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Petersburgh Roads Severly Damaged By Irene; A Bridge And A Road Are Gone

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Most Roads Were Passable By Tuesday
by Alex Brooks
The roads in Petersburgh sustained extensive damage from the heavy rain brought by Hurricane Irene. The Town Highway crew has been working from 6 am until 8 or 9 at night since Sunday trying to get the roads repaired and re-opened. Town Highway Superintendent Ray Harrison said, as of Tuesday afternoon, that no one was stranded any more – everybody has a way to drive out, even if it is sometimes on a rather rough road.
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Ties To The Land: Planning For The Future Of Your Woodlands

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On September 17 and October 22, from 9 am to 12:30 pm there will be a workshop on Planning For The Future Of Your Woodlands. The workshop will be held at the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center, 71 Main Street in Petersburgh.
This workshop will explore Succession Planning – the human side of estate planning. It will focus on maintaining family ties to the land from generation to generation, on building awareness of the key challenges facing family businesses and on motivating families to address these challenges.
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Rensselaer Land Trust September Events

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Outings – Saturday and Sunday, September 10 and 11, – Choose your pleasure. You can participate in a Paintball Biathlon, a children’s Ramble Camp, a walk in the woods and a strenuous hike across the Rensselaer Plateau. There is something for everyone. Registration is required. See http://rensselaerplateau.org/RensselaerPlateau/Events.aspx.
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Betty J. Adams

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Grafton – Betty J. Adams, 80, died on Thursday morning, August 18, 2011, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Born in Petersburgh, NY, on March 22, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Leslie and Lena Lackey Miller. She was the wife of the late Walter Adams, who died in 1986, and the late Leon “Red” Schnoop, who died in 1954.
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Petersburgh Town Board Action – Reval Discussed

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by Alex Brooks
Petersburgh Assessor Craig Surprise talked to the Board about doing a Revaluation of Real Estate in the Town.  He said the Board passed a resolution last year to do a Revaluation in 2012 and right after it passed the State of New York “put everything on hold.” Now the State has put forward a new set of regulations on the subject. Surprise said a reval would cost $20,000 to $25,000 if he did it himself with hired help. He said if you hire an outside firm to do the reval, it might cost $100,000.  The State will pay $5 per parcel, which will cut the cost to the Town by a little under $5,000.
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