by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board held a budget workshop on October 4 and took a first look at their 2011 budget. Supervisor Peter Schaaphok was there, along with Board Members Amy Manchester and Dick Snyder, but Ray Broadwell and Bill Seel were not present.
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Local News
Ella Earns A Diploma
by Bea Peterson
Ella Amidon has always wanted to be a nurse. “There was no money for it,” she said flatly last week. She quit Berlin High School in tenth grade to work in Reese’s Shirt Shop in Berlin assembling shirts. She was almost 18 when she married in 1948. She and her husband lived in Cherry Plain and raised two sons. Howard lives in Petersburgh and Charles lives in West Virginia. She has seven grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
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Murphy’s Congressional Field Offices
by Bea Peterson
On Tuesday, October 5, Congressman Scott Murphy’s staff hosted “Congressional Field Offices” in Castleton-on-Hudson, Averill Park, Nassau, Poestenkill, Brunswick, Pittstown, Schaghticoke, Petersburgh, Hoosick Falls, Stephentown, Berlin and Grafton.
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Girl Is Best Shot At Petersburgh Rod And Gun Club Turkey Shoot
by Mary Lou Walters
This week’s Turkey Shoot at the Petersburgh Rod and Gun Club was so well attended that the under 14 shoot was full by the time Ciarra Stevens, 13, arrived. So her uncle signed her up to compete against 20 men. The cute little sharpshooter whipped them all.
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Sisters Pool Resources To Help Others
Republican Golf Tournament Winners
The Town of Hoosick Republican Party held its annual Golf Tournament on Sunday, September 26, at the Hoosick Falls Country Club. Ten teams competed in a 4 man scramble format. [Read more…] about Republican Golf Tournament Winners
Letter To The Editor – Lead Hazard At BES
To the Editor:
I write this letter to help inform the public of what I believe to be a serious public health hazard in the Berlin Elementary School. The Berlin School District just released the lead testing results, and I believe that the importance and the dangers are being downplayed. Almost all the window troughs tested in the classrooms were not just a little elevated as portrayed by BOCES but in most cases significantly over the HUD and EPA standards. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – Lead Hazard At BES
Letter To The Editor – Sabotage In The Grafton Rescue Squad?
To The Editor:
I would like to know why the Grafton Rescue Squad appears to be being sabotaged from within its own ranks? Inner bickering has been going on for a long time, but things have escalated to deplorable conditions. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – Sabotage In The Grafton Rescue Squad?
Letter To The Editor – New Year Is A Disaster
To the Editor:
So a new year has started at BES and, as most of us probably anticipated, it’s a “DISASTER.” My child has 27 kids in his class. Yes, you read that right, 27 kids. How is this for “the better of the kids”? How are these kids going to get a proper education with that many students in one class? How can a teacher attend to the different needs of each student with that class size and no aide? Not to mention that the building is not even close to being “suitable” for the consolidation of all of those students. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – New Year Is A Disaster
Letter To The Editor – In Support Of Stephentown’s Responders
Dear Editor:
I have lived in Stephentown for over thirty years and have always appreciated the service provided to the community by the SVFD firefighters and the Emergency Responders. I am not well acquainted with the policies, procedures or politics of the department but was disappointed by some comments quoted in the September 3rd issue of the Eastwick Press.
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