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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

Petersburgh

Hooskip Dairy Farm Tour

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On Saturday, October 23, at 1 pm, join the Agricultural Stewardship Association (ASA) and the Rensselaer Land Trust (RLT) for a tour of the 100 cow Hooskip Farm dairy operation run by the McMahon family. This is a wonderful opportunity to see the inner workings of a small, family-owned, dairy farm in an absolutely beautiful landscape. The stunning 716 acre farm straddles the Vermont border at the foot of the Taconics in Petersburgh. [Read more…] about Hooskip Dairy Farm Tour

Girl Is Best Shot At Petersburgh Rod And Gun Club Turkey Shoot

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Sharpshooter Ciarra Stevens wins the turkey. Photo by Mary Lou Walters.

by Mary Lou Walters
This week’s Turkey Shoot at the Petersburgh Rod and Gun Club was so well attended that the under 14 shoot was full by the time Ciarra Stevens, 13, arrived. So her uncle signed her up to compete against 20 men. The cute little sharpshooter whipped them all.
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Letter To The Editor – Lead Hazard At BES

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To the Editor:
I write this letter to help inform the public of what I believe to be a serious public health hazard in the Berlin Elementary School. The Berlin School District just released the lead testing results, and I believe that the importance and the dangers are being downplayed. Almost all the window troughs tested in the classrooms were not just a little elevated as portrayed by BOCES but in most cases significantly over the HUD and EPA standards. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – Lead Hazard At BES

Letter To The Editor – Clarifying A Caption

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To The Editor:
It seems that the caption I submitted to the Eastwick on September 17 [Petersburgh Seniors Square Dance] raised some eyebrows. It was in reference to Mason Hubbard teasing my mother Pearl Koch about her post surgical scar.
For anyone who wondered, please know that there was nothing in poor taste in that interaction.  Mason Hubbard is a fine man with a wonderful sense of humor. He would never say anything inappropriate to my mother. And woe to any person who teases Pearl. She gives a double portion back. My apologies for any discomfort I could have caused these fine people.
Mary Lou Walters
Old Orchard Way, Petersburgh

Grafton Flu Clinic

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The Rensselaer County Health Department will hold its annual Flu Shot Clinic on Wednesday, October 6, beginning at 10 am at the Everett Wagar Senior Center in Grafton.  For more information or to place your name on the list please call the Center at 279-3413.

Bus Trip To Where The Founding Families Of Berlin And Petersburgh Came From

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The Taconic Valley Historical Society has organized a bus trip to Westerly, Rhode Island, to visit the community where the founding families of Berlin and Petersburgh came from. The bus will leave the Berlin Fire House on Saturday, October 23, at 7 am.  The trip includes a tour of the First Hopkinton Cemetery where many of the families are buried, a history of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Ashaway, RI, and admission to the Babcock-Smith House in Westerly, RI.
The price of the trip is $40 and payment is needed by October 15. For more information or reservations contact Charlie at 658-2135.