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Deborah Springer

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Hoosick – Deborah Lee (Kilton) Springer, 61, passed away from lung cancer on Thursday, September 20, 2012, at Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs, NY, surrounded by her loving family. Debbie leaves behind her husband and soul mate of 18 years, Robert Springer.
Debbie was born to the late Clarence and Millicent (Bryant) Kilton on December 14, 1950, in Caribou, ME.  She is pre-deceased by her sisters, Maureen Roberts and Jean Roche, and her sisters-in-law, Lucy Mosley and Patricia McGarvin.
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Removal Of BCS Board Members Raised

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by Thaddeus Flint
It was a dark and stormy night, outside and inside the aging Berlin Elementary School Tuesday night. But the storm over the Berlin School Board appeared even darker and stormier than the one blowing outside with the revelation that the Board might look into the removal of three of its own members.
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And The Gun Range Shall Never Die – Grafton Planning Board Action

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by Kieron Kramer
Les McDermott is resubmitting his application, with amendments, for a shooting range at 303 Old Siek Road in Grafton. He had withdrawn his application for a shooting range and gun shop at last month’s Grafton Planning Board meeting in the face of severe criticism from his neighbors. He had invested time and energy in landscaping his property with high berms to stop bullets and in filing a Long Form Environmental Impact Statement, which requires lots of documentation. Having no site plan registered meant that McDermott could invite friends and guests to come shoot  as long as they were shooting 500 feet away from anybody else’s building structures, according to the NYS DEC regulations. No site plan review meant, essentially, that the Town had no control over the shooting activities on the McDermott property.
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Stephentown Town Board Action – Stephentown Buys Property Online

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by David Flint
The Town of Stephentown was the successful bidder in an online auction to purchase a 1.2 acre property across the street from the Town Hall for $45,000. Two years ago the Town Board had offered $95,000 for the land and a house on it which together at that time were appraised at $115,000. The offer was refused. By 2012, with Fannie Mae now the owner following foreclosure, the asking price was down to $65,000.
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Flames At The Stephentown Muster

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by David Flint and Samantha Bink
The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department had its annual muster on Saturday and Sunday September 15 and 16.  The event started with water polo on Saturday night. There were nineteen children who competed prior to the adults.
Water Polo Winners
Kid’s Water Polo – Lane Pelletier, Andrew Joyes, Haley Williams
Adult Men’s Water Polo – Hoags Corners
Adult Women’s Water Polo – Dalton
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Berlin Town Board Action – What For The Watipi

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by Kieron Kramer
The future of the Watipi Building as a Town property may be in doubt. The Town Board discussed the possibility of divesting the Town of it at the Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, September 13. The catalyst for this discussion, which has been considered before, was the opening of the bids to replace the roof on the structure. [Read more…] about Berlin Town Board Action – What For The Watipi