by David Flint
The market value of the Stephentown and Grafton Elementary Schools has been determined to be zero. At a sparsely attended public hearing Tuesday evening on the 2012-13 Berlin School District budget and the upcoming May 15 voting, Business Manager William Burke noted that the property appraisal reports had been received from the Bauer Appraisal Group of Albany and posted on the District’s website at Berlincentral.org.
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Rensselaer County Legislature – May 2012
by Kieron Kramer
Honoring Joan Rogers
In March the Rensselaer County Legislature passed a resolution memorializing Joan Rogers of Hoosick Falls. She died on January 22, 2012. At Tuesday’s session of the Legislature nine members of the extended family of Joan Rogers appeared in the well of the Legislature to receive copies of the resolution honoring her. District Five Legislators Stan Brownell and Lester Goodermote, who represent the towns of Stephentown, Berlin, Petersburgh, Grafton, Hoosick and the Village of Hoosick Falls, made the presentation.
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Country Music Radio At The Falls Diner
by Bea Peterson
On Friday, May 11, the Sean and Richie Morning Show from country music station WGNA in Albany will celebrate Small Town Month by remote-broadcasting from the Falls Diner from 6 to 10 am. Hoosick Falls was chosen for the first broadcast this year through an online poll. [Read more…] about Country Music Radio At The Falls Diner
Congress At Work
Village of Hoosick Falls Board – New Building Inspector
by Bea Peterson
During the regular meeting of the Hoosick Falls Village Board on Tuesday, May 8, the Board left the room for a short executive session. When they returned they voted unanimously to appoint Edward Holland of Cossayuna as Building Inspector for the Village. Holland’s part time position will be 24 hours a week, with a 90 day probationary period.
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New Lebanon Town Board – Campground Permit Race
by Thaddeus Flint
With race season, and the weather, heating up, Lebanon Valley Speedway owner Howard Commander was in the lineup at Tuesday night’s New Lebanon Town Board meeting defending his campground permit application for a campground that has existed since 1958.
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Hoosick Falls Health Center Renamed
by Bea Peterson
Effective May 1 the Hoosick Falls Health Center officially changed its name to The Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls. “Our old name didn’t really reflect what we do,” said Center Administrator Paul Corbett. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Health Center Renamed
Clara Barton And Civil War Medicine
by David Flint
Speaking at the Stephentown Heritage Center on Monday evening, Clara Barton (alias historic interpreter Phyllis Chapman) gave a riveting and entertaining talk about her battlefield experience in the “late Great War of the Rebellion.” Born and raised near Worcester, MA, Barton was drafted as a teacher at the age of 15. Having learned to deal successfully and non-violently with unruly boys, she much later took a job in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Patent Office just before rebel guns fired on Fort Sumter.
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Hoosick Falls Police Blotter – April 29 to May 5, 2012
Sunday, April 29 – Investigation of Aggravated Harassment on High Street
Monday, April 30 – Investigation of Criminal Mischief on Main Street
Assist NYSP at the Hoosick Falls Central School
Drug Investigation resulted in the arrest of 28 year old Robert Matthew of 23 Commercial Street, Pownal, VT. Subject charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance
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