The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Berlin Town Board Action – No Closing Yet On Berlin Lumber

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by Kieron Kramer
Berlin Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger was beaming after the Town Board meeting on Thursday, May 10. “We set a record,” he said, referring to the shortness of the meeting; it lasted only 30 minutes. He may have been right although there was a meeting presided over by former Supervisor Sandi Slattery that lasted around 35 minutes and most of the meetings run by Stanton Goodermote when he was Supervisor were very short. This meeting was so short that the people attending milled about the Town Hall without an idea of what to do for the next hour.
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Restoring An Historical Resting Place

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by David Flint
“There’s so much Stephentown history here,” commented Town Supervisor Larry Eckhardt. He was with the Federated Church Men’s Group and other historical-minded people who turned out on Saturday, May 5, for a work party in the old Presbyterian Cemetery on Presbyterian Hill Road. George Holcomb is buried here along with his wife Lucinda and a number of others from his family. [Read more…] about Restoring An Historical Resting Place

Petersburgh Troop 222 Helps Clean Up Trails At GLSP

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submitted by Andrew Zlotnick
Boy Scouts from Troop 222 Petersburgh helped the Grafton Lake State Park over the weekend of May 4-6. Nine Boy Scouts, their Leaders and some family members cleaned out the woods at the Park. Grafton Lakes State Park was the site of a Scout invasion – over 200 Boy Scouts camped, cleaned and had a fun filled weekend in the Park. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Troop 222 Helps Clean Up Trails At GLSP

Graveside Service For Ruth Koepp

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Stephentown – Ruth H. Avery Koepp, 84, a 70 year resident of Stephentown, NY, died on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at her residence after a long illness.  A graveside service will be held on Saturday, May 26, at 1 pm in the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Lebanon Springs, NY. A reception will follow at the New Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department’s hall on Route 20. Contributions in her memory may be given to the Veterans of Stephentown, in care of the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, P.O. Box 9, Stephentown, NY, 12168.

Clara Marie Campbell

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Hoosick – Clara Marie Campbell, 75, passed away on May 8, 2012, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She had resided on Route 67 in Hoosick, NY.
Services were private and at the convenience of the family. Arrangements were handled by the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, in Hoosick Falls, NY.

Camilla F. Cottrell

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Ipswich, MA/Hoosick – Camilla F. (Stevens) Cottrell, 96, formerly of Pittsfield, MA, died Sunday, May 13, 2012, in the Essex Park Rehabilitation Center, Beverly, MA, following complications from a fall. She was the wife of the late Ernest Gordon Cottrell, who died in 1967.
Born on a farm in Potter Hill, Hoosick, NY, she was the daughter of Frank and Ethel (Whittle) Stevens. [Read more…] about Camilla F. Cottrell