The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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HFCS May Be Forced To Lay Off Teachers

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by Alex Brooks
Business Manager Pamela Hatfield presented a preliminary budget document which detailed a very challenging budget season ahead.  Superintendent Ken Facin introduced her presentation by telling the Board that the Governor’s budget proposes cutting State aid to the Hoosick Falls District by over 10%, which would reduce the District’s revenue by $1.2 million. He said with a cut like that, if the District just went forward with a “status quo” budget leaving the program the same as it was last year, they would end up with 21% tax levy increase. [Read more…] about HFCS May Be Forced To Lay Off Teachers

Berlin Town Board Action – Berlin Enters 21st Century

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by Kieron Kramer
It would seem that the Town of Berlin has entered the twenty-first century. At the Town Board meeting on Thursday night, February 11, Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger announced that the Town’s website is up and running. It can be found at http://www.berlin-ny.us (don’t try to Google it). At the moment, it is a bare bones site that mimics the Town of Hoosick website, according to Jaeger, but all the tabs are functioning. [Read more…] about Berlin Town Board Action – Berlin Enters 21st Century

Stephentown Town Board Action – Bridges To Somewhere

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by David Flint
Bridges was the hot topic at the Stephentown Town Board meeting Monday evening. Town officials are concerned that the Town could soon be faced with huge costs for repairing or replacing six bridges that the County says it is responsible for. Town Supervisor Larry Eckhardt put this in the context of the woeful state of infrastructure nationwide, saying that governments at all levels have been “robbing Peter to pay Paul, and we are no different.”
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Watering Hole On Auction Block

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Carmody's West on Route 7 in Hoosick will be auctioned for owner TJ Carmody at 2 pm on March 5. The site is listed as a fully established business that includes 12.42 +/- acres of prime real estate and a full service restaurant. It's being auctioned with "all equipment, right down to the Salt and Pepper Shakers." Improvements to the property total well over $200,000 and include a Presby septic system, drilled well with UV system, wiring, heating system, AC units, windows, Bocce Ball Courts, pad for a pressed concrete patio and new bathrooms. Inspection of the site will be Wednesday, February 24 from 10 am to noon. (Bea Peterson photo)

Petersburgh Town Board Action – Petersburgh Goes Digital

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by Alex Brooks
Petersburgh Supervisor Peter Schaaphok said a website for the Town is in the works and he expects it to be on-line in a week or two. It will be at www.Petersburgh.org. The Town is also working on getting broadband internet access for all Town departments and Town email addresses for all Town officials.
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Grafton Town Board Action – Is Dumpster Complaint Rubbish?

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by Erin Hogan
During the Town Board meeting in Grafton on February 11, Rick and Sara Ungaro were in attendance to make a complaint to the Board. The Ungaros claimed they were approached by Tom Withcuskey, Grafton Code Enforcement Officer, on January 31, in a neighbor’s home about their dumpster and how it needed to be fenced in. Mr. Ungaro thought it was extremely inappropriate to be approached in such a unofficial manner. [Read more…] about Grafton Town Board Action – Is Dumpster Complaint Rubbish?

Anita E. Hallock

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Hoosick Falls – Anita E. Hallock, 87, died on Saturday, February 13, 2010, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She had resided at the Danforth Adult Home in Hoosick Falls, NY, and was the wife of the late Eugene Hallock who died on February 17, 1999. They were married on June 6, 1947. She and her husband formerly resided in Buskirk, NY.
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