Hoosick – Erika Bain, 68, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY. She had resided on South Street in Hoosick, NY, with her husband Paul Bain.
Erika was born on January 18, 1945, in Munich, Germany. She was educated at schools in Germany. Erika was employed at the St. Dominic Home in the Bronx, NY, as a social services coordinator. Erika was a people person; she enjoyed helping people at the Hoosick Falls Health Center and making people laugh. She was a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Survivors, other than her husband Paul, include her daughters, Lisa Mendez of Hoosick and Kimberly Dooley and husband William of Hoosick Falls, and her son, Christopher Edgar and wife Elizabeth of Newburgh, NY. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Ariel, Kayla, Alissa, Mitchell, Alex, Erika, Christopher Jr. and Christiana, her great-grandchildren, Alyanna and Aurora, and her dog, Bear. She is pre-deceased by a brother, Henry Migdal.
Funeral services will be Saturday, March 2, at 2 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Burial will follow at Hoosick Rural Cemetery in Hoosick. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 1 to 2 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad through the funeral home.
The Life Of George Holcomb – Mysterious Medical Procedures
Saturday, Sept. 30, 1826: Today I took the single wagon and carried my daughter Charlotte E to Doctor Graves and had her leiterised in her head for deafness. I left her there and went on to a number of places to get a girl to come and do housework. At last I got Caroline Humphrey.
Sunday: This morning I paid Eliza Egleston 44 cts for her part of a week work for the time she agreed to stay and today she went home.
Monday: Today I carried Charlotte E my oldest daughter to Doctor Graves and had her lecter shocked (?)
Tuesday: Today I and Wm peddled to what is called general training in our own town to Allen’s tavern, but the training was broke up for the Colonel did not give out the orders time enough.
Wednesday: Today Wm and I took the double wagon and went to Pittsfield peddling to cattle show. We took Bull’s cake and our own cider to peddle.
Thursday: We peddled and at night we came home. We called to J. Bull and paid for the cake and took another chest of cake to fetch along. I cleared about seven dollars both days and I guess that Wm did about the same.
Friday: Today I peddled in our own town to Allen’s Tavern. There was a caravan of live animals such as lions and elephant and others today. I cleared about four dollars and fifty cents. One Mr. Tabor rode home with me and stayed all night and I made him welcome. Said Tabor travels with said animals to sport at dice.
Thursday, October 12: We dug one load of potatoes on the Rodgers farm and gathered one load of apples on said farm. This afternoon some rainy. This evening I went to school meeting. We put in three new trustees – Simeon Wylie, Elder Jones, and brother Wm. I paid my summer schooling for my two girls going 119 days. It was one dollar and 17 cts. I paid it to J. B. Maxon the old trustee, and Wm paid his, which was nearly two dollars. Tonight Wm and I borrowed 7 lbs of fresh pork of Sylvester.
DEC Clean-Up Of Shingle Hollow Brook
by Bea Peterson
On Wednesday, February 13, an enormous black cloud filled the sky along Route 7, about one mile west the Routes 7 and 22 intersection. A fuel truck had crashed through guardrails, destroyed a utility pole and plunged down an embankment, bursting into flames. The driver, Shawn Disley of Agawam, MA, was first taken to Albany Medical Center and then airlifted to the Westchester County Medical Center Burn Unit.
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Brendan Hoffman Indicted In Christopher Baker Death
by David Flint
The driver in the accident that killed Christopher Baker on June 28 last year has been indicted on charges of Vehicular Homicide and other related offenses. A Grand Jury in Rensselaer County Court on Friday, February 8, handed down an 11-count indictment against Brendan Hoffman of Stephentown. The indictment came two days after Hoffman’s 21st birthday.
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County Legislators Renew Call For Route 7 Safety Review
submitted by Rich Crist, Majority Legislative Liaison
Following another serious incident with a tanker truck, members of the Rensselaer County Legislature are renewing the calls for a safety review on a section of State Route 7 in the Town of Hoosick.
Last week, a tanker truck left the road, slid down an embankment and burst into flames. The truck was carrying over 8,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline, and much of the gas went into a nearby creek.
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Berlin Town Board Action – Berlin Receives $30k Grant
by Kieron Kramer
Near the end of the Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, February 14, Town Justice Joe Rechen announced, on his behalf and on behalf of Town Justice Don Sweet, that Berlin will receive $30,000 from the Office of Court Administration for renovations to the Justice Court area of the new municipal facility in Cherry Plain. The Berlin Justices had just received the notice. “The “check is in the mail,” Rechen said. He went on to say that this amount was the maximum entitlement Berlin could receive and was the full amount for which the Justices had applied.
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Accident On Route 7
by Bea Peterson
According to Trooper Mark Cepiel of the NYS Police Troop G Public Information Office, at 4:07 pm on Tuesday, February 19, a 2012 Acura driven by William Farnan, Jr. of Franklin Lake, NJ, pulled into the path of a 2007 Freightliner tractor trailer heading east on Route 7. [Read more…] about Accident On Route 7
The Hoosick Rescue Squad Recognition Banquet
by Bea Peterson
The Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad held its annual Recognition Banquet on Sunday, February 17, at the Hoosick Falls Country Club where a delicious dinner was served by Jeff Babson.
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Stephentown Town Board Action – Town Appoints Attorney
by David Flint
The Town of Stephentown has paid out a considerable amount for legal advice and representation over the years but has not, at least in recent years, had an appointed Town Attorney. Town Supervisor Larry Eckhardt said at the Town Board meeting Monday that in his 13 years on the Board that position has never been filled. He said that he has been advised by both the Town’s Code Enforcement Officer and the Assessor that they are required by law to use an appointed Town Attorney for legal purposes. Craig Crist of the Albany law firm Dreyer Boyajian has been for a number of years the attorney that the Town relies on, but he was never appointed Town Attorney.
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HFCS Grapples With Budget
by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School District has presented a first draft of its budget for next year. The $21,688,253 budget shows total spending and total revenues both increasing by $704,171, which is 3.4%. The budget shows an increase in State Aid for operating expenses of $475,546, from $8,173,179 to $8,648,725, which is an increase of 5.8%.
It shows a tax levy increase of 4.55%, but Board President Greg Laurin assured the public that this number will be significantly lower by the time the budget is finalized.
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