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HACA Free Tax Preparation 

HACA will assist taxpayers for the 16th year with free income tax preparation and e-filing.  Due to COVID-19 there will not be in person preparation inside the building. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls

Community Food Giveaway Returns

Tuesday, January 26

This food giveaway is completely free and open to any and all families who can use the food in our community and other surrounding communities. [Read more…] about New Lebanon

Rensselaer County GOP Majority Lied to Public on Social Media

At the regular meeting of the Rensselaer County Legislature on Tuesday, January 12, a resolution was presented and titled: “Resolution Calling On New York State To Accelerate The Delivery Of The Potentially Life-Saving Vaccine To Rensselaer County.” [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Legislative Minority Report

New York’s No-Fault Law: What Is It and What Qualifies as a “Serious Injury?”

by Daniel S.L. Rubin, Esq.

Girvin & Ferlazzo, PC

You may have heard that New York is a “no-fault” insurance state – and you may have also wondered what does that mean? [Read more…] about Eastwick Press Guest Column

Selling Turnips To The Shakers

by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks

Wednesday, October 31, 1849: Some snow squalls and cold and froze some. Today noon Geo Owens began to work for me for one month, price agreed at seven dollars for the month. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb

Tri-Town Ambulance Service Gets Even More Complicated

Captain Allain Says He Will No Longer Pursue The Proposal

by Doug La Rocque

When it was time for the departmental reports at the Monday, January 11 Grafton Town Board meeting, Rescue Squad Captain Joe Allain handed each of the Board members a letter in which he stated he no longer intended to pursue the idea of a paid ambulance service covering the towns of Grafton, Berlin and Petersburgh. [Read more…] about Grafton Town Board

Making Chickens Legal Village Wide

by Doug La Rocque

Following public comments at the December public hearing on Local Law #3, the so called “chicken law,” the Village Board at the January 12 meeting, decided to let the law as written, “fly the coop” so to speak. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Village Board