by Bea Peterson
[Read more…] about St. Patrick’s Day In Hoosick Falls – Lots Of Fun, Some Arrests
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by David Flint
With word having leaked out over the weekend that the Stephentown revaluation project had been scrapped, a good size crowd came out to attend the Town Board meeting on Monday evening. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board – Reval “Tabled”

by Kieron Kramer
Toward the end of the Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, March 12, Richard VonSchilgen thanked the Town for its response to his complaint about rats in his rental units on Main Street across from the Town Hall, a problem, he says, that is caused by a neighbor who dumps refuse and garbage in the lot behind VonSchilgen’s building. [Read more…] about Berlin Town Board – You Dirty Rat!

by Bea Peterson
Twenty-first District U.S. Congressman Paul Tonko (D-Amsterdam), Twentieth District Democratic Congressional Candidate Scott Murphy and Hoosick Town Supervisor Marilyn Douglas were at the Barnett House on Saturday, March 14, to announce that the long anticipated single lane Caretaker’s bridge across the Walloomsac will be built this year with Federal stimulus funds.
[Read more…] about Caretaker Bridge To Be Built With Stimulus Money
Hoosick Falls – Donald J. Mulready, 73, died Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at the Bennington Health & Rehabilitation Center in Bennington, VT. He had been a resident there for several years. Don formerly resided in Hoosick Falls, NY.
North Bennington – Patricia A. (Moon) Rayner, 66, died Thursday, March 12, 2009, at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY, surrounded by her family. [Read more…] about Patricia A. Rayner
by Gary Danforth
Amidst a backdrop of a well attended meeting punctuated by passionate speeches by Board and audience members for and against a proposed land use/zoning law, the regular monthly Town of Hoosick Board meeting took place Monday evening, March 9, in the Hoosick Falls Armory with Supervisor Marilyn Douglas calling the meeting to order at 7:05 pm.
[Read more…] about Hoosick Town Board Passes Land Use/Zoning Law By 3-2 Vote
by Bea Peterson
On Monday eleven full time employees were laid off from Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics factory in Hoosick Falls. [Read more…] about Economic Downturn Hits Hoosick Falls
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Submitted by GLSP Due to warmer than usual temperatures, the 38th annual ice fishing contest at Grafton Lakes State Park has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 11, from 5:30 am to 2 pm. Join in on the fun as several-hundred anglers brave the cold temperatures for their chance to make a winning catch on several […]
On Tuesday, January 25, Cheney Library honored Ms. Deborah Tudor for her 12 years of service on the Cheney Library Board of Trustees. During her tenure as a trustee, Ms. Tudor made immense contributions to physical improvements of the library’s property. Some of these projects include the installation of a propane fireplace, creation of the […]
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At Inaugural NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational Submitted by BNL Varsity Wrestling Coach Wade Prather Tallulah Powers was runner-up at 165 pounds in the inaugural NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational held at Onondaga Community College. She was one of only three finalists from Section 2, and the only Runner Up. The meeting of 204 of the State’s top female […]
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