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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Touch Tank Helps Students Learn Marine Biology

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by David Flint
Excited second-graders from Berlin Elementary School got a chance to learn something about marine biology last week. On Thursday morning they gathered around fish tanks in the Middle/High School library as high school students explained about sea life. This was hands on learning. They could actually reach in the tanks and feel the little Cat Sharks swimming by or handle a sea star or spider crab. [Read more…] about Touch Tank Helps Students Learn Marine Biology

HFFD Joining State-Wide Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment Effort

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by Bea Peterson
“Volunteers serve from three to five years, most times,” said Hoosick Falls Fire Chief Robert Bornt. “Then others serve for a lifetime.” Bornt is a life member of the Hoosick Falls Fire Department. Many of the members currently serving are life members – and they aren’t getting any younger. The problem is recruiting new members of any age to be firefighters. [Read more…] about HFFD Joining State-Wide Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment Effort

Rensselaer County Legislature – Tickets In Petersburgh

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by Kieron Kramer
In an interview after the Rensselaer County Legislature’s session on Tuesday, District 5 Legislators Stan Brownell and Lester Goodermote reported that they had received complaints from their constituents about tickets being given by State Police to truckers on Route 22 at the Route 2 overpass in Petersburgh. District 5 includes the towns of Stephentown, Berlin, Grafton, Petersburgh, Hoosick and the Village of Hoosick Falls.
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Petersburgh Library Gets Grant For McLean Project

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The Petersburgh Public Library has just received a coveted Community Arts Grant from the Arts Center of the Capitol Region/New York State Council on the Arts, for a creative video and music project to be produced by two of Petersburgh’s resident composers/video artists, Barton and Priscilla McLean. This grant was supplemented by the Taconic Corporation, whose early support was crucial in the success of the Library’s grant application.
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Laura M. Hill

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Berlin – Laura M. Perez Hill gently entered into eternal rest on Thursday, April 5, 2012, at her home in Berlin, NY. Born in Guanica, Puerto Rico, on November 10, 1929, Laura was the daughter of Eduardo Perez Seda and Maria Acosta. She attended elementary and high school in Guanica and earned a Bachelors Degree in Secondary Education from the University of Puerto Rico in 1952.
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Catherine F. Grogan

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Grafton/Brunswick – Catherine ‘Kaye’ F. Looney Grogan, 87, of Goodman Avenue, Brunswick, NY, died Saturday, April 7, 2012, at her residence after a long illness.
Born in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Jeremiah Looney and Alpharetta Wood Looney and the wife of the late Elmer A. Grogan. She was raised in Grafton, NY, resided in Speigletown, NY, and for the past 22 years lived in Brunswick. Kaye was a graduate of Troy High School, Cornell Medical College in New York City and Hudson Valley Community College.
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