up a good fight early in the contest, but the Panthers wore them down. Although the Panthers offense did not play their best game of the season, the defense stepped up and kept Stillwater from gaining any confidence throughout the game.
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HF Field Hockey Stays Undefeated
by Steve Bradley
On Friday the Greenwich Witches came to HFCS to battle the Panther field hockey team for first place in the WASAREN league. The Panthers beat the Witches 3 – 1 in their first meeting. Greenwich’s plan was to pull off a win and be in a first place tie with the Panthers.
It didn’t take long for the Panthers to dash any hope of that.
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BCS Boys Soccer Defeats New Lebanon
submitted by Art Schmich
The BCS boys soccer team defeated New Lebanon last Thursday under the lights 2 to 0. [Read more…] about BCS Boys Soccer Defeats New Lebanon