Wednesday, October 23, 1822: This evening I walked to Mr. John Russel’s and Ephraim Pierce’s and to others to know their minds about having the school house drawn to the centre of the district.
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Macabre Doings On Bly Hollow Road
by Kieron Kramer
This spring some perverse person or persons nailed 13 Barbie Dolls to utility poles on Bly Hollow Road in Cherry Plain. The dolls, all female, all new, were nailed through their belly buttons about seven feet up the poles. Two of the dolls were black, and one of the black dolls had its legs cut off. The dolls were noticed by Stephanie Hindes, who lives with her husband Mike and her two black daughters, one in a wheelchair, near the top of Bly Hollow Road. Mrs. Hindes reported this apparently cruel and threatening act to the State Police.
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Hoosick Planning Board Action – Family Dollar Set To Go
by Bea Peterson
Clark R. Wilkinson, President of Paragon Civil Engineering, P.C. addressed the Town of Hoosick Planning Board again Monday evening, June 18, regarding the 8,000 square foot Family Dollar Store planned for 2.15 acres on the Northwest corner of the former Baker’s Nursery property. Wilkinson brought to the meeting site plan drawings and other information that had been requested by the Board at its May meeting. [Read more…] about Hoosick Planning Board Action – Family Dollar Set To Go
Petersburgh Town Board Action – Town To Enforce Building Codes
by Alex Brooks
Petersburgh Town Supervisor Siegfried Krahforst said the Town needs to take some action to enforce the building codes in Town. He said it’s been three years since the first letter went out to all property owners in town warning them that building permits are required, but he said the Town is aware of buildings being put up without permits. He said the Town will begin to prosecute any unpermitted building construction begun after the first letter was sent out, which was about three years ago, in 2009. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Town Board Action – Town To Enforce Building Codes
Stephentown Town Board Action – Public Hearing On Taking Over The Stephentown Elementary School Property Is July 9
by David Flint
A public hearing will be held on Monday, July 9 at 7 pm on whether the Town should accept the offer from the Berlin School District to transfer ownership of the Stephentown Elementary School property for $1. Town Supervisor Larry Eckhardt said at the Town Board meeting on Monday that a notice had been received from the District’s lawyer indicating that they would like a decision by June 30. There is no way that will happen, Eckhardt said, because the Town Board wants to hear what residents have to say about it and they may want to put the matter up as a referendum in the general election in November.
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Grafton Planning Board Action – Shooting Range
by Kieron Kramer
The Grafton Planning Board met on June 18 with only one item on the agenda, the site plan application by Les McDermott for a shooting range and gun store on his property at 303 Old Siek Road. The main purpose of the facility is to provide training by certified instructors to retired police officers who, by federal law under The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (HR218), may carry concealed weapons if they re-qualify yearly. [Read more…] about Grafton Planning Board Action – Shooting Range
HFCS Re-Organizes Its Administrative Team
by Alex Brooks
At the School Board meeting last week, the Hoosick Falls Board of Education approved a Memorandum of Agreement with their administrators which will bring new job titles and new responsibilities to several of the school’s administrators but does not create any new positions.
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BCS Capital Bond Vote – No Change
by David Flint
The Berlin School Board meeting on September 13 was intended for a presentation of the CASDA report but also was supposed to be for hashing out the pros and cons of approving the bond for the Capital Project that was passed by the voters in December. [Read more…] about BCS Capital Bond Vote – No Change
Flag Day In Hoosick Falls
by Bea Peterson
In 1775 the Continental Congress appointed a committee to consider a single Flag for the thirteen colonies. That committee recommended a design of thirteen alternate stripes of red and white, with an azure field in the upper corner bearing the red cross of St. George and the white cross of St. Andrew. John Paul Jones. [Read more…] about Flag Day In Hoosick Falls