by Bea Peterson
Will there be a “Closed For Good” sign on Hathaway’s Drive-In soon? Duane Greenawalt isn’t quite sure. It certainly looks that way though. This weekend is the last weekend of the season, and he hopes this “horror” movie weekend will do well. Then there’s the prospect of rain, which would be a sad way to end the year.
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Rededication Of The Blessing Fountain
Petersburgh Struggles With Budget
by Alex Brooks
The Town of Petersburgh is having a difficult time putting together its budget for 2014 because the 2013 budget used $60,000 of unexpended balance in the General Fund and $40,000 of unexpended balance in the Highway Fund to reduce the tax levy. The 2014 budget will not be able to use any unexpended balance to reduce the tax levy, according to Town Supervisor Siegfried Krahforst and Bookkeeper Charles Guntner. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Struggles With Budget
Hoosick’s Tentative 2014 Budget Proposes Cut In Property Taxes By 1.51%
from the Hoosick Town Supervisor
On September 29, 2013, Town Supervisor Keith Cipperly filed his 2014 Town of Hoosick Tentative Budget with the Town Clerk. The tentative budget submitted proposes an overall reduction in property taxes by 1.51% for 2014. [Read more…] about Hoosick’s Tentative 2014 Budget Proposes Cut In Property Taxes By 1.51%
HFCS Hears More About Wood Pellet Heating
by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board met in a workshop session on September 26 with David Dungate of Bioenergy Project Partners, a company proposing to put in a heating system at the Central School fueled by wood pellets.
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HAYC3 Sponsors Community Walk To Prevent Suicide
submitted by Deb Alter
For the fourth year in a row, hundreds of people will walk through Hoosick Falls carrying candles. The goal is to raise awareness about depression and suicide and provide comfort to those who have lost loved ones to suicide.
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The Wort Monster
by David Flint
A little less than a year ago Glenn Winters realized, “I’ve got a product here!” Winters, who lives on West Street in New Lebanon, had combined his 20 years experience in brewing beer and ale as a hobby with his talents and many years experience in metal fabricating, equipment manufacturing and product design. What he came up with is an innovative brewing system he calls the “Wort Monster.” [Read more…] about The Wort Monster
Defensive Driving Course At The Hoosick Area Senior Center
Travel Back In Time To The Jazz Age
submitted by Deb Alter
Travel back in time to the era of flappers and prohibition and the birth of jazz at The Owls Nest on Friday, October 11, from 7 to 8 pm. Experience Tune Travelers as they transform The Owl’s Nest at The Armory in Hoosick Falls into the ultimate 1920s speakeasy. Come hear the music that made the Roaring Twenties roar, dance the dances and sing along to classic tunes.
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Letter To The Editor – Transparency In Grafton?
To the Editor:
Roadblocks are bountiful in Grafton! Except they are the type you can’t see with your eyes. For months possibly years, residents asked the Town Board to start a Town website. Finally under the direction of Supervisor Ray Darling in 2012 the Town had their website, managed by Councilman Rick Ungaro through a Board approved web designer. Start up cost for the first year to the Town was $500 and was now down to approximately $20 a month. Pertinent information as well as information required by law such as tax rolls, meeting minutes, legal notices, etc were posted.
Now step in appointed Supervisor Higgins who announces at the August Town Board meeting that the Town has a new website being managed by his secretary to save the Town money. This website wasn’t approved by the Board; the decision to do was made solely by the Supervisor without formal Board approval. No new Town Board minutes have been added to either site since Councilman Ungaro stopped managing the site in May. In fact, the original website has been closed and none of the minutes were moved to the new site! By New York State Town Law and by ruling of the Committee on Open Government, governing bodies are required to post minutes 2 weeks after meetings are held. Prior to our original website, our Town Clerk always did her job by posting the minutes on the board outside the Town Hall but since the creation of our website, they need to be placed on the web as well. This should be a priority of the Supervisor and all the Board members to see that all citizens of our Town are informed about what is going on with our Town government. If you are disabled and can’t get to a place to read the minutes where they are posted, you are being discriminated against by the Town of Grafton! This has been brought to their attention many times. The last response from the Town Supervisor on this subject was, “It will be looked at when we have the time!’ I didn’t realize we only have to follow the law when we have time! I didn’t realize we can discriminate against the disabled if we don’t have time to follow the law! I didn’t realize we can keep the public in the dark about what is going on in our Town because we don’t have the time to follow the law!
If the current Town Councilmembers were truly for “open government” and “transparency in our government” as their political signs around town state, then why wouldn’t they be doing something about getting the Town minutes on the Town website so the public could be informed?
Please demand that your Town officials keep us informed!
Catherine Goyer
Grafton