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Petersburgh Names Craig Surprise As Acting Building Inspector

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Names Peggy Cottrell As Volunteer Parks and Recreation Head

by Alex Brooks

The Petersburgh Town Board hired its Assessor, Craig Surprise, as acting building inspector at an emergency meeting on May 29. Supervisor Krahforst said at this week’s Petersburgh Town Board meeting that an attorney from the Association of Towns had assured him that there is no problem with having the same person be your Assessor and your Building Inspector/CEO. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Names Craig Surprise As Acting Building Inspector

Hoosick Falls High School Names Top Scholars In Class Of 2015

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by Judy Frost

Hoosick Falls High School seniors Maxwell Haar and Lindsey McMahon have been named valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for the Class of 2015.

In addition to earning the top spot in his class with a grade point average of 97.45, Max Haar this year served as president of the National Honor Society (grades 11-12). During the past three years, he has written for the high school’s newspaper, Panther Post and competed as a member of the Masterminds team. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls High School Names Top Scholars In Class Of 2015

Berlin Receives State Audit Seeking Better Oversight Of Water District

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by Alex Brooks

The State Comptroller’s audit of the Berlin Water District #2 was released this week. It is critical of the District’s financial practices. At the Berlin Town Board meeting on June 11, Supervisor Robert Jaeger commented on it. He said their biggest objection was all of the financial transactions are handled by one person, namely Town Clerk Anne Maxon. The auditors would like to see what they call “segregation of duties,” in which more than one person is involved at some stage of the billing, collection, deposit and reconciliation process. [Read more…] about Berlin Receives State Audit Seeking Better Oversight Of Water District

Music Festivals Becoming Problematic

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by David Flint

“Fool me once, shame on you – Fool me twice, shame on me,” lamented Stephentown Town Supervisor Larry Eckhardt at the Town Board meeting Monday evening. Even as the Board was expressing frustration and aggravation at having been duped by organizers of the Disc Jam Music Festival held at Gardner’s Field over the weekend, they were now faced with a request for permits to hold another music festival at the end of July in the same place. [Read more…] about Music Festivals Becoming Problematic

What Is Artisanal Manufacturing?

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by Thaddeus Flint

The monthly meeting of the New Lebanon Town Board started off with two public hearings June 9, one which most in attendance supported and another which many didn’t really support at all in the current context.

The proposed “Local Law Establishing Income Levels for Real Property Tax Exemptions for Citizens Sixty-Five Years of Age or Over” was the one that was hard for anyone to argue with. [Read more…] about What Is Artisanal Manufacturing?

Flag Day Ceremony In Hoosick Falls

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by Bea Peterson

The annual Hoosick Falls Flag Day Ceremony was hosted by American Legion Post #40 outdoors at its headquarters on Main Street on Sunday, June 14… Flag Day. Mistress of Ceremonies was Elks member Terri Burdick who described the evolution of the American flag from its beginnings up to today. The various flags were carried by senior Boy and Girl Scouts from the Legion building through an honor guard of very young future girl and boy scouts. [Read more…] about Flag Day Ceremony In Hoosick Falls