The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Beacon Power Begins Construction

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revised 5/17/2010

by David Flint
A crew from LeChase Construction Services, LLC out of Schenectady resumed work this month at the site on Grange Hall Road in Stephentown where the Beacon Power company is building the world’s first full-scale flywheel-based frequency regulation plant. Having completed the basic site work that they started last December. LeChase is now beginning to construct the 20 pods, each of which will contain ten flywheels each one spinning at more than 20,000 16,000 rpm in a vacuum, designed to quickly charge and discharge power to and from the grid and keep it in balance.
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Metered Water Bills In Hoosick Falls To Start In August

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by Bea Peterson
The last order of business at the Hoosick Falls Village Board meeting on Tuesday, May 11, was to set a Public Hearing to discuss metered water in the Village starting with the new billing cycle in August. The Public Hearing will be at 6 pm on Tuesday, June 8, before the regular monthly Board Meeting.
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Berlin Central School Board Of Education Candidate Profiles

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by Phillip Zema

Richard Beckwith
Richard Beckwith previously served on the BOE for nine years. He is the current President of Hilltown Pork, a local meat packing business. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and master’s degrees from Xavier and Harvard. [Read more…] about Berlin Central School Board Of Education Candidate Profiles

HFCS BOE Candidates

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by Bea Peterson
The four Hoosick Falls Central School Board candidates answered questions in an almost empty cafeteria Wednesday evening, May 12. The School PTA annually sponsors a Meet the Candidates night, moderated by Irene Wynnyczuk of the League of Women Voters. The four candidates, vying for three seats, are Richard Ferrannini. Gregory Laurin, Donald Skott and Dwain Wilwol. Skott and Wilwol currently serve on the Board and are seeking re-election. Laurin has served on the Board many times over the years. Ferrannini is running for the first time.
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Hilda Allen

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Petersburgh – Hilda Susan Moon (Sisk) Allen died in her sleep on May 6, 2010, shortly after her 92nd birthday. The daughter of John H. Moon and Lena (Babcock) Moon, she was born in Petersburgh, NY, where her family had lived since 1784. She attended the Petersburgh village school and graduated as valedictorian from Hoosick Falls (NY) High School in 1935. [Read more…] about Hilda Allen

Incident On The Plank Road

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by David Flint
A man with a gun threatening to commit suicide caused quite a stir on the Plank Road in Berlin last Friday afternoon, resulting in the road being closed down for some time. Jacob Morris, who lives up on the Plank Road, not too far from the village of Berlin, said he was driving up the road on his way home when a police car came “flying by.” [Read more…] about Incident On The Plank Road

Lebanon Valley Speedway Owner Files Lawsuit Against New Lebanon

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by Phillip Zema
Howard Commander, owner of the Lebanon Valley Speedway, has filed a lawsuit against the Town of New Lebanon. The lawsuit comes after the Town’s Zoning Enforcement Officer and Zoning Board informed Commander that he must register his parking area as a campground. Formerly, RV campers were permitted to park overnight on the Speedway’s premises. But New York State sanitary code 7-3.1(b) defines a campground as “any parcel…of land including buildings or other structures…where five or more campsites are available for temporary or seasonal overnight occupancy.” The lawsuit will determine whether the Speedway constitutes a campground. If it does, then Commander must apply for a campground permit and comply with a number of State and Town regulations.
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