Retired school teacher, Peter Morrow, has already begun to prepare the garden soil at Immaculate Conception/St. Joseph Parish in New Lebanon for next spring’s plantings. Peter has spent his summer making improvements in the fenced plot where smaller parcels of land are offered to anyone who is interested in growing fresh vegetables for the home. [Read more…] about Immaculate Conception Gardening In New Lebanon
HACA Pays Off The Mortgage
Robbery At The Hoosick Area Youth Center
$500 Reward Offered
by Bea Peterson
For months staff and volunteers of HAYC3 (Hoosick Armory Youth Center Community Coalition) worked to promote and execute the fourth annual Pumpkinpalooza. Events took place in Wood Park and the Town Park all day and festivities concluded with the elegant Harvest Moon Dinner. After all the exhausted hard working crew left the Youth Center, it happened.
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Removing BCS School Board Members Will Not Be Easy
by Thaddeus Flint
At the September Berlin School Board meeting, the Board, or part of the Board, made it rather clear that the possible removal of some Board members, the three who continue to vote against the Capital Project bond flotation, was being explored. What was not clear, however, was how the Board might go about that. [Read more…] about Removing BCS School Board Members Will Not Be Easy
Pumpkinpalooza Day In Hoosick Falls
by Bea Peterson
Hoosick Falls was jumping Saturday, September 29. It was Pumpkinpalooza Day! The weather wasn’t perfect, and a misty rain dampened the air at times. Whatever, everyone appeared to have a good time. The events were endless and it was often difficult to decide to watch the ones in Wood Park or the ones in the Town Park. Many folks traveled from one place to the other. If they didn’t want to walk, they could take the tractor drawn hay wagon or the horse drawn wagon. Either one was fun!
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Memorial Trees Planted In Echo Park
by Bea Peterson
Doug Goodermote and his sister Elizabeth Reynolds have lived in houses at the end of Echo Park in Berlin for more than 50 years. They have seen many changes in the landscape during that time. Particularly the loss of the maple trees that once lined the length of the street. “There was always big maples here and around,” said Goodermote last week. He believes they were planted by Frank Lewis about a hundred years ago. [Read more…] about Memorial Trees Planted In Echo Park
HFCS Board Scopes Building Project
by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board held a workshop meeting September 27 to consider elements of a possible capital project. A presentation was offered by architects from the firm of Clark Patterson Lee. Their firm did a “building condition survey” for the District about a year ago, an evaluation required by the State Education Department every five years. They have built on the findings in that report to put together a proposed capital project. This initial presentation includes everything that the District might like to get done, with the idea that the District will prioritize and choose which projects to move forward with as they learn more about building needs and costs.
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Hoosick Republicans Nominate Louis Schmigel For Highway Superintendent
release from the Hoosick Republican Committee
The Town of Hoosick Republican Committee held a caucus in September for the purpose of nominating a candidate to run for the unexpired term of Superintendent of Highways. This office became vacant following the retirement of Bill Shiland Jr. in August. Louis Schmigel, a registered Independent, was nominated to run as Superintendent of Highways at the caucus.
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Voter Registration Hours Are Extended In Rensselaer County
The Rensselaer County Board of Elections and town halls in Rensselaer County will be open for extended hours in order to accommodate voters needing to register for the upcoming general election on Tuesday, November 6.
Commissioners of Elections Larry Bugbee, Republican, and Edward McDonough, Democrat, announced today that the Board of Elections, along with town halls in Rensselaer County will be open from 5:30 pm until 9 pm on Thursday, October 4, and from 2 pm until 9 pm on Saturday, October 13.
Apartment Approved In Hoosick Falls Commercial Zone
by Bea Peterson
A special joint meeting of the Hoosick Falls Planning Board and the Hoosick Falls ZBA was held on Thursday, September 27. At the meeting both Boards agreed to allow a variance to Richard Ferrannini for his property at 204 Main Street from commercial to commercial/residential.
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