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Hoosick Falls School Board Reaches Agreement With Teachers

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by Bea Peterson
A new five year contract agreement has been reached between the administration and the teachers, and the Hoosick Falls School Board approved it at their meeting this month. The new contract is effective July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2015, and it is an extension of the current contract. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls School Board Reaches Agreement With Teachers

Latest Assault On Underage Drinking

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by Bea Peterson
It’s summer. It’s graduation time. It’s party time. It’s the time of year when underage alcohol use is at its highest. Hoosick Falls has been actively battling this community and nationwide problem for the last several years. Now they have a new weapon in their arsenal. It’s called the Court Diversion Program. [Read more…] about Latest Assault On Underage Drinking

Stephentown Town Board Action – Local Law #2 Adopted

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by David Flint
The New York State Constitution provides for an “aging” process whereby State bills must “age” on legislators’ desks for at least three days before final passage. Kind of like that, the Stephentown Town Board last month, following a public hearing on a new law providing for alternate members on the Zoning and Planning Boards, tabled its passage in order to allow a bit more consideration by Councilmen and the public. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board Action – Local Law #2 Adopted

Petersburgh Town Board Action – Proposal To Discontinue Four Town Roads

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by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board began its meeting June 20 with a discussion with Planning Board Chairman Dave Miller about the Town’s inventory of Town roads. He focused on four roads that the Town no longer maintains but have never been formally discontinued as Town roads. These are Tifft Road, White Road, Spencer Hollow Road and Reynolds Road.
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Berlin Town Board Action – The Rest Of The Story

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….Continued from last week

by Kieron Kramer
The June 9 Berlin Town Board meeting was the first meeting for Richard deLeon Jr. who was appointed in the May meeting to fill the seat held by Richard von Schilgen, and he hit the ground running. De Leon had familiarized himself with the issues before the Board and made contributing comments during the meeting. He was warmly welcomed by Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger at the beginning of the meeting and by Allan Yerton later in the meeting. [Read more…] about Berlin Town Board Action – The Rest Of The Story

Environmental Cooperation Smooths Grafton Planning Board Meeting

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by Kieron Kramer
The Grafton Planning Board held two public hearings before its regular meeting on Monday, June 20. One was for the application by Peter Dubacher of the Berkshire Bird Paradise for permission to install three small wind turbines at the bird sanctuary to help defray energy costs. No one spoke at this hearing which began at 6:30 pm. [Read more…] about Environmental Cooperation Smooths Grafton Planning Board Meeting