Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Debate Over Green Light Bill Comes To Troy
By Amy L. Modesti
The debate over providing a New York State’s driver’s license to an illegal immigrant continued Wednesday, April 24 at the Rensselaer County Department of Motor Vehicles. [Read more…] about Troy
No Tax Hike In Village Budget
By Doug La Rocque
The debate at the Monday evening, April 30, special Village Board meeting was never about the proposed tax rate in the 2019-2020 budget, all agreed that would stay at a zero percent increase. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls
Lip Sync For Cancer At BES
Submitted by Rachel Turetsky
Berlin Elementary School’s 7th Annual Lip Sync, on April 18, had over fifty students and also staff performing to a full house at the Middle-High School auditorium. [Read more…] about Berlin
Triple Beauty
Purple Trillium (Trillium erectum) is blooming in area woods. [Read more…] about Outdoors With Trix
Broken Wheel Campground Helps Camp Good Days
Over the past seven years, Campground Owners of New York (CONY) and their campgrounds and campers have donated a total of $572,032 to Camp Good Days. [Read more…] about Petersburgh
Hoosac Valley 3 7 4 2 16
Hoosick Falls 1 0 1 0 2 [Read more…] about Boys Lacrosse
Hoosick Falls 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 6 8 3
Spa Catholic 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 [Read more…] about Softball
Drug Take Back Day Around The County
County Executive Steve McLaughlin and Sheriff Pat Russo helped kick off Rensselaer County’s participation in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, at the West Sand Lake Firehouse. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County
By Steve Bradley and Doug La Rocque
The blaze broke out shortly before 1 pm on Tuesday, April 30 in one of the oldest buildings on the Bennington College campus, called The Barn. [Read more…] about New York, Vermont Firefighters Combine To Fight Blaze At Bennington College
DEC Ruling Complicates Sewer Project
By Doug La Rocque
At a meeting last week between all parties involved with the sewer project at Superior, Lyman and Water Streets in the village, The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) informed Mayor Rob Allen, that any groundwater that is exposed due to the construction, must be considered as contaminated water, and properly treated, before it can be disposed off. The same applies to any soil saturated with groundwater. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls
