The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Future Of Hoosick Falls Armory In Doubt

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by Bea Peterson
At the Hoosick Town Board meeting on Monday, March 14, Town Supervisor Keith Cipperly announced that the National Guard housed in the Armory on Church Street is moving out of the building. The Supervisor was told the guardsmen that report in Hoosick will now report to Gloversville and Leeds.
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Berlin Board Delays Action On Berlin Lumber Purchase

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by Kieron Kramer
Thursday night, March 10, was supposed to be a big moment for the Town of Berlin, when the Town Board would vote to proceed with the purchase of the Berlin Lumber property for use as a municipal center or not. But nothing happened. Board Member Richard von Schilgen was sick and absent from the meeting; Board Member Jim Saunders was also absent. This left Board Members Sheila Hewitt and Becky Giumarra and Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger to form a quorum. Hewitt and Giumarra decided that there should not be a vote at this meeting to accept the Laberge Group report, which would mean that the contingencies on the Berlin Lumber purchase have been met. Acceptance would have moved the purchase process forward, but Hewitt and Giumarra wanted the input and votes of the two missing Board members.
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Hoosick Falls Celebrates St. Patrick

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by Bea Peterson
When you schedule a parade for March in the northeast it’s a hit or miss deal. Some years there will be sunny skies and temperatures in the 50s. Other years you are not so lucky. Hoosick Falls has been holding St. Patrick’s Day parades for the last 20 years. The parade has gone on in snow and rain and good weather. This year was not bad… not great… but not bad. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Celebrates St. Patrick

Plugged Aqueduct Causes Washout Of Shaker Road

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by Thaddeus Flint
“I have explained it to everybody,” said New Lebanon Highway Superintendent Jeff Winestock, “One of these days we are going to lose Shaker Road.” And last Sunday night Winestock’s dark prediction came true. After a heavy rainfall, which combined with snow-melt runoff, a portion of Shaker Road below the Brethren’s Workshop building at the Mt. Lebanon Shaker Museum was severely damaged, forcing the road to be closed and repaired.
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Hoosick Falls To Look Into Consolidation With Hoosick

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by Bea Peterson
At last week’s Hoosick Falls Board meeting, Mayor Matt Monahan and the Trustees agreed to apply for a Local Government Efficiency-High Priority Planning grant through the Laberge Group. The grant will be for a “Village Dissolution Study with Alternatives to Dissolution.” On Monday evening the Hoosick Town Board supported the grant application. Deadline for the $48,000 grant was Wednesday, March 16.
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New Lebanon Town Board Action – The Robert Mittnight Jr. Court Case

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by Thaddeus Flint
When the New Lebanon Town Board meeting was called to order on March 14 and the privilege of the floor turned over to the public Robert  Mittnight Jr. addressed the Town Board in regard to his seemingly endless saga of zoning problems which began in 2004.  Mittnight Jr. stated that his attorney advised him to come to the Board meeting to see if there was any possibility that reasonable reconciliation could be worked out between him and the Town of New Lebanon without the two parties incurring even more legal fees. [Read more…] about New Lebanon Town Board Action – The Robert Mittnight Jr. Court Case

This Is Not The BCS Budget!

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by Thaddeus Flint
“This is not the budget that will end up being presented to the public,” said Dr. Brian Howard, the Berlin School District Interim Superintendent, to the Berlin School Board at the Budget Workshop on March 16.
Why is that important to know? Because of this number – 8.31%. This is the amount your school tax levy would be increased for the 2011-2102 school year were the budget presented at the workshop to be the same budget you would get to vote on this coming May. [Read more…] about This Is Not The BCS Budget!

Hoosick Town Board Action – Winter’s Work Is Never Done

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by Bea Peterson
Town of Hoosick Highway Superintendent Bill Shiland said the highway crew will be busy for at least the next two to three weeks chipping brush and trees on the small roads as a result of last week’s ice storm. He said all Town roads are open for two lane traffic. He said they have started work on pot holes and will begin sweeping next week. “It’s good to be getting spring complaints, not winter ones,” he said.
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