Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Two New Developments Greenlighted In Brunswick
By Doug La Rocque
High Peaks Community Solar Project, as well as the proposed Taco Bell and Sunmark Federal Credit Union complex all received the go ahead from the Brunswick Planning Board at its meeting on Thursday, July 5. [Read more…] about Brunswick Planning Board
As we have done for years, The Eastwick Press will not be published during 4th of July week. Our office will be closed from Sunday, July 1 until Monday, July 9. Our next edition will be published July 13. Please have a safe and happy holiday.
Submitted by Ray Smith
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is pleased to announce that Mack Molding, the privately-owned business of Don Kendall and his family, has donated $5 million for the emergency department expansion and renovation project at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. [Read more…] about Southwestern Vermont Health Care Receives $5 Million Gift from Mack Molding
Disc Jam Fallout In Stephentown
By Thaddeus Flint
Damage to the Transfer Station, the Hanson and Baker trailer court case, out-of-control legal fees and only “one dead guy” at a local concert were the themes of the night at the June 18 Stephentown Town Board meeting. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board
Hoosick Falls To Receive Nearly $200,000 For PFOA Related Lost Revenues
By Jackolyn Houghton
The Hoosick Falls village Board held a special meeting on Monday, June 25 to discuss and approve two resolutions. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Village Board – Special Meeting
As anticipated as fireworks is the 4th of July Parade in Berlin each year. Like always, this year’s parade steps off at 11 am from the Berlin Elementary School and winds its way through the town, finishing at the end of South Main Street. [Read more…] about Berlin’s 4th Of July Parade Is Near
By Doug La Rocque
The five hikers left the parking area at the top of the Petersburgh Pass on Route 2 about 10:30 am on Tuesday, June 19, planning a day of hiking with their primary goal to visit the famed “Snow Hole.” [Read more…] about Hikers, Found Safe, Lost in Woods For Six Hours
Submitted by Kristin La Plante
Each year Texas Instruments (parent company of Radio Shack) sponsors a coding contest that challenges students to identify an everyday process that could be automated, design the enhancement, then use Texas Instruments technology to build a model of the solution. [Read more…] about Berlin Inventeam Wins It All
By Thaddeus Flint with Doug La Rocque
The music festival held June 7 through 10 resulted in large-scale drug arrests and one death. [Read more…] about
By Alex Brooks
The Edward Cottrell Bridge over the Walloomsac River, at the far end of Cottrell Road off Route 67 near the Vermont state line, has been ordered closed by the New York State Department of Transportation. [Read more…] about Edward Cottrell Bridge Ordered Closed Indefinitely by Inspectors
