North Adams – John E. Bostwick, 55, formerly of North Adams, MA, died Sunday, January 5, 2013, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brattleboro, VT, on May 28, 1958, he was the son of the late Noble B. and Elizabeth Gove Bostwick. He was a 1976 graduate of McCann Tech High School in North Adams and attended Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, MA. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Heckling Marks The Last Hoosick Town Board Meeting In The Cipperly Era
by Bea Peterson
Hoosick Town Supervisor Keith Cipperly’s final meeting as Supervisor on Monday, December 30, was contentious and punctuated with heckling.
Reserve Funds Take A Hit
It heated up when he requested approval for Laberge to start getting estimates and permits for pool repairs. [Read more…] about Heckling Marks The Last Hoosick Town Board Meeting In The Cipperly Era
Petersburgh Year End Financial Status
by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board met on December 30 and adjusted the Town accounts to move money to accounts that are overdrawn from ones that have a surplus.
A Day At The Races
by Bea Peterson
HAYC3 is in the midst of its annual fund raising. Check the HAYC3 website for a letter from Board President Michael Baker listing all the accomplishments of HAYC3 in 2013. The goal is to make 2014 an even better year. That requires funds, hence the fund raising.
To sweeten the donating pie, HAYC3 Board member and owner of Contessa Racing, Gary Contessa, has made a generous offer. [Read more…] about A Day At The Races
PVMCC Donates To Taconic Valley Youth Basketball
by Sherry Bowman-Kluck
In these tough economic times, many towns, businesses and schools in our area have significantly cut back or eliminated funding for youth programs and its constituents. This is not the case with the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center. [Read more…] about PVMCC Donates To Taconic Valley Youth Basketball
BCS Board Discusses New Bus Garage
by Thaddeus Flint
As 2013 came to a close, the Berlin Central School District Board of Education, at its last monthly meeting of the year on December 17, began to look forward at possible new projects, including the replacement of the District’s bus garage.
HFCS Summer Environmental Program
by Alex Brooks
A presentation by environmental educator Howard Romack began the December 19 meeting of the Hoosick Falls School Board. He described a program he did for Mrs. Culver’s fourth grade class at Lake Lauderdale and a summer program he did a few years ago with Hoosick Falls students. [Read more…] about HFCS Summer Environmental Program
IDs Necessary At First Stephentown Food Pantry Visit
submitted by Meredith Rhindress
All Stephentown Food Pantry clients will need to bring identification showing their street address, such as a current utility bill, on their first visit of 2014. The pantry offers short term assistance to residents of Stephentown and Hancock, MA. [Read more…] about IDs Necessary At First Stephentown Food Pantry Visit
Operation Christmas Cookie
by Bea Peterson
It takes many volunteers doing a great deal of work to send 6,000 cookies, weighing 460 pounds, to troops in Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Oman and Afghanistan in time for Christmas. But, when you see the photos of the guys and gals with the cookies and receive their words of appreciation, it’s all worth it.