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Public Meeting On The Proposal Wednesday, March 24, At 6:30 pm
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that it is proposing to create a Rensselaer Plateau Forest Legacy Area under the USDA’s Forest Legacy Program (FLP).
[Read more…] about Rensselaer Plateau Nominated For Land Protection Program
You Gotta Hear This! salutes two great American impresarios. Walt Disney, the father of feature-film animation, and Duke Ellington, the master of mainstream jazz, are together on the same bill. There is more to the pairing of Disney and the Duke than some alliterative gimmick. [Read more…] about Disney And The Duke
The Rensselaer Land Trust is offering a Moose track hike in Berlin on Saturday, March 13. Sightings of moose on the Rensselaer Plateau have been on the increase in recent years. Kate Hubbs of The Nature Conservancy will lead a search for signs of moose at the Capital District Wildlife Management Area in Berlin near the Cherry Plain State Park.
[Read more…] about Moose Track Hike
Stephentown – Sylvester C. “Si” Close of Route 43, Stephentown, NY, died on Tuesday evening, March 9, 2010, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, VT, where he had resided since July of 2008.
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Hoosick Falls – Herbert Edward Little passed away on Monday, March 8, 2010, surrounded by his family at his residence on Saratoga Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, which he shared with his wife of 54 years, Lauraine Duby Little.
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Buskirk – Carol (Scaglione) Walter, 59, died peacefully on Monday, March 8, 2010, at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY. She had resided on King Road in Buskirk, NY, with her husband Martin Walter.
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Petersburgh – Arthur R. Nash Sr., 57, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at his residence on State Route 22 in Petersburgh, NY. He resided there with his wife Donna (Godfrey) Nash.
[Read more…] about Arthur R. Nash Sr.
Hoosick Falls – Dorothy A. Watson died Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY. She had resided on Wall Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, and formerly on Tory Hill Road in Hoosick, NY. She was the daughter of the late William and Irene (Jackson) Gibbons.
[Read more…] about Dorothy A. Watson
submitted by Kevin O’Malley
Three 1952 St. Mary’s Academy graduates will be the Grand Marshals of the Hoosick Falls St. Patrick’s Day Parade this year. Patricia Carknard, Nancy McCabe and Margaret O’Malley, all raised in the village by Irish mothers, will all celebrate their 75th birthdays this year. They attended St. Mary’s Academy, and in the seventh grade their Irish teacher, Sister St. Gerard, made sure they all learned how to do the Irish Jig before they left her class. [Read more…] about St. Pat’s Parade Grand Marshals Are Chosen
by Bea Peterson
About sixty Hoosick Falls Village and Hoosick Town residents, Dispatch personnel, Rensselaer County 911 people and a large number of volunteer firefighters attended the Wednesday evening Public Hearing regarding the Village’s Dispatch service held at St. Mary’s Academy.
[Read more…] about Dispatch Dilemma
