Stephentown – Ruth H. Avery Koepp, 84, a 70 year resident of Stephentown, NY, died on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at her residence after a long illness. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, May 26, at 1 pm in the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Lebanon Springs, NY. A reception will follow at the New Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department’s hall on Route 20. Contributions in her memory may be given to the Veterans of Stephentown, in care of the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, P.O. Box 9, Stephentown, NY, 12168.
Mary C. Gorman
Hoosick Falls – Mary C. Gorman, 96, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hoosick Falls, NY. A native and longtime resident of Hoosick Falls, she was born on March 23, 1916. [Read more…] about Mary C. Gorman
Dianne L. Dittmeyer
New Lebanon – Dianne L. Baumli Dittmeyer, 52, of Canaan Road, New Lebanon, NY, died on Thursday afternoon, May 10, 2012, at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, MA, surrounded by her loving family under the care of Hospice Care in the Berkshires. She had resided there for the past four years.
[Read more…] about Dianne L. Dittmeyer
Clara Marie Campbell
Hoosick – Clara Marie Campbell, 75, passed away on May 8, 2012, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She had resided on Route 67 in Hoosick, NY.
Services were private and at the convenience of the family. Arrangements were handled by the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Camilla F. Cottrell
Ipswich, MA/Hoosick – Camilla F. (Stevens) Cottrell, 96, formerly of Pittsfield, MA, died Sunday, May 13, 2012, in the Essex Park Rehabilitation Center, Beverly, MA, following complications from a fall. She was the wife of the late Ernest Gordon Cottrell, who died in 1967.
Born on a farm in Potter Hill, Hoosick, NY, she was the daughter of Frank and Ethel (Whittle) Stevens. [Read more…] about Camilla F. Cottrell
The Bishop Confirms 33 in Hoosick Falls
Confirmation Rites A Joyous Occasion
The Life Of George Holcomb – A Bad Fight
by Alex Brooks
Holcomb turns thirty in the summer of 1821. He is very busy and works almost all of the time. He exists in a complicated web of work-trading, in which people are constantly working for each other and keeping track of the value so that it can be repaid with either goods or work given in return. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb – A Bad Fight
Hoosick Board Passes Resolution Supporting HAYC3 Takeover Of Armory
by Bea Peterson
It took less than 10 minutes for the Hoosick Town Board to pass a resolution supporting takeover of the Armory by the Hoosick Area Youth Center And Community Coalition (HAYC3). The special meeting was held at 7 pm on May 8. It was open to the public, but there was to be no public comment. Several members of the HAYC3 Board were in attendance.
[Read more…] about Hoosick Board Passes Resolution Supporting HAYC3 Takeover Of Armory
Profiles Of The Candidates For The BCS BOE
by Thaddeus Flint
On May 15, from noon to 9 pm, residents of the Berlin Central School District will go to the polls to vote on the $17,438,900 budget which entails a 1.98% increase in the tax levy, District taxpayers will also vote on two propositions. [Read more…] about Profiles Of The Candidates For The BCS BOE