Notice is hereby given by order of the Trustees of the Hoosick Cemetery Association that seasonal and unsightly decorations should be removed from all lots on or before November 14. Please take all refuse with you. Do not dump debris over the fence or leave it on cemetery grounds.
Local News
Friends Of Dyken Pond Learn About Diseased Bats
The Friends of the Dyken Pond Center held their annual dinner on Wednesday, October 27. Carl Herzog, Wildlife Biologist with NYS DEC, gave a sobering talk on the effects white-nose syndrome is having on local bats. [Read more…] about Friends Of Dyken Pond Learn About Diseased Bats
Ruth C. Strait
Berlin – Ruth Copping Strait of Guilderland, 90, went to be with the Lord on October 30, 2010, at the Teresian House nursing home in Albany, NY, with family by her side.
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Jack C. Felter
New Lebanon – Jack C. Felter, 73, of Route 22, New Lebanon, NY, died on Saturday morning, October 30, 2010, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA.
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Morton F. Hoffman
Hoosick – Morton F. “Mike” Hoffman, 86, former resident of Tate Road in Hoosick, NY, died on Sunday evening, October 31, 2010, at the Bennington Health and Rehabilitation Center. He had resided at The Maples on Gage Street in Bennington, VT, for ten years.
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Think Spring!
Berlin Saves $450k On Bridge Replacement
Resourcefulness Pays Off
by Kieron Kramer
Before the meltdown towards the end of the Berlin regular Town Board meeting on October 14 when the offer to purchase the Berlin Lumber property was raised [reported in last week’s issue of the Eastwick Press] the meeting was a recital of good news for the Town.
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Petersburgh And Berlin Families Visit Their Roots
by David Flint
Two hundred and forty years ago a church on the coast of Rhode Island, concerned about members who had migrated west, sent their pastor, John Burdick, along with Deacon Elisha Stillman, on a mission – to visit the departed members, first in Farmington, Connecticut, and from there “to Little Hoosick and places adjacent where our brethren and Sisters chiefly reside… and inform them that if they are United and established in the Faith of the Gospel, the Church hereby informs them that they have the Liberty to choose them an Elder and the Church is free and willing to lend them all necessary assistance in their power for their furtherance and Establishment in the Faith of the Gospel.”
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Profiles Of The Candidates For The Stephentown Town Council
Town Of Hoosick Holds Line On Taxes
by Bea Peterson
The Hoosick Town Board put the finishing touches on the 2011 budget at its workshop meeting on Tuesday, October 26. A public hearing on that budget was scheduled for Thursday, October 28, at 7 pm. Basically, there will be no increases in the Town portion of the next tax bill. Councilman Bob Ryan noted facetiously that there was an increase. It is .007 percent.
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