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Grafton Will Not Share Transfer Station With Petersburgh

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by Alex Brooks

The Grafton Town Board held a workshop on Saturday, April 26, to consider sharing the Town transfer station with Petersburgh. Grafton Town Supervisor Frank Higgins began the meeting by saying the question before the Board was whether the Town of Grafton would like to make a proposal to the Town of Petersburgh which would allow Petersburgh to use the Grafton transfer station for a fee. The merits of this question were never really discussed at this meeting, which consisted mostly of bickering on ancillary topics.

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Nathan A. Winters

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Petersburgh – Nathan Andrew Winters, 34, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY, due to injuries sustained in an ATV accident on his farm in Petersburgh, NY. Born in Lancaster, PA, on November 16, 1979, he is the loving son of Grace Fuller VanWinkle and stepson of Eric VanWinkle of Lebanon, PA, and the late LeeRoy Winters. He was a graduate of Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon and attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.

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Jo Anne Sykes

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Stephentown – Jo Anne “Dolly” Loomis Sykes, 61, died peacefully on Monday, April 28, 2014, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA, with her family at her side. Born in Troy on June 28, 1952, she was the daughter of the late George Loomis and Mary Meyers Connar and is the step-daughter of Helen Loomis of Bennington, VT. Jo Anne resided in Stephentown, NY, for most of her life. She was employed at Sykes General Store in Stephentown and Jiminy Peak Resort in Hancock, MA.

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Agnes Lassor

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Hoosick Falls – Agnes Lassor, 94, passed away on April 22, 2014, in Bennington, VT, where she had resided this past year in Emeritus at Fillmore Pond. “Nessie” was comforted during her final weeks by her loving family and the compassionate staff at Fillmore Pond.

Agnes “Nessie” Stirling was born April 1, 1920, in Dundee, Scotland. At the age of five she came to Hoosick Falls, NY. She lived with her parents and siblings at 4 Saratoga Street where she raised her six children and cared for her mother and brother.

Nessie was a loving grandmother to fifteen grandchildren and known as “Grandma the Great” to twenty-two great-grandchildren. She was also a caring aunt to many nieces and nephews, the Myers, the Marxs and the Stirlings.

Soon after the death of Larry Lassor in 2003 Nessie chose to live with her daughter Lorraine in Hoosick Falls where she resided until June 2013 when she moved into Fillmore Pond.

Nessie is pre-deceased by her loving husband of 60 years, Lawrence J. Lassor, and a daughter, Janice Marie Polacek. She is survived by her daughters, Lorraine Dooley and husband Ron, Laura Ricci and husband Bill and Ginny Hotze and husband Jim, her sons, Richard Lassor and wife Melissa and David Lassor and wife Phoebe, and her daughters-in-law, Andrea Lassor and Teresa Lassor.

Nessie’s life will be celebrated with a funeral Mass at the Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls at 11 am on Saturday, June 7, 2014. Burial will follow at Parklawn Cemetery in Bennington, VT, with a reception following at the Hoosick Falls Country Club. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad through the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY. 12090, which is handling the arrangements.

The family would like to thank our doctor and friend, Marcus Martinez, and the staff at Fillmore Pond for outstanding and compassionate care. The love we felt during mom’s final days was very comforting. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.