Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Approval Given To The
2016 Grafton Town Budget
Despite Changes A 0% Spending Increase Is Maintained
By Doug La Rocque
By the same 3-2 margin the Grafton Town Board used to make changes to Supervisor Frank Higgins’s proposed budget at last week’s regular Town Board Meeting, the Board turned the 2016 preliminary budget into the final spending plan. [Read more…] about Grafton Town Board Action
This turkey last seen trotting down Potter Hill Road in Petersburgh [Read more…] about Escapee
More families than ever are turning to local food pantries in Berlin, Grafton and Stephentown for help. [Read more…] about Girl Scouts Sponsor Special Collections To Help Feed Families This Winter
The Grafton Community Library invites the public to an Open House to welcome newly appointed Library Director, Veronica Tatro. [Read more…] about Grafton Library Book Sale And Open House
The Grafton Historical Society announced it will be sponsoring the annual Christmas Tree Festival (in miniature) this year. [Read more…] about GHS Christmas Tree Festival
Absentee Ballots Counted
By Doug La Rocque
Absentee and affidavit ballots in the Grafton Town elections were counted last Friday afternoon at the Rensselaer County Board of Election, with the Eastwick Press and several candidates in attendance. [Read more…] about Ingrid Gundrum Is Grafton Supervisor-Elect
These Northern Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia purpurea) live in a peat bog in Grafton. The carnivorous plants have leaves (pictured) with stiff, downward hairs making it difficult for bugs to crawl out so they drown and are digested. [Read more…] about Northern Pitcher Plants
Disagreement Continues Over Grafton Budgeting Process
By Doug La Rocque
The difference of opinion as to how the Town of Grafton’s budget process should proceed began in October at the Town Board’s budget workshop and continued through an abbreviated public hearing on the budget last Thursday, and into Monday night’s Town Board meeting. [Read more…] about Grafton Town Board Action
By Doug La Rocque
A Wednesday evening blaze at 10 Benker School Way was knocked down quickly by the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department, with assistance at the scene by the Eagle Mills Department and station coverage by firefighters from Petersburgh. [Read more…] about Fire Heavily Damages A Home On Benker School Way In Grafton
Southern Vermont College (SVC) is excited to announce a new scholarship opportunity available to qualified students from neighboring communities, a savings that will bring tuition for the small, private, career-launching liberal arts college closer in line with state institutions. [Read more…] about Southern Vermont College Introduces The Good Neighbor Scholarship for Students in Area Communities
