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Berlin Town Board Action – Offer To Buy The Cherry Plain Polling Place Accepted

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by Kieron Kramer
Berlin Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger announced at the Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, September 12, that he had received a signed offer and a $1,000 deposit for the Cherry Plain Polling Place. The Polling Place, at 110 Cherry Plain Square, had been appraised at $10,000 and that was the offer made by Cherry Plain residents Gary and Marie Hoffman. [Read more…] about Berlin Town Board Action – Offer To Buy The Cherry Plain Polling Place Accepted

Petersburgh Town Board Action – Road Repairs Cause Budget Woes

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by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board scheduled budget workshops for September 23 and 30 at 7 pm, and Town Supervisor Krahforst warned the Board that it will be facing a very difficult budget situation this year. Charles Guntner, the Town Bookkeeper, has warned the Supervisor that he doesn’t expect to have much fund balance at the end of the year. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Town Board Action – Road Repairs Cause Budget Woes

Stephentown Town Board Action – It Doesn’t Just Rain Anymore

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by David Flint
At the Stephentown Town Board meeting on Monday evening Town Supervisor Larry Eckhardt reported that a massive amount of rainfall at about 4 pm on September 1 had taken out South Stephentown Road and a good bit of Andrew’s Lane and Wemple Road. “Just a bloody mess,” he said. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board Action – It Doesn’t Just Rain Anymore

The Emerald Ash Borer Comes To Stephentown

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by Trix Niernberger
The emerald ash borer, the beetle that has destroyed over 50 million ash trees in the United States, has been discovered in Stephentown. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) found the beetles in the purple cardboard traps hung in trees just south and west of Stephentown center. In this wood gathering season, DEC is urging area residents to identify ash wood and not move it. Residents should not purchase or accept ash from Stephentown
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Stephentown Hay Field Torn Up

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by David Flint
While some in Stephentown are working hard to improve the community with beautification efforts and new businesses, others seem to be working hard to trash the place. Arguably most of those who staged a drunken vandals party at Brian Holloway’s residence were not from Stephentown. And maybe the ones who tore through Leo Roberts’ hay field last Friday night were also not from Stephentown. But surely they were from not too far away.
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Linda J. Nugent

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Berlin – Linda J. Nugent, 70, of Taylor Avenue, Berlin, NY, died on Friday, September 13, 2013, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA.
Born on the 4th of July, 1943, in Newburgh, NY, she was the daughter of the late Donald Jose Lopez and Edith V. Earle. She was the loving wife of Donald K. Nugent, whom she married in Cornwall, NY  on October 25, 1975. [Read more…] about Linda J. Nugent

Charleene L. Hafensteiner

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Troy – Charleene L. Hafensteiner, 71, of Williams Road, Troy, NY, died peacefully at her home on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, under the care of Community Hospice of Rensselaer County.
Born in Petersburgh, NY, on March 28, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Lionel and Frances Brimmer Bentley. She was the loving wife of Michael J. Hafensteiner, whom she married on December 31, 1992, in Petersburgh.
Charleene graduated from the Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls, NY, in 1959. She was a member of the Petersburgh Baptist Church while living in Petersburgh. She worked for the Berlin Central School District as a bus driver and trainer then for Folmsbee Transportation as a bus monitor, retiring in 2008. She had worked with her mom in the B & B Ceramic Studio in Petersburgh. Besides ceramics, Charleene enjoyed knitting, cooking and handcrafts. Her true love was that of her family and grandchildren. She is pre-deceased by her former husbands, Robert Winn and Victor D. Weeden.
Besides her husband, she is survived by her children, James A. and wife Marie Winn and John P. and wife Stacy Winn of Berlin, NY, Sharla E. and husband Shane Clute of North Greenbush, NY, and Scott M. and wife Tami Weeden of Greenwood, AR, her step-children, Victor D. Weeden Jr, Lisa N. Weeden and Jamie L. Valero, and 14 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, September 15, at 6 pm in the Petersburgh Baptist Church where Rev. Trygve Tomlinson of the West Stephentown Baptist Church officiated. Relatives and friends were invited to the Church for visitation starting at 5 pm.
Committal services took place on Monday, September 16, at 10:30 am in the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery.
Memorial contributions would be appreciated and can be given to either the West Stephentown Baptist Church or the Fred Shapiro’s Stem Cell Research Program at Albany Medical Center in care of the Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home, P.O. Box 361, Petersburgh, NY, 12138.