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Stephentown Town Board Action – Stephentown To Pursue Elementary School Ownership

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by David Flint
The Stephentown Town Board has given the go-ahead to their attorney to start reviewing the proposed contract with the Berlin School District for assuming ownership of the property of the former Stephentown Elementary School. At their meeting on Monday the Board passed a resolution authorizing Craig Crist of the Dreyer Boyajian law firm to look over the contract in detail, highlight what needs to be addressed and report back to the Board prior to their next Workshop meeting on August 13.
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Petersburgh Town Board Action – Broken Wheel Bridge Is Red Tagged

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by Alex Brooks
At the July 16 meeting of the Petersburgh Town Board, Town Highway Superintendent Ray Harrison said the bridge over the Little Hoosic River at Broken Wheel Road was red tagged by State inspectors. This was the result of routine annual inspections that are done on an annual basis of all the bridges in Town.
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ERC Move Pending

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by Bea Peterson
According to ERC Community Warehouse President Matthew Curley everything is still very much up in the air regarding a move from Hoosick Falls. So far no closing date has been set for Primax Properties to purchase the land and buildings for Dollar General. “Once we have a closing date, I will have more information,” he said. Tentatively, the plan is to move to property in Melrose, but that hinges on the closing.
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Berlin Town Board Action – Commemorating The Propane Truck Explosion

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by Kieron Kramer
The fiftieth anniversary of the propane gas truck explosion that decimated the center of Berlin, destroying a number of houses and the First Baptist Church and killing 9 residents and injuring many more on July 25, 1962, will be commemorated later this month. Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger announced at the Town Board meeting on July 12 that Town Historian Sharon Klein has posted a three page article and a couple of pictures of the event on the Town website (http://berlin-ny.us/). He also announced that the First Baptist Church will hold a memorial service on July 25 and that former Town Supervisor Sandi Slattery is organizing a memorial event which will take place at the Berlin Fire House on July 28. The Taconic Valley Historical Society addressed the topic at their monthly meeting on July 16. According to Jaeger, “The Times-Union is doing an extensive article on the explosion.”
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Taconic Valley Soccer Wins Capital District U-19 League Title

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by David Flint
The 2012 Taconic Valley Boys U-19 team has accomplished something that had never been accomplished before. They have won the Capital District Youth Soccer League U-19 Boys Division with six wins and only one loss. The team is composed of players from the Berlin, New Lebanon and Brunswick school districts, and many of the athletes had waited a long time for this successful season.
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2012 Hoosick Falls 10U And 12U All-Star Softball Tournaments

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submitted by Gary Funck
Bright neon yellow was the color of choice in Hoosick Falls on the weekend of June 29 to July 1 when the Town of Hoosick Youth Baseball/Softball League held its Second Annual All-Star Softball Tournament. A total of 13 teams from three different states came to Hoosick Falls and put their young talent on display.
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Rest In Peace

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by David Flint
On July 12, the coffin containing Melvin “Bud” Ketchum was transported to the Hancock Cemetery on a wagon drawn by tractor from Larry Eckhardt’s Kinderhook Creek Farm on South Stephentown Road where Bud had been a mainstay of the farm hands for many years. The tractor was Bud’s favorite, the old 4320 John Deere. [Read more…] about Rest In Peace

Irene B. Greene

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Berlin – Irene Brownell Greene, 91, of Greene’s Brook Road, Berlin, NY, passed away on Friday, July 13, 2012, at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls, NY.
Born March 29, 1921, in Groveside, NY, she was the daughter of the late Elmer E. and Sadie Lebarron Brownell. She was the loving wife of Arlie L. Greene, whom she married on March 2, 1946, in Groveside, NY.
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