Eagle Bridge – Margaret J. “Peggy” Hawks, 64, a resident of Shaftsbury Hollow Road, Eagle Bridge, NY, died on Saturday, February 7, 2009, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT.
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The Eastwick Press Expands Into New Lebanon
by Alex Brooks, Publisher
It was only last Friday that we heard about the demise of the Independent newspaper, and we began to get calls from a number of different people urging us to expand into New Lebanon to take up the task that the Independent had suddenly laid down.
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Mayor Laura Reynolds Will Not Seek Re-Election
by Bea Peterson
At the Tuesday regular meeting of the Hoosick Falls Village Board Mayor Laura Reynolds announced the candidates for the March election. All them are members of the Progressive Party and will be running unopposed as the Taxpayer Party did not put up a slate of candidates this year. Matthew Monahan is the candidate for Mayor.
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Cherry Plain Family In 24 Hour Snowmobile Ride For Cystic Fibrosis
Bill, Tony and Lisa Hammersmith left their house in Cherry Plain at 12:30 am on Saturday, February 7, and drove to Woodford, VT, where the 4th Vermont Border to Border in 24 Hours for CF was to start. The whole ride would be on the VAST (Vermont Association of Snow Travelers) trail system. Registration started at 2 am and the first snowmobiles left at 4 am. Bill and Tony left the starting line at around 4:30 am from about the 130th place position out of 203 other sleds to ride about 350 miles to the Canadian Border in Norton, VT. [Read more…] about Cherry Plain Family In 24 Hour Snowmobile Ride For Cystic Fibrosis
Stephentown Taxpayers About To Get Revaluation Results
by David Flint
Stephentown’s Sole Assessor Tom MacVeigh announced at a special Town Meeting Monday evening that impact notices will be sent out on March 1 to property owners indicating how the Revaluation has affected their assessments. Available to answer questions along with MacVeigh were Stephen Peluso, Customer Relationship Manager from the State Office of Real Property Services (ORPS) and Frank Curtis, Rensselaer County Director of Real Property.
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Bernard J. DeRocher
Petersburgh – Bernard J. DeRocher, 78, formerly of Toad Point Road, Petersburgh, NY, died on Saturday, February 7, 2009, at Albany Medical Center surrounded by his loving family.
Vivian I. Millard
Johnsonville – Vivian I. Millard, 77, died Sunday, February 8, 2009, at the Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY. Vivian resided in Johnsonville, NY, with her companion and best friend Charles Russell. Her husband Ralph Millard died in 1993.
Born in Berlin, NY, on June 7, 1931, Vivian was the daughter of the late Delmar and Mildred (Lackey) Amidon. [Read more…] about Vivian I. Millard
Mildred V. Mittnight
New Lebanon – Mildred V. “Grandma Lipstick” Mittnight, 87, formerly of Canaan Road, New Lebanon, NY, died on Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, MA.
Cooper Rieman
Stephentown – Cooper Hawk Boyle Rieman, 16, left this earth peacefully in his sleep, Sunday, February 1, 2009, at his home. [Read more…] about Cooper Rieman
Mary Gates
Hoosick Falls – Mary Benkoski Gates, 95, formerly of Wood Park Lane, Hoosick Falls, NY, died on Saturday evening, January 31, 2009, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT, surrounded by her loving family. [Read more…] about Mary Gates