The Binding Friends quilt group at the Everett Wagar Senior Center in Grafton donated hand made place mats to the participants of the Rensselaer County Home Delivered Meals Program.
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Kathryn E. Roberts
Stephentown – Kathryn E. Chamberlin Roberts, 80, of Route 43, Stephentown, NY, died on Saturday, November 20, 2010, at the Albany Medical Center.
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Baldwin Services
Funeral services for James W. Baldwin Sr. will be held on Saturday, December 4, at 1 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial with Military Honors will follow the service at Grandview Cemetery in North Bennington, VT.
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Gertrude M. Derby
Hancock – Gertrude M. “Trudy” Derby, 88, formerly of Main Street, Hancock, MA, died on Saturday, November 20, 2010, with her family by her side at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, MA, where she had resided for four years.
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Afghan Eagle Has Home In Grafton
by Bea Peterson
After 137 days of wrangling with red tape, Mitch, a wounded steppe eagle rescued by US Navy SEALs in Afghanistan, arrived at the Berkshire Bird Paradise on Monday, November 8.
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BCS Working To Stabilize Lead Hazards
by Phillip Zema
The Berlin School District is working to alleviate the lead problem at Berlin Central School. On October 29 and 30, the Berlin Elementary School received a full lead hazard risk assessment from UNYSE Environmental Consultants. The study revealed that no soil lead hazards were identified, though a lead dust hazard was found on one window sill. [Read more…] about BCS Working To Stabilize Lead Hazards
Berlin Board Celebrates Halloween
by Kieron Kramer
On the eleventh day of the eleventh month the Berlin Town Board held its regular meeting, but aside from the minute of silence that began the meeting in honor of the veterans who have served this country, the meeting resembled the holiday which took place eleven days prior, Halloween, more than it did Veterans Day. It was downright spooky.
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Hannaford Announces Plans For Store In New Lebanon
Hannaford Supermarkets announced today that it has signed a lease agreement with the owner of the Valley Plaza Shopping Center for a new store in New Lebanon. The full service supermarket and pharmacy will be built next door to the Route 20 plaza that contains the former New Lebanon Supermarket.
The store will feature an extensive Organic & Natural offering, a butcher shop, produce and seafood departments, a bakery and a deli and a full service pharmacy.
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Hoosick Planning Board Action – Hoosick To Get A Subway
by Bea Peterson
On Monday evening, November 15, the Hoosick Planning Board saw no environmental impact in allowing a Subway Shop to open in the former car wash building next to the Sunoco station on Route 7. A site plan review had previously been approved. Property owner Sheila Duncan said she is hoping the new Subway will be open before Christmas.
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Berlin Wet Down
by David Flint
Berliners christened their new emergency services equipment on Saturday, November 6, at an Open House ceremony at the Fire House. Trucks from five fire departments – Center Brunswick, Raymertown, Poestenkill and Stephentown as well as Berlin – participated in the Wet Down, surrounding the shiny new ambulance and fire truck parked in the center of the Berlin Fire House parking lot. At a signal, all five opened up with their hoses and for about five minutes gave the new equipment a thorough baptizing.
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