The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Hate Crime In Stephentown

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by David Flint
Alan Schmelkin has many happy memories of spending summers and vacations in Stephentown while growing up with his brothers Neil, Martin and Steven. In fact Stephentown has been “a sacred place” to his family ever since his grandfather Joseph Schmelkin purchased the Cranston mansion on Cranston Hill Road back in 1919. Alan’s father and brothers grew up in that house and attended the one-room schoolhouse that is now the Stephentown Memorial Library. Alan recalled that his father, Benjamin, in 1989 organized a reunion there of the Class of 1919-20.
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Q & A With Congressman Scott Murphy In Hoosick Falls

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by Bea Peterson
US Congressman Scott Murphy, of the 20th District, addressed about 25 people Tuesday, June 1, in a Congress-On-The-Corner session at noon at the NYS Armory in Hoosick Falls. He told the group that he was interested in economic development for the rural areas of his district that covers 137 towns from Lake Placid to Poughkeepsie. He’s concerned about the farmers, he said. “Milk prices are at historic lows.”
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Amended BCS Budget Features 0% Tax Increase

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by Phillip Zema
A semblance of hope was carried into Friday’s pivotal budget workshop. While a contingency budget seemed inevitable, the Leadership Advisory Committee (LAC) – a conglomeration of teachers, BOE members and District residents – recommended a number of ways to amend the budget. For over a week the group met, and, despite disagreeing over several fundamental issues, like the economic, community and educational merits of keeping Grafton open, they devised strategies to cut costs without compromising the District’s educational needs. They did so in a forum based on mutual respect, transparency and hard work.
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Berlin Bank Robber Gets 7 To 14 Years More

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by David Flint
Chad Rubin of North Adams had two years to go in the 8½ year prison sentence he received for robbing the Berlin Bank in June of 2004. Now he is probably stuck with an additional seven to fourteen years. That’s the sentence Judge Jonathan Nichols pronounced on Wednesday to Rubin for conspiring while in Green Haven prison to rob the bank a second time and to cause the murder of bank employees.
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Remembering Fallen Heroes In Hoosick Falls

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by Bea Peterson
For the past few weeks Hoosick Falls has been getting spruced up for Memorial Day. HFCS youngsters have picked up litter, new white lines are on the streets, flags are on the light poles, planters have fresh flowers in them and grounds have been cleaned up everywhere. The weather on Monday, May 31, was perfect for the parade and ceremonies honoring service men and women who gave their lives for their country.
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HFCS Softball Team Wins Second Straight Class CC Sectional Championship

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by Gary Danforth
They say only teams win championships. And never was that more apparent than Wednesday afternoon, June 2, when Charlie Weeden’s Hoosick Falls Central School Panther softball team put it all together for the second consecutive year and beat fellow WASAREN League foe Hoosic Valley Central School 8-0 in a dominating display of teamwork, pitching, offense and defense. In walking off the softball field at one of Clifton Commons multiple fields, this Panther bunch had much to be proud of in claiming their second straight Section 2, Class CC title.
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