Higher CHIPs Funding For Local Highways
by Alex Brooks
This year Town and County Highway Superintendents have successfully pressured the State government to increase funding for local highway aid known as CHIPS (Consolidated Highway Improvement Program).
The CHIPS money, which provides State funding to municipalities for construction and repair of local highways and bridges, has been level-funded at $363 million statewide for the last five years.
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Phone Scam In Hoosick Falls
submitted by Hoosick Falls Police Chief Robert Ashe
The Hoosick Falls Police have recieved complaints about someone calling residents and telling them that they need to pay on a loan that they defaulted on. [Read more…] about Phone Scam In Hoosick Falls
Highway Superintendents – Heroes Or Goats?
by Alex Brooks
This is the time of year when people complain about their Town Highway Superintendent. When we get a blizzard in the winter and the highway crews plow us out, they are heroes. When a summer mega-rainstorm washes out a road and the highway crew rebuilds it, they are heroes. But when the snow melts and the spring wind starts blowing up dust from sand left on paved roads, and the spring thaw cycles leave dirt roads soft and muddy, highway superintendents come in for criticism.
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Delighted Kids Greet The Easter Bunny At The Lions Club Annual Penny Hunt
by Judy Quackenbush, Lion
On Saturday, March 23, the Town of Hoosick Lions Club celebrated its 53rd Annual Penny Hunt in Wood Park. Before the event a portion of the Park had to be cleared of snow.
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The Lebanon Valley Historical Society’s Tilden Project
submitted by Jeannine Tonetti, Director of the LVHS Tilden Project
In 1824, in New Lebanon, Elam Tilden established Tilden and Company, which became the first pharmaceutical company in the United States. Tilden grew the herbs and then used them to develop and manufacture herbal medicines which were sold locally and nationwide. The company became an important part of the economic, social and environmental life of the community. It closed in 1963 after being absorbed into a series of larger companies.
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Coach Baker Fund Donates To HAYC3 Youth Center
Shakers As Pacifists
Each month, the Shaking Up Sundays: Reading Group sponsored by the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon takes an in depth look to see what made the Shakers so ahead of their time. A lively conversation on the Shakers as pacifists, based on a variety of unusual readings, will be held at the Darrow School Library on Sunday, April 14, at 2 pm. On May 12 the topic will be celibacy.
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Ellis Sets Iditarod Record For Siberian Husky Team
by David Flint
Mike Ellis, former Stephentown resident and Berlin High School graduate, crossed the finish line in the Iditarod race on March 14 with ten of his purebred Siberian Huskies. [Read more…] about Ellis Sets Iditarod Record For Siberian Husky Team
