The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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George Holcomb’s Life Comes To An End

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Tuesday, January 22, 1856: This evening John F. took his two horse sleigh and carried his sister Sarah A. and others  to the widow of Joseph Brown to a party, tonight I had a very restless night and shaking.
Wednesday: I am quite unwell and John F. unwell. This morning Appollas Rollo had a cow beef of John at six dollars and fifty cts per hundred.
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Hoosick Grapples With Armory Issue

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What’s Up With That?
by Bea Peterson
While the Hoosick Town Board awaits results of a feasibility study by engineer Bill Cottrell as to the cost of staying in the Armory with renovations or buying the Patire building and renovating it or possibly putting up a new building, they have received conflicting information from the State. [Read more…] about Hoosick Grapples With Armory Issue

County Legislators Seek Safety Review Of State Route 7

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by Kieron Kramer
At its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 12, the Rensselaer County Legislature passed a resolution asking the NYS Department of Transportation (DOT) to review the safety conditions on a section of State Route 7 between the Bennington Battlefield Motel (4328 Rt. 7) and the intersection of Routes 7 and 22 in the Town of Hoosick. Over the years this stretch of road, with its sweeping high speed curves, necessitated because the road runs along a winding trout stream, has been the scene of numerous accidents. [Read more…] about County Legislators Seek Safety Review Of State Route 7

Grafton Town Board Action – Amnesty Program Extended

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by Alex Brooks
The Grafton Town Board extended the deadline for its amnesty program because they felt that it is working well and it needs more time to accomplish more. Supervisor Tyler Sawyer said there is a lot of follow-up still to be done. Buildings that are retroactively permitted still must be inspected for safety and building code compliance, and assessments have to be updated. The Board all seemed to be in agreement that the amnesty program is going well and it should be continued for a while longer, and they unanimously approved an extension until September 15.
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Lightning Strike Disables Wells In Hoosick Falls

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by Bea Peterson
The powerful storm that swept through the Capital District last Wednesday, July 6, managed to inflict some heavy damage on Hoosick Falls. Unbeknownst to most residents, one of the Village wells took a direct hit from a lightning strike about 3:30 in the afternoon. The strike was so powerful it also knocked out the other two wells. [Read more…] about Lightning Strike Disables Wells In Hoosick Falls

New Lebanon To Litigate Landfill Closing

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by Thaddeus Flint
The night was sultry. A bored looking well tanned Sheriff’s Deputy sat in the corner. Now and then a lanky young man with a crooked smile wearing a muscle T-shirt and handcuffs was herded in and out of the room to a Judge’s chambers in the back by a red-faced State Trooper. Was there going to be trouble? “No, no; no trouble,” said the Deputy. This distraction at Monday’s New Lebanon Town Board meeting was caused by the simple fact that New Lebanon, without a Town Hall of its own, shares its meeting room in the American Legion building with the Town Court.
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