Budget And Ambulance Again Top Meeting
by Doug La Rocque
Unlike the somewhat contentious debate at the late October Budget Workshop, the Monday, November 9 meeting of the Town Board was quiet and expeditious. [Read more…] about Grafton Town Board
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Budget And Ambulance Again Top Meeting
by Doug La Rocque
Unlike the somewhat contentious debate at the late October Budget Workshop, the Monday, November 9 meeting of the Town Board was quiet and expeditious. [Read more…] about Grafton Town Board
Planning Board Does Lots Of Planning
by Doug La Rocque
The first item on the Agenda for the Brunswick Planning Board at its Thursday, November 5 meeting was a review of the proposal by Verizon wireless to construct a cell tower, disguised to look like a pine tree, at the corner of Creek Road and Menemsha Lane. [Read more…] about Brunswick
Hoosick Passes Its 2021 Budget
by Alex Brooks
At its November 9 meeting the Hoosick Falls Town Board gave final approval to the town budget for 2021, with no further discussion. A Public Hearing on the budget was held November 5. [Read more…] about Hoosick Town Board

Students Of The Month
Here are the Hoosick Falls Middle School Students of the Month winners: [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Central School
Board of Trustees Member And Writer: Lydia Davis
By Denise Wright
When East Nassau Board of Trustee member and writer Lydia Davis moved from Port Ewen near Kingston over ten years ago, even though she loved her home, she craved a quieter, more rural lifestyle with her husband, abstract painter, Alan Cote [Read more…] about East Nassau
5th Annual Holiday Gift Drive
The New Lebanon Town Supervisor is organizing the fifth annual holiday gift drive for families in need here in New Lebanon. [Read more…] about New Lebanon

Hoosick Falls – Clinton O. Wilson, 83, a resident of Cottrell Road, passed away November 4, 2020 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. [Read more…] about Clinton O. Wilson
Johnsonville – Joseph P. “Smokey” Malo, 64, of Johnsonville and former resident of Mechanicville, died Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at St. Peter’s Hospital, after several health complications over the past year. [Read more…] about Joseph P. Malo
Geo P.’s Quarrel Comes To Blows
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Monday, April 30, 1849: Today Stephen Palmer the son of Russell Palmer began to work for me by the month at four dollars per month for five months [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb

A Good Night For Incumbents
Petersburgh Highway Superintendent Change Rejected
by Doug La Rocque
Congressional Representatives Antonio Delgado, Elise Stefanik and Paul Tonko were all re-elected Tuesday, although the margin for victory for Representative Delgado was closer than most had anticipated. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County
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Submitted by GLSP Due to warmer than usual temperatures, the 38th annual ice fishing contest at Grafton Lakes State Park has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 11, from 5:30 am to 2 pm. Join in on the fun as several-hundred anglers brave the cold temperatures for their chance to make a winning catch on several […]
On Tuesday, January 25, Cheney Library honored Ms. Deborah Tudor for her 12 years of service on the Cheney Library Board of Trustees. During her tenure as a trustee, Ms. Tudor made immense contributions to physical improvements of the library’s property. Some of these projects include the installation of a propane fireplace, creation of the […]
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At Inaugural NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational Submitted by BNL Varsity Wrestling Coach Wade Prather Tallulah Powers was runner-up at 165 pounds in the inaugural NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational held at Onondaga Community College. She was one of only three finalists from Section 2, and the only Runner Up. The meeting of 204 of the State’s top female […]
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