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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Route 22/7 Gas Station Opening Soon

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Work has been underway for the last several weeks at the former Mobil station at the intersection of Routes 7 and 22 in Hoosick. On Tuesday a new lighted Sunoco sign was in place. The price for regular gas has been set, but not the price for diesel. The message area at the bottom of the sign, which is continually changing, states that the station/store is opening soon with Sunoco gas, convenience shopping and Price Chopper loyalty. Dunkin Donuts is still in operation, but on Wednesday the shelves and cases in the rest of the building remained empty. Efforts to reach the new owners were not successful. (Bea Peterson photo)

Stephentown Woman Volunteers At Olympics

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by David Flint
Debbie Pentak, a resident of Garfield Road in Stephentown, is off to Vancouver on Friday for the Winter Olympics. She won’t be competing as an athlete but will be helping out the Vancouver Organizing Committee as a volunteer. There’s no pay for this, but the experience, she said “is priceless.”
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Hoosick Falls Fire Dept. Installs Officers

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by Bea Peterson
The 2010 Hoosick Falls Fire Department Annual Banquet and Installation of Officers on Saturday, January 30, was dedicated to Jim Downey and Dennis Bornt, who passed away in 2009. The program stated, “These two men will always be remembered for their dedication and commitment to the community and the fire department. They will be greatly missed by all and will always be in our heart.”
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Berlin Elementary DARE Program

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by David Flint
Sixty-seven fifth graders at Berlin Elementary School received their diplomas from the DARE Program on Friday, January 29. D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through twelfth grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives. The lessons are led by a law enforcement officer – in Rensselaer County by Sheriff’s Deputy Jim Phelps.
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New Lebanon School Board To Hold Meeting With Berlin School Board

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by Phillip M. Zema
The New Lebanon and Berlin School Boards have decided to hold a joint Board meeting. The object of the meeting is to discuss ways the school districts could share resources. The discussion topics include New Lebanon’s desire to absorb Berlin students who live in Stephentown, the possibility of sharing AP courses with students traveling to the other school as need be to take advanced courses, a grant application that would allow the districts to share transportation services and the possibility of more athletic teams merging. [Read more…] about New Lebanon School Board To Hold Meeting With Berlin School Board

Joan M. Hunt

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Cambridge – Joan Marie Hunt, 73, a resident of County Route 103 in Cambridge, NY, died Saturday, January 30, 2010 at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT, following a brief illness. Mrs. Hunt was born at home in Buskirk, NY, on July 22, 1936, she was the daughter of Harry J. and Addie (Barnhart) Hunt. She grew up on Hunt Road in Buskirk and attended local schools in Buskirk and Johnsonville, NY.
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