Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Much-Needed Fast Wireless Broadband Service Coming To Hoosick
by Deb Alter
The Hoosick Town Zoning Board has approved the plan for Bouncelinx, a wireless broadband internet service provider, to build a 120’ tower near Bovie Hill Road. The vote was unanimous. The fast, wireless broadband internet service that many people feel is essential for the revitalization of the Hoosick Community is finally coming. [Read more…] about Bouncelinx Gets The Go-Ahead From Zoning Board
by Thaddeus Flint
With barely three months to go before election day, the first lawsuits intending to knock candidates out of the running before they have even started walking–never mind running–are already being filed. [Read more…] about Teal And Benson Face Off In Court Over Upcoming Election
by Deb Alter
On Saturday evening, August 1, at about 9 pm, two Berlin residents sitting outside saw lights moving across the sky from west to east. First they saw one, then two, then five, and eventually they counted about twenty or thirty of them. For about twenty minutes, the lights floated by, and then they were gone. [Read more…] about UFOs Over Berlin Turn Out To Be Love Notes
by Deb Alter
On Wednesday, August 12 the Hoosick Falls Community Band will honor conductor, William Gaillard. He has served as director for fifty years. [Read more…] about Bill Gaillard: Leader Of The Band For Fifty Years and Still Going Strong
Submitted by Biffy Cahill
TRACs is honored to support and facilitate the Youth 2 Youth Berlin program. Through hard work, dedication, perseverance, and community support, these 15 teens and 3 adults were able to secure over $7,000 in funding for the Youth to Youth Eastern States Conference this past week. Not only were youth able to obtain sponsors through local business, community members and church organizations, but also contracted with all four towns within the Berlin School District to cover the cost of registration for two town residents in exchange for community service. [Read more…] about Local Teens Travel To Rhode Island For Youth To Youth Conference
Celebrated author and Troy native, Dennis Mahoney, will be back at the Grafton Community Library on Monday, August 10 at 7:30 pm to present his highly acclaimed new novel Bell Weather. [Read more…] about Author Dennis Mahoney At Grafton Library
On Saturday, August 15, the Tsatsawassa Protective Fire Company Inc. will hold its 27th Annual Pig Roast on the firehouse grounds located a 9 Firehouse Lane, just off Route 20 in the hamlet of Brainard. Doors will open at 1 pm and the afternoon will be filled with fun events including door prizes and games as well as hot dogs, sausage/hamburgers and drinks, all while the ‘whole pig’ covered with foil, will be roasting on the spit in view of the attendees. [Read more…] about Tsatsawassa Pig Roast
by Bea Peterson
There are currently five Solar Farms either underway or going through the approval process in the Town of Hoosick. At a joint meeting of the Town, Planning and Zoning Boards on Tuesday evening, July 28, the consensus was that a temporary moratorium on any more farms should be put in place until a study of the overall impact on the Town and its residents can be determined. The Town Board would have to make such a determination at its August meeting. [Read more…] about Hoosick Considering Temporary Moratorium On Solar Farms
