Friday, April 4, 1823: I took the horses and wagon and went to Pittsfield to one Robert Stanton’s to get an old lady to come and take care of brother Wm’s wife, but I could not get her. She said she would come in two weeks. I called in Pittsfield Village to Bissel’s store and sold one bushel of apples for 34 cents. I bought three skeins of cotton floss, nine cents, and I paid 25 cts for opium that Father sent for Sylvester’s wife, and I sold a pair of socks for 25 cts worth of opium for Mrs. Newton.
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Girl Scout’s Silver Award Project Benefits All Saints Church
When Cambridge teen Emma Kerr started planning her Silver Award Project for Girl Scouts, she quickly decided that she wanted to do something that would benefit her parish at All Saints Church, as well as the neighboring Hoosick community.
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Dollar General To Replace ERC Warehouse
by Bea Peterson
Engineer Lawrence Marshall of Mercurio Horton Tarolli of Pine Bush, NY, addressed the Town of Hoosick Planning Board on Monday evening, July 16. He gave the Board detailed written materials and drawings for a Dollar General Store to be located on the 1.78 acre site of the ERC Warehouse on Route 22. The plans include removing the existing buildings and replacing them with a new 9,100 square foot structure with an emergency exit. [Read more…] about Dollar General To Replace ERC Warehouse
Grafton Shooting Range Under Fire
by Kieron Kramer
It’s not surprising that the Grafton Planning Board public hearing at 6:45 pm on Monday was well attended since it concerned Les McDermott’s proposal for a shooting range and gun store on his property at 303 Old Siek Road. There were seven people who spoke in opposition to the use of the McDermott property as a shooting range. They spoke often and repetitively, both in the hearing and in the regular meeting that followed. Generally they raised very important issues – public safety, noise and the subsequent depression of property values. They made the case that the safety and property value issues will impact residents who live as far away as the intersection of Stuffle Street and Route 2.
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Stephentown Town Board Action – Stephentown To Pursue Elementary School Ownership
by David Flint
The Stephentown Town Board has given the go-ahead to their attorney to start reviewing the proposed contract with the Berlin School District for assuming ownership of the property of the former Stephentown Elementary School. At their meeting on Monday the Board passed a resolution authorizing Craig Crist of the Dreyer Boyajian law firm to look over the contract in detail, highlight what needs to be addressed and report back to the Board prior to their next Workshop meeting on August 13.
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Petersburgh Town Board Action – Broken Wheel Bridge Is Red Tagged
by Alex Brooks
At the July 16 meeting of the Petersburgh Town Board, Town Highway Superintendent Ray Harrison said the bridge over the Little Hoosic River at Broken Wheel Road was red tagged by State inspectors. This was the result of routine annual inspections that are done on an annual basis of all the bridges in Town.
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ERC Move Pending
by Bea Peterson
According to ERC Community Warehouse President Matthew Curley everything is still very much up in the air regarding a move from Hoosick Falls. So far no closing date has been set for Primax Properties to purchase the land and buildings for Dollar General. “Once we have a closing date, I will have more information,” he said. Tentatively, the plan is to move to property in Melrose, but that hinges on the closing.
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Berlin Town Board Action – Commemorating The Propane Truck Explosion
by Kieron Kramer
The fiftieth anniversary of the propane gas truck explosion that decimated the center of Berlin, destroying a number of houses and the First Baptist Church and killing 9 residents and injuring many more on July 25, 1962, will be commemorated later this month. Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger announced at the Town Board meeting on July 12 that Town Historian Sharon Klein has posted a three page article and a couple of pictures of the event on the Town website (http://berlin-ny.us/). He also announced that the First Baptist Church will hold a memorial service on July 25 and that former Town Supervisor Sandi Slattery is organizing a memorial event which will take place at the Berlin Fire House on July 28. The Taconic Valley Historical Society addressed the topic at their monthly meeting on July 16. According to Jaeger, “The Times-Union is doing an extensive article on the explosion.”
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Taconic Valley Soccer Wins Capital District U-19 League Title
by David Flint
The 2012 Taconic Valley Boys U-19 team has accomplished something that had never been accomplished before. They have won the Capital District Youth Soccer League U-19 Boys Division with six wins and only one loss. The team is composed of players from the Berlin, New Lebanon and Brunswick school districts, and many of the athletes had waited a long time for this successful season.
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2012 Hoosick Falls 10U And 12U All-Star Softball Tournaments
submitted by Gary Funck
Bright neon yellow was the color of choice in Hoosick Falls on the weekend of June 29 to July 1 when the Town of Hoosick Youth Baseball/Softball League held its Second Annual All-Star Softball Tournament. A total of 13 teams from three different states came to Hoosick Falls and put their young talent on display.
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