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House Approved PFAS Action Act

By Doug La Rocque and a submission 

from the Office of Representative Delgado

Last Friday, January 10, the United States House of Representatives approved legislation that will require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set a maximum contaminant level for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water, establish a grant program to help communities pay to remove PFAS from drinking water, and designate PFOA and PFOS chemicals as hazardous materials under the EPA’s Superfund program. [Read more…] about Washington, DC

Town Board Has Smooth Start To The New Year

By Doug La Rocque

It may not have been a land speed record, but it was certainly one of the shortest Berlin Town Board meetings in recent years, at 18 minutes. Why? [Read more…] about Berlin

No War With Iran

To The Editor:

As a military veteran from Hoosick Falls, who served in Vietnam with the Marines, I’m writing today to express my opposition to President Trump’s reckless escalation with Iran. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor

Board Approves Purchase of New Truck For $227,000

by Alex Brooks

The first Hoosick Town Board meeting of the year commenced with a welcome for new Town Board member Jackie Houghton and moved on to updates on a wide variety of ongoing projects. [Read more…] about Hoosick Town Board

Old Resolution Haunts own Board Meeting

By Doug La Rocque

There was a lot of business before the Grafton Town Board on Monday, January 13, but a 2015 resolution that called for all future resolutions to be presented at least five days before a meeting, nearly scuttled all the new legislation before the Board that night. [Read more…] about Grafton