by David Flint
How did all those purple box kites get caught up in the trees? Well actually they are not box kites but Purple Prism Traps. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has been placing them in ash trees in eastern Rensselaer County and elsewhere as part of their early detection and response effort in combatting the infestation of the emerald ash borer. [Read more…] about Beware The Emerald Ash Borers
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North Hoosick PO Threatened With Closure Again
Legislators Say Post Office Closures Will Hurt County
submitted by Rich Crist, Legislative Liaison
The possible closure of the Lansingburgh and North Hoosick post offices will be harmful to Rensselaer County and not produce any significant savings in return, said members of the Rensselaer County Legislature.
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Wounded Vet Takes Other Wounded Vets To Ball Games
by Bea Peterson
U.S. Army Sgt. Kevin Miller is a man on a mission. He is co-founder of Warriors in the Bronx. On Friday, July 15, Miller was outside Weebs Fish Fry selling T-shirts and collecting donations for his project. On June 25 he rented a 12 passenger van and drove 10 wounded veterans to Yankee Stadium. The vets were given a tour of the stadium, the museum and Monument Park. [Read more…] about Wounded Vet Takes Other Wounded Vets To Ball Games
Grafton’s Ingraham To Compete In World Rimfire And Air Rifle Benchrest Competition
by Bea Peterson
Rick Ingraham of Grafton has been involved in Berlin school sports for years. He has coached basketball, softball, wrestling and cross country. He has given them all up except cross country. “As I get closer to retirement age I wanted to find something for me,” he said. He has been a fisherman, archer and rifleman all his life. “I’m a competitive person. I tried 10 meter Olympic style air rifle basics for two to three months, but my eyes aren’t good enough for off hand and peep sights.” That’s when he settled on Light Varmint and Heavy Varmint air rifle benchrest shooting. [Read more…] about Grafton’s Ingraham To Compete In World Rimfire And Air Rifle Benchrest Competition
Petersburgh Town Board Action – Lightning Strikes
by Alex Brooks
At the July 20 Petersburgh Town Board meeting, moved from Monday July 18, Highway Superintendent Ray Harrison said lightning hit the Town Garage and fried the alarm system. He has called an alarm specialist to come look at the system to see how extensive the damage is. Peter Schaaphok said the Town might want to review the whole system, which is connected to all the municipal buildings, as he believes there are problems with the system in other municipal buildings. Bill Seel agreed, saying he thought the alarm system had been disconnected at the Veterans Hall during the renovations.
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Five Year Contract Ratified By Support Staff At HFCS
by Alex Brooks
The Support Staff at Hoosick Falls Central School have agreed to a five year contract which gives them a small raise but reduces their choice of health plans from three options to two. The existing step schedule will be retained, but the salaries at each step will be increased by a total of 5.95% over the whole five years, or slightly over 1% per year.
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Hoosick Planning Board Action – July 2011
by Bea Peterson
First Family Subdivision
On Monday, July 18, Mark Cottrell appeared before the Planning Board to ask approval for a family subdivision, under the Town of Hoosick Local Law #1, which was passed at the Town Board meeting last week. [Read more…] about Hoosick Planning Board Action – July 2011
Marcia E. Jones
Berlin – Marcia E. Jones, 96, of Dyken Pond Road, Berlin, NY, died on Friday, July 22, 2011, at the home of her son after a short illness. A lifelong resident of Berlin, Marcia was the daughter of the late Milan and Lillian Loker Goodermote and wife of the late Robert E. Jones. Marcia had been a resident of Dyken Pond Road since 1964. She was a homemaker and a member of the Berlin Methodist Church.
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Doris M. St. Hilaire
Hoosick Falls – Doris M. St. Hilaire, 93, went home to her heavenly Father on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She was the wife of the late William St. Hilaire, who died in 2000; they had been married for sixty years.
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John H. Atwater, Jr.
Stephentown – John H. “John Boy” Atwater, Jr., 57, of Pomeroy Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, died on Saturday morning, July 23, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Pittsfield on February 19, 1954, he was the son of the late John H. and Lois M. Swisher Atwater. He was the loving husband of the former Ellen Hayford, whom he married on July 14, 1990, in the First Baptist Church of Pittsfield.
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