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New Lebanon Supervisor Responds To Audit Report

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by Thaddeus Flint
New Lebanon Town Supervisor Margaret Robertson has responded to a State Comptroller’s audit of the Town’s records, stating that “significant inaccuracies” existed in the released report.
As reported in the May 20 Eastwick Press, an audit of New Lebanon was done covering financial activities from the period of January 1, 2008 to July 1, 2009. The Comptroller’s Office was primarily looking to determine if internal controls over wire transfers, purchasing and information technology were appropriately designed to adequately safeguard Town assets.
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No Square Tomato

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by Thaddeus Flint
There are some who see retirement as a time in life to sit back, relax, reflect and maybe read a book or two. Then there are those like Claudette Lefebvre – not many of course – who feel the need to perhaps rebuild a farm, open a bed and breakfast, raise chickens, found an animal rescue, start an agricultural cooperative and – in her spare time – bake homemade bread for a country store which she manages as well.
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Berlin Student Inventors Head To MIT For Premier Invention Celebration, EurekaFest

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submitted by Dawn Wetmore
A team of student inventors from Berlin High School, one of only 13 high schools nationwide selected to receive a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant for $6,305 in the 2010-2011 school year, recently completed its Adaptive Sports Device (ASD) for the deaf or hearing impaired. This ASD will alert the user to traffic approaching from behind when participating in a sporting activity such as skiing or snowboarding.
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National Trails Day A Success

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On Saturday, June 4, forty-five volunteers turned out to improve the trails at Grafton Lakes State Park and enjoy a day in the outdoors. The Taconic Hiking Club, Grafton Trail Riders, Capital MTB, Friends of Grafton Lakes State Park members, families and friends worked on six different trails throughout the Park. Downed trees from this year’s many windy storms were cut and cleared from trails; raking and trail marking were completed, and litter was gathered from shorelines.
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The Hoosick Falls Community Remembers

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by Bea Peterson
In Hoosick Falls during the last few weeks there has been a Village cleanup, and flags have been placed on the light poles. New stairs have been put on the gazebo in Wood Park and flower buckets have been filled along the streets. Flags have been placed on the graves of all the veterans buried in Hoosick Falls. Many of those veterans will soon have their names cast in bronze for plaques to be placed on the new Memorial Wall in Wood Park. The names on paper were placed on the Wall for Memorial Day for folks to review for the last time for changes and corrections.
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