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The Rensselaer County Legislature will join with the county Environmental Management Council to sponsor an electronics recycling day next month, legislators announced.
The electronics recycling event will be held Saturday, April 11 from 9:30 am to 2 pm. The event will be held at the County Office Building, 1600 7th Avenue, downtown Troy. [Read more…] about Legislature And EMC To Sponsor Electronics Recycling Day On April 11
4-H members from across the Capital District travelled to Ichabod Crane High School to participate in the Capital District 4-H Dairy Bowl Contest hosted by Columbia/Greene Cornell Cooperative Extension. Rensselaer County fielded a Novice, Senior and two Junior teams. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Members Compete At 4-H District Dairy Bowl
Five Hoosick Falls High School seniors who have been selected JLS Foundation scholarship finalists this year are doing their part to encourage their peers to participate in the school’s new Hometown Mentoring program. [Read more…] about Hometown Mentoring: College-Bound Seniors Promote New Mentoring Program, Urge Their Peers To Participate
Maple Syrup Season is Late for Second Year in a Row
by Bea Peterson
There’s a maple leaf on the cap of NYS maple syrup this year, along with a description of the syrup color and taste. It’s a new grading system and it is universal. Now maple syrup made in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Wisconsin and all the Provinces of Canada will be labeled the same. [Read more…] about States And Canada Agree On New Grading System
Elizabeth Ryan, daughter of Michael and Patricia Ryan, has been selected as the school’s HOBY representative and will attend a weekend conference in the spring of 2015. The HOBY mission is to inspire and develop our global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation. The HOBY program has proven to be an educational, life-changing experience that provides leadership skill development with a strong focus on community service. [Read more…] about HOBY Leadership Award Recipient From Hoosick Falls Jr. /Sr. High School Is Elizabeth Ryan
Rensselaer County Undersheriff Pat Russo presented Matt Hopper, a criminal justice major at Hudson Valley Community College, the New York State Sheriff’s Association (NYSSA) Institute’s 2015 Criminal Justice Scholarship. [Read more…] about New York State Sheriff’s Association Institute, Inc. Criminal Justice Scholarship Winner
by Bea Peterson
“We’re still the same local business,” said realtor Rick Tinkham from his office on the corner of Munsell Street and Route 22. “We just need to be part of a larger company.” [Read more…] about Team Tinkham Joins Berkshire Hathaway
Join the many other community members on May 2 between 9 am and noon and volunteer to help do some spring-cleaning in Hoosick Falls with HAYC3. [Read more…] about “Love Your Village” Spring Clean-up Day Organized by HAYC3
by Bea Peterson
After eight Zoning Board and Planning Board meetings and a Public Hearing, Duane Greenawalt, owner of Hathaway’s Drive In on Route 67 in Hoosick finally received approval from the ZBA to put up a second screen. “The approval is contingent on my putting trees behind the screen to hide it from the neighbor’s view,” he said. He has changed the screen placement three times to make it less visible outside the Drive In. “I plan to place it in front of a big maple tree and plant other 10 foot deciduous and good sized evergreen trees, he said. “And the ZBA understands the trees may take a while to grow,” he added. Some of the trees will be fast growing, while others will take longer to mature. Greenawalt has also selected a smaller screen, though it will be 30 feet by 60 feet in size. [Read more…] about Second Screen Planned For Hoosick Drive In
