Hoosick Falls – On March 5, 2011, our beloved father and grandfather, Irving “Irv” Stevens, 83, of Hoosick Falls, NY, was called upon to join his family in heaven. Born July 23, 1927, in Hoosick Falls, Irv was the only son of Ellsworth “Bud” Stevens and Agnes (Prebble) Stevens of Petersburgh, NY, and Hoosick, NY. Besides his parents, he is pre-deceased by a sister, Eleanor (infant) and his loving wife, Shirley (Marker) Stevens. [Read more…] about Ellsworth Irving Stevens
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Ini High Prior
Stephentown – Mrs. Ini High Prior died February 25, 2011, at Providence Care Center in Lenox, MA. She was 90 years old. Since her retirement she had resided in Stephentown, NY, at Salisbury Estates, Pittsfield, MA, and most recently at Sugar Hill, Dalton, MA.
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Arnold L. Goodermote
Berlin – Arnold Lee Goodermote, known to everyone as Arnie, of 7406 Crossbow Lane, Corryton, TN, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, after a long illness.
Born in Berlin, NY, on January 9, 1931, he was the son of the late Arthur and Josephine Goodermote and husband to Donna Amidon Goodermote. Arnie is pre-deceased by his twin brother, Arthur, and brother, Donald Goodermote.
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Marilyn Skidmore
Bennington – Marilyn Church Skidmore, 76, of Gage Street, Bennington, VT, died on Wednesday morning, February 23, 2011, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington.
Born on February 15, 1935, in Petersburgh, NY, she was the daughter of the late Gary and Helen (Zeigler) Church. She grew up in Petersburgh and was a graduate of Hoosick Falls High School, Class of 1952. She enjoyed cats and dogs.
Survivors include her daughters, Gayle and husband Robert Welch and Helen Skidmore, all of Bennington, and a son, Louis and wife Tracie Skidmore of Pittsfield, MA.
Ash Wednesday Rites
North Hoosick Home Destroyed By Fire Wednesday Morning
13 Fire Companies Respond To Blaze
by Bea Peterson
The home of Jim and Michele Bettis of Cobble Hill Road was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived shortly after three Wednesday morning. The parents and their two children, one wheelchair bound, escaped safely. [Read more…] about North Hoosick Home Destroyed By Fire Wednesday Morning
US Senator Schumer Visits Brown’s Brewery
by Bea Peterson
On Tuesday, February 22, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer visited Brown’s Brewery in Troy to announce his support of a bill to reduce by fifty percent the excise tax charged small breweries. For Brown’s Brewery owners and Hoosick residents Garry and Kelly Brown, such a tax reduction couldn’t come at a better time. After almost four years, they finally have all the federal and state permits they need to expand their beer brewing into the former Flowmatic Valve building on the Walloomsac River in North Hoosick.
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Friday’s Snow Traps Tractor Trailer
submitted by John Beach
The snowstorm last Friday didn’t bring a whole lot of snow by recent standards around here, but it did cause some of the most treacherous driving conditions of the season and in some places it took a long time for plows to respond. Shortly after noon on Friday, February 25, a tractor trailer from Koch Transportation based in Ardmore, OK, got stuck on Route 43 right at the main driveway entrance to the West Stephentown Baptist Church. [Read more…] about Friday’s Snow Traps Tractor Trailer
Berlin Fire Company Installation
by David Flint
The Berlin Fire Company Installation Banquet was held this year at the Bridgeway Restaurant in Cherry Plain on Saturday evening, February 26.
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Grafton Planning Board Action – Can You Canoe?
by Kieron Kramer
At the Grafton Planning Board meeting on Monday, February 28, David Buckley asked the Board about the procedures for establishing a new business in Grafton. He said he would like to start an outfitting business that would sell and rent canoes and kayaks as well as selling other outdoor items. [Read more…] about Grafton Planning Board Action – Can You Canoe?