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Petersburgh Town Board Action – To Secede Or Not To Secede

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by Alex Brooks
At the Petersburgh Town Board Meeting this week, Kurt Klein presented a petition signed by about 75 Petersburgh residents asking to have a referendum on whether the Town should secede from the Berlin School District. He said he had not been able to talk with everyone by any means but he had spent a few Saturdays going door to door to talk with people about the School District. He said about 80% of the people he talked to signed the petition.
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Demolition Of The Union Free School Building Begins; Bell Tower To Be Saved

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by Thaddeus Flint
With the word out that the historic Union Free School building in New Lebanon is to be demolished this week, many from the Town and the surrounding areas have been coming by to take one last look at the structure which has been a part of the Town’s personality for 99 years.
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HFCS Presents First Draft Of Budget

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by Alex Brooks
The first draft of the Hoosick Falls School District budget was presented last week. Superintendent Ken Facin called the situation “challenging,” but he set a goal of developing a budget that does not exceed a 2% tax levy increase, with minimal impact on staffing and student programming. He said, “We have some work to do, but we will find a way to reach our goal.”
The budget as presented showed a tax levy increase of 8.19%, but no one expects it to stay that high. The Board’s intention is to work that down to 2% or less before it adopts a budget on April 19.
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Rensselaer County Legislature – HFCS Girls Rule

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by Kieron Kramer
While their parents, relatives and friends filled the gallery of the Legislative Chamber during the presentation period of the Rensselaer County Legislature’s regular meeting on Tuesday, February 14, the Hoosick Falls State Class C Co-Championship Girls Soccer Team entered the well of the Legislature with their coach to receive copies of the resolution passed in December honoring their season’s achievements. Legislators Brownell and Goodermote made the presentation to the 17 members of the team present on Tuesday.
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Village of Hoosick Falls Board Meeting – The Rest Of The Story

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by Bea Peterson
The Village of Hoosick Falls Board met on Tuesday, February 14. Last week’s Eastwick Press briefly discussed the presentation by the HAYC3 Youth Impact, Jr. team encouraging the Board and those attending the meeting to  shop locally and the Boards announcement to hire CGR (Center for Government Research) to do a Dissolution Study, Here is the rest of the story.
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Joseph Rieger, Jr.

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Stephentown – Joseph Rieger, Jr., 84, of Garfield Road, Stephentown, NY, died on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at his residence. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on February 9, 1928, he was the son of the late Joseph and Anna Liedecker Rieger. He was the loving husband of the former Ruth M. Sweener, whom he married on August 30, 1952 at the Immaculate Conception Church in New Lebanon, NY. They have lived in the Stephentown area since 1953.
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Ruth H. 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.
Born in Chatham, NY, on March 6, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert and Margaret Rothe Avery. She was the loving wife of the late Kenneth G. Koepp, who died on December 27, 2005. They were married on May 12, 1950. Ruth was a member of the Christian Assembly Church in Pittsfield, MA.
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Rensselaer County Legislature Honors Neil Manchester

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by Kieron Kramer
During the presentation period of the Rensselaer County Legislature’s regular meeting on Tuesday, February 14, the family of Neil Manchester of Petersburgh came to the podium in the well of the Legislature to be presented with the resolution passed at a special session on December 20 honoring their patriarch. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Legislature Honors Neil Manchester