Stephentown – Francis A. Martini, 76, of Wilderness Way, Stephentown, NY, died on Monday, January 2, 2012, at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, NY. Born in Pittsfield, MA, on September 10, 1935, he was the son of the late Anthony and Rose Stracuzzi Martini. A 1953 graduate of Pittsfield High School where he excelled in football and baseball, Fran had been a resident of Stephentown for the past twenty years after living in New Lebanon for eleven years.
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Margaret Grace Rimkunas
Hoosick – Margaret Grace Rimkunas passed away peacefully on December 25, 2011, following a brief illness.
Born inMechanicville, NY, on September 7, 1922, Margaret was the daughter of the late Jack and Margaret (O’Brien) Eberle. She was a graduate of St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls, NY. On April 21, 1946, she married Stanley J. Rimkunas. For the next forty years they owned and operated the family dairy farm in East Hoosick, NY. She was devoted to being a talented homemaker, a loving wife, daughter and sister, a beloved friend and a truly outstanding mother and grandmother.
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Petersburgh Ambulance Saves A Young Life
Family Travels From Rhode Island To Thank Squad Members
by Alex Brooks
On Sunday September 4, 17 year old Nathan Therien was driving through Petersburgh when he suddenly and very unexpectedly went into cardiac arrest. This was on Route 22 near the intersection with Prosser Hollow Road. Nathan’s 20 year old sister, Paige, was in the passenger seat and managed to bring the car to a stop by the side of the road. Their parents were in another car ahead of them, and when they realized their children’s car was not behind them they returned to where Nathan and Paige’s car had stopped. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Ambulance Saves A Young Life
The Save The Armory Committee Makes Plans
by Bea Peterson
The Save the Armory Committee, which was approved at the last Hoosick Town Board meeting, met Monday, December 19, at 6 pm in the Village Hall. Eleven people attended the meeting and quickly volunteered to take on a variety of assignments.
Chairman Shelly Stiles opened the meeting with two basic ground rules: one – no looking back to complain about what might have been, instead look forward, and two – there is no such thing as a bad idea. The Committee agreed. They also agreed to meet frequently as there is not a lot of time to accomplish the goal of keeping the Armory as the Town Hall.
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Grafton Planning Board Shake Up Expected
by Kieron Kramer
The results of the November election in Grafton will be bring a lot of changes to the Town. One may be that the Grafton Planning Board will be completely reorganized. At its Organizational meeting on January 4 at 7 pm the Grafton Town Board is likely to appoint a new Planning Board Chair to replace the current Chairman, Tom Withcuskey. How many of the other current members will stay on the Planning Board is anybody’s guess. Planning Board Secretary Jessica Crandall does not know if she will be reappointed. And there is a question as to whether Sal Ferlazzo will remain as the attorney to the Town Board and the Planning Board.
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Stephentown Town Board Action – Stephentown Ponders Impact Of Beacon Failure
by David Flint
With Beacon Power in bankruptcy proceedings and required to sell off their frequency regulation plant on Grange Hall Road, Stephentown residents are wondering how the situation will affect the Town. It was a topic of some discussion at Monday’s Town Board meeting. Town Supervisor Larry Eckhardt said he had attended a meeting about the bankruptcy recently with Beacon and NYSERDA officials. He expressed some bewilderment about the pressure being placed on the company by the federal Department of Energy (DOE). [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board Action – Stephentown Ponders Impact Of Beacon Failure
No Work On The Dougherty Corner Until Spring
by Bea Peterson
Rumors have been rampant that nothing will ever happen at the former Dougherty’s, the empty hole at the corner of Main and John Streets. “I’ve been waiting four years for something to happen,” said property owner Alex Koks. There was talk that since the weather had remained so mild, construction could begin any day. According to Koks a decision was made just a couple of days ago that the project won’t begin until April or May 2012. [Read more…] about No Work On The Dougherty Corner Until Spring
Petersburgh Town Board Action – Duane Goodermote Jr. Appointed to Town Board
by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board accepted with regret the resignation of Amy Manchester. She is giving up her position on the Town Council to take up her duties as the new Town Justice. Amy recently attended a training course for new Town Justices at SUNY. She said it was hard, but she got a 98 on the concluding test and is ready to take up her duties. Amy passed around her father’s certificate of completion from the same course, which he completed just about 50 years ago, in February of 1962, when he started his service as Town Justice in Petersburgh. Amy’s father, Neil Manchester, passed away the afternoon after she got back from her Justice training course.
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Emergency Service Concerns Brought To The BCS Board
by Thaddeus Flint
First responders from the Berlin Rescue Squad and the Berlin Volunteer Fire Company were present at the Berlin Central School District’s December Board meeting Tuesday in response to a lack of response from the Board on whether to allow responders who also work at the schools to respond to emergency calls in the District.
“My secretary wrote this letter to you in July,” said Mark Primeau, Chairman of the Fire Commissioners for Berlin. The letter in question was a demand to allow employees of the School District to attend to emergency calls during school hours and still be paid. “We are not asking for miracles,” he said, “we are just trying to help people.”
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HFCS’s Varsity Club Kicks Off Fundraiser With Cumberland Farms
by Bea Peterson
Cumberland Farms customers received a special treat Friday afternoon, December 16, when they entered the store on Church Street. They were greeted with trays of hot sandwiches and pizza to sample. It was the company’s celebration of the reopening of the updated store. Cumberland Farms Regional Director Brian VanBuren said the company has over 800 stores and they expect another 60 to receive the updated chill zones and coffee bars, food services and gas pumps in 2012. VanBuren’s region has 55 stores from Warrensburg to Cairo, NY, and, so far, six of them have been upgraded, including the Hoosick Falls location. Joining VanBuren at the store was Cumberland Farms District Manager Jim Long.
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