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Jean M. Wheeler

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West Lebanon – Jean M. Drowne Wheeler, 66, of Schoolhouse Road, West Lebanon, NY, died early Monday morning August 27, 2012, surrounded by her loving family under the care of Community Hospice of Columbia-Greene.
Born January 27, 1946, in Troy, NY, she was the daughter of Molly Seaman Drowne of Chatham, NY, and the late Roland Drowne. She was the loving wife of Russell  I. Wheeler, whom she married on May 25, 1968, in the Brainard Methodist Church.
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Stephentown Town Board Action – Serious Complaints About The Music Festival

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by Thaddeus Flint
Monday was the first day after the Bella Terra music festival in Stephentown, but as the Stephentown Town Board heard at their monthly meeting that night, not all residents are feeling all that festive in its wake.
Town Supervisor Larry Eckhardt said that he had heard some complaints that the music continued until around 4:30 am Monday morning. He was under the impression that the festival was going to end around 10 pm Sunday night.
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Hoosick Planning Board Approves Recycling Facility And Dollar General Store

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by Bea Peterson
The Board reviewed the materials it had received from the Hoosick Zoning Board of Appeals regarding a scrap metal recycling facility planned for two of the original Bennington Paperboard buildings and the one mobile unit office located on Route 67 in Walloomsac.
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Grafton Planning Board Dodges A Bullet

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by Kieron Kramer
The expected brouhaha concerning Les McDermott’s proposal for a shooting range and gun store on his property at 303 Old Siek Road did not materialize at the Grafton Planning Board meeting on Monday, August 20. Only two of the people who spoke so vociferously at the public hearing last month were present, and there was no discussion about the shooting range. The reason for this turn of events was made clear at the beginning of the regular meeting when Planning Board Chairman Tom Withcuskey read a letter from McDermott withdrawing his site plan application “due to the recent personal and unfounded attacks on my character from my neighbors, or should I say, property owners.”
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St. Stanislaw Society Celebrates 100 Years

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by Bea Peterson
The St. Stanislaw Society (The Polish Hall) began 100 years ago as an organization made up of Catholic males of Polish descent. The “Polish Hall” was a place for members to hear the language of their homeland, to maintain Polish traditions and to socialize. The St. Stanislaw Society Women’s Auxiliary was active and supportive as well. Over the years the Society has changed with the times. While the organization still remembers the customs of Poland and maintains St. Stanislaw, the Bishop, as the guardian of the Society, it has transformed itself into a service organization that provides a social atmosphere for any adult who wishes to become a member. Today the organization has a membership of almost 600 people in 11 states. Since 1996, the St. Stanislaw Society has donated almost half a million dollars to over 80 local and regional charitable organizations. [Read more…] about St. Stanislaw Society Celebrates 100 Years

Commemorating The Patriots Of The Walloomsac Battle For Bennington

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by Bea Peterson
On Thursday, August 16, a small group gathered at the highest point of the Bennington Battlefield in Walloomsac to commemorate the 235th Anniversary of that battle. Event chairman John Sheaff, President of the Walloomsac Battle Chapter, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, told the gathering, “I hate war.” He went on to say that to commemorate with a ceremony was to honor and to remember those patriotic people who sacrificed for us. “We are not honoring the battle, we are honoring the people who fought that battle,” he concluded.
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Petersburgh Town Board Action – 2015 Revaluation Planned

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by Alex Brooks
Petersburgh Sole Assessor Craig Surprise urged the Board to get started on a revaluation of real property in the Town. He said the real estate market has settled down and prices are stabilizing, so he believes it’s a good time to do it. Surprise feels it has been too long since the Town last did a revaluation. He said it takes two years to do it, so the Town needs to plan now to get a 2015 reval done. The work would be done in 2013 and 2014, and the new valuations would be in place in 2015. The Board agreed to go forward with it.
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