A benefit turkey dinner is being planned to help Lisa Minkler Hendricks (BCS 2000) and her family on April 14 at the Petersburgh Memorial Hall. Lisa is currently undergoing cancer treatments at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NYC.
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Lucien F. Boucot, Jr.
Petersburgh – Lucien F. “Lou” Boucot, Jr., formerly of Petersburgh, NY, died on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital North MS in Oxford, MS, after a brief illness. He and his wife Pat lived in Batesville, MS.
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Petersburgh To Buy New Fire Truck
by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Fire Department was given overwhelming approval by the voters to buy a new fire truck at the vote held on Tuesday evening March 27. Twenty-eight ballots were cast – 26 in favor and 1 against. One was void because the voter was not enrolled.
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Girl Scout Service Unit #154 To Celebrate 100th Year Of Scouting
submitted by Kristi Culbertson, Troop Leader #1070.
Girl Scout Service Unit #154 is sponsoring two upcoming community activities to celebrate the 100th year Anniversary of the Girl Scouts.
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PVMCC News
submitted by Mary Lou Walters
Roger LeMere, who has done the scheduling for the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center for many years, has recently had a serious cardiac event. It will take the whole board to fill to job he has been doing.
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Krista Kitowicz Receives MIT Excellence Award
Krista Lance Kitowicz recently received the 2012 MIT Excellence Award, one of the highest honors presented to MIT staff in recognition of their work. Krista has worked as an Events Coordinator in the Office of Corporate Relations in the Industrial Liaison Program at MIT since 2008. [Read more…] about Krista Kitowicz Receives MIT Excellence Award
Petersburgh Fire Truck Vote Is Tuesday
by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Fire Department is holding a vote this Tuesday, March 27, at the fire house from 6 to 9 pm for approval of the purchase of a new fire truck. The truck they are replacing is a 1956 pumper which they call “the Maxin” after the company which made it. That truck cost $17,000 in 1956, and it was refurbished in 1976 at a cost of $17,000. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Fire Truck Vote Is Tuesday
Petersburgh Town Board Action – Town Hall Fixes Proposed
by Alex Brooks
Supervisor Siegfried Krahforst arrived at this month’s Petersburgh Town Board meeting with estimates in hand for work on the Town Hall amounting to almost $10,000. He said a drainage pipe had already been laid to carry the water away from the building, and he proposed to put up gutters to catch the water off the roof and feed it into the new drainage pipes. He said water getting into the basement is making the basement area of the building completely unusable; he feels the problem should be dealt with right away. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Town Board Action – Town Hall Fixes Proposed
Rensselaer County Legislature – Prominent Grafton And Babcock Lake Resident Honored
by Kieron Kramer
The family of Charles Hamill of Grafton entered the well of the Rensselaer County Legislature on Tuesday night to receive copies of the resolution passed last month that memorialized him. Charles J. “Charlie” Hamill died on January 23, 2012.
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