Local News
Stephentown Extra Helpings
The January pickup and ordering date for the Extra Helpings Community Food Buying Club in Stephentown is Thursday, December 18, from 3:30 to 6 pm at the Stephentown Federated Church on Garfield Road.
Letter To The Editor – BCS Budget
To the Berlin School Board and all Berlin Taxpayers:
As a property taxpayer in the [school] district since 1995 and also incidentally as an educator (including a position at SUNY-Potsdam coordinating student teaching and instructing grades 2-8 in its Campus School), I am deeply concerned over the recent description in the Eastwick Press of the 2009-10 [BCS] budget, [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – BCS Budget
Yule Log Tradition At The Dyken Pond Center
Celebrate the outdoors this season by attending the annual Yule Log Event at the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center, 475 Dyken Pond Road, Cropseyville, on Sunday, December 14. [Read more…] about Yule Log Tradition At The Dyken Pond Center
William J. Greenwood Jr.
Hoosick Falls – William J. Bill “Bud” Greenwood Jr., 82, died Friday, December 5, 2008, at his residence after a long illness surrounded by his loving family. [Read more…] about William J. Greenwood Jr.
Ann K. Oswald
Berlin – Ann K. Oswald, 78, of Greene’s Brook Road in Berlin, NY, died on Saturday, December 6, 2008, at the Center for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington, VT.
Verne A. Conquest
Hoosick Falls – Verne A. Conquest, 55, died Sunday, December 7, 2008, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center where he had resided since September. He formerly resided on Beckett Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, with his wife Margaret (Andrews) Conquest.
A Weekend Of Accidents In Stephentown – One Fatal
by David Flint
It was a busy weekend for the Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department and its Rescue Squad. On Saturday they responded to a hunting accident off of East Road up toward the Taconic Ridge. This call turned out to be a fatal accident in which a hunter from Pittsfield had his four-wheeler overturn and land on top of him. [Read more…] about A Weekend Of Accidents In Stephentown – One Fatal
Work On Expanded Veterans Memorial In Hoosick Falls Underway
by Bea Peterson
Hoosick Falls Veterans Memorial Committee Member Robert Becker, a former Trustee of the Village Board, said work on the expanded Veterans Memorial in Wood Park has had to overcome several hurdles to reach its present stage. Right now the ground has been excavated and the soil set aside to be filled in again. [Read more…] about Work On Expanded Veterans Memorial In Hoosick Falls Underway
Hoosick Land Use District Map
Town of Hoosick Supervisor Marilyn Douglas announced that the draft land use district map will be presented for review on Wednesday, December 10, from 4 to 8 pm at the Town Offices in the State Armory in Hoosick Falls. [Read more…] about Hoosick Land Use District Map