Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by David Flint
Six months after the tragic shooting of Steven Bell in the Berlin State Forest, it has been reported that a grand jury voted to take no action in the case. According to Acting Rensselaer County District Attorney Arthur F. Glass, the grand jury has cleared the State Police officers of any blame in his death.
[Read more…] about No Action Against Troopers In Steven Bell Shooting
by Bea Peterson
Things are bustling at the Hathaway’s Drive-In on Route 67 in North Hoosick as Duane Greenawalt prepares for the drive-in’s opening on Friday, May 16. The new $70,000 digital projector is in place and operating, the projection booth has been completely updated for another $20,000, new underground cabling has been installed, work is underway for improving the rest rooms and a new sign has been ordered and is on its way.
by David Flint
A Stephentown man was arrested on Mother’s Day at the vacant Stephentown Elementary School. [Read more…] about Man Arrested On Mother’s Day For Breaking Into The Stephentown Elementary School
by Bea Peterson
As of Wednesday, May 14, Yvonne Keefe, Public Affairs officer for the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office reported that the investigation into the fatal car accident on May 7 that took the life of George T. Kautz, Jr., age 66, of Johnsonville, is still ongoing. [Read more…] about Fatal Car Accident on Route 7
by Thaddeus Flint
Two women were whispering in the audience at Tuesday’s New Lebanon Board meeting.
“I’m so tired of hearing about Covent Circle,” said one.
“I know!” said the other. “When will it end?”
And that is probably how most of New Lebanon feels about the little road that wants to be a Town road. Will it ever end?
[Read more…] about New Lebanon Town Board Action – A Circle Has No End
by Bea Peterson
At the Monday, May 12, meeting of the Hoosick Town Board, Supervisor Mark Surdam announced that beginning on Tuesday, May 27, traffic will be reduced to one lane at times on Route 7 from Pittstown to the new bridge over the Hoosic River in Hoosick while State Highway crews perform preventative maintenance and paving on that section of roadway.
[Read more…] about Town Of Hoosick Board Action – Route 7 To Be Repaved
by Alex Brooks
The Grafton Town Board meeting on May 12 began with the highway report. Highway Superintendent Herb Hasbrouck said Babcock Lake Road suffered a lot of damage this past winter. It’s a County Road, and the County has tried to patch it, but apparently they do not have the resources to fully repair it. The County Engineer said he would need an allocation of 600 to 800 tons of asphalt mix to repair it properly. Code Enforcement Officer Tom Withcuskey said, “It was very bad this winter. They came out and worked on it and patched some holes, but it still has some bad holes in it.”
In Memoriam
by Kieron Kramer
Among the seven resolutions passed at the Rensselaer County Legislature’s meeting on Tuesday, May 13, was one memorializing Berlin’s Joan deLeon, who died on April 4 of this year. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Legislature Action – May 2014
by Kieron Kramer
When Dog Control Officer Doug Goodermote gave his report at the Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, May 8, he said that “a few dogs went missing but everything has been quiet, exceptionally quiet.” If Goodermote has so little to say you can guess that the whole, 30 minute meeting was exceptionally quiet. And the Town is quiet. [Read more…] about Berlin Town Board – Exceptionally Quiet
Hoosick Falls – Lisa Ann Barnhart, 51, daughter of Linda (Siemens) McClellan and the late Bernard L. Barnhart, Jr. was born in North Adams, MA, on December 28, 1962. She passed away at home at Pathfinder Village, Edmeston, NY, on May 13, 2014, surrounded by her family, following a long illness.
Lisa received her education in Shaftsbury, VT, and Bennington, VT, and began her working career at the Ramada Inn in Bennington prior to moving from her home in Hoosick Falls, NY, to Edmeston in 1991. She worked in Oneonta, NY, while living in the very special community of Pathfinder Village, Edmeston.
Lisa was an avid sportswoman and enjoyed many sporting achievements through her participation in Vermont and New York Special Olympics at local, national and international levels winning many medals for track and field, swimming and cross country skiing. Lisa enjoyed bowling, music, dancing, motorcycle rides, travel, celebrations with her family and her many friends.
In addition to her mother, Lisa is survived by her step-father, Harold McClellan of Hoosick Falls, her sister, April Maxwell and partner Stuart Murdoch of England, her nieces, Brittany DeWitt and partner Daniel Boyland of Hoosick Falls and Lydia Maxwell of England, her great-nephew, Nathaniel Boyland of Hoosick Falls, her aunts, Marion Cipperly and Wilma Gutermuth of Hoosick Falls, and several wonderful cousins from across the United States. Lisa is pre-deceased by her step-father, R. Gordon Russell, who held a very special place in her heart for the love and care he provided.
Funeral services will be Saturday, May 17, at 11 am from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial will follow the service at the Hoosick Rural Cemetery, Hoosick, NY. A reception will follow committal services at St. Mark’s Church Hall.
Relatives and friends may call at the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, on Friday, May 16, from 4 to 7 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to either the Pathfinder Village Incorporated or the Bennington Area Special Olympics through the funeral home.
Special thanks to the loving staff at Pathfinder Village who took such great care of Lisa in her time of need, especially Jamie Miner, Robin and Sherry.
