Hoosick Falls Rolls To 35-0
Berlin 5 – W-ford-Halfmoon 0
February 8. The Mountaineers swept all five points for the match, defeating their opponents 2,643 – 2,096. [Read more…] about High School Bowling
NLB Girls Swim Team Wins A Pair Of Meets
Results reported by Swim Coach Tim Christiansen
The Girls started out the week with an impressive 101-55 win over Wahconah High School of Dalton, MA. [Read more…] about NLB Girls Swim Team Wins A Pair Of Meets
Hoosick Falls
COVID-19 Vaccination For Mary
Mary Parente, age 106, received her first COVID-19 vaccine last week at The Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls
The Life Of George Holcomb
Geo P. Goes To Boston With His Turkeys
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Friday, December 14, 1849: Today Geo P. went to Pittsfield with the two horse sleigh and carried 20 bushels turnips and sold them to one man for five dollars, and had bargained them before. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
Hoosick Falls Central School
School Pulls The Plug On High Risk Winter Sports
Longtime HFCS Coach Lilac Reacts
by Doug La Rocque
On Tuesday, February 2, Hoosick Falls School District Superintendent Patrick Dailey issued the following statement, on the school district’s decision not to participate in any so called “high risk” winter sports. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Central School
Albany
Ashby Reintroduces Bill for
$5,000 Small Business Tax Credit
Submitted by the Office of Assemblyman Ashby with Doug La Rocque
The Assemblyman’s bill seeks to establish a $5,000 small business tax credit to help with the costs of purchasing supplies and remodeling or retrofitting businesses with equipment to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The bill has already received bipartisan support from several legislators. [Read more…] about Albany
Schodack
Planners Approve Controversial Dog Training Facility
by Denise Wright
Even though it was snowing heavily outside on February 1, the Schodack Planning Board was hard at work at its meeting. [Read more…] about Schodack
Nature Photography by Trix Niernberger
Snow Shelf
This Birch Polypore mushroom (Fomitopsis betulina), on a Yellow or Gold Birch tree (Betula alleghaniensis), acts as a snow shelf in the Petersburgh woods. [Read more…] about Nature Photography by Trix Niernberger
Berlin Elementary School
Community Spotlight
Submitted by Rachel Turetsky
BCS Communications Department
Researchers in education find that students in schools with a strong sense of community are more likely to be motivated to learn as well as to develop a strong sense of ethics and responsibility. [Read more…] about Berlin Elementary School
Berlin Central School
Farewell to Dr. Young
Submitted by Rachel Turetsky
BCS Communications Department
On Friday January 29, Superintendent Dr. Stephen Young took a final walk through the hallways of the Berlin Middle/High School. [Read more…] about Berlin Central School