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Area Men Accused Of Deer Poaching

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from the NYSDEC
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) police officers recently concluded a blanket deer taking enforcement detail in the Capital Region and surrounding areas in conjunction with the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont. A number of area men were cited by DEC officers during this enforcement detail.
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Letter To The Editor – Make A Wish Makes A Difference

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Dear editor:
About a year ago our son (Dalton Stevens) was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called MECP2 duplication syndrome. There are only two hundred known cases in the United States. It is a progressive disorder which causes a lot of respiratory infections, and it becomes life threatening after a while.
Recently Dalton was granted a wish from the Make a Wish Program and they sent us on a vocation to Florida to a place called Give the Kids the World. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – Make A Wish Makes A Difference

Berlin Town Board Action, Part Two – November 2011

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by Kieron Kramer
At the Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, November 10, Highway Superintendent Jim Winn said that the Department had “been playing in everything – dirt, sand and snow” over the past month. The Department has been plowing snow, has been finishing up the grading and gravelling and is starting to draw sand for winter use. The paving would have been finished last week, but the County paver broke, Winn said. [Read more…] about Berlin Town Board Action, Part Two – November 2011

Berlin Fire Department Breakfast

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On Sunday, December 4, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its fresh, hot off the griddle monthly breakfast. For your eating pleasure we include all-you-can-eat pancakes, French toast, biscuits for our homemade sausage gravy, sausage and bacon, toast, home fries and eggs (scrambled, sunny side, over easy or over hard).  Beverage choices include coffee, tea, (both decaf available), hot chocolate, milk and orange juice.
Prices are $7 for adults, $4 for kids 5-10 and free for kids under 5. Please join us before church, grocery run or what you are doing for the day and have a great start to the morning.
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Gallivan Buys Hoosick River Hardwoods

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by David Flint
Just a month after the sale of W.J. Cowee, LLC, the floral products company, to a Georgia firm, it has now been announced that the other Cowee company, that had become Hoosick River Hardwoods, has been acquired by Green Renewable, Inc. Green Renewable, according to their press release, is “a company focused on producing products for the heat and energy industries derived from renewable resources for a more sustainable future.”
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Berlin Town Board Action – To Stop Or Not To Stop

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by Kieron Kramer
A petition with 121 signatures was presented to the Town Board at the Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, November 10. That’s a lot of signatures for a town as small as Berlin. According to Doug Goodermote, who presented the petition in a somewhat dramatic fashion during Highway Superintendent Jim Winn’s report, all the signatories are in favor of putting a stop sign on Watson Road where it intersects with Bly Hollow Road. Goodermote had brought up the issue of the stop sign at the last four meetings and finally decided to take matters into his own hands. [Read more…] about Berlin Town Board Action – To Stop Or Not To Stop