Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
By David Flint
At the annual Installation Dinner on Saturday, January 6, the officers of the Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department were sworn in this year by Rensselaer County Sheriff Patrick Russo. [Read more…] about Stephentown Fire Department Installs Officers For 2018
Three fires between December 27 and January 1 destroyed two houses and one steel storage building in the coverage area of the Eastwick Press. [Read more…] about Firefighters Busy In Eastwick Area
‘Behold Our God’ Christmas Concert 2017
Residents of Eastern Rensselaer County were in the Christmas spirit this past Sunday afternoon, December 17, at the Petersburg Baptist Church. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Baptist Church
A Tribute To Luke Hoag
The Hoosick Falls School Board began its meeting on Tuesday December 19 with a tribute to Luke Hoag. [Read more…] about HF Central School Board
Mold Remediation Done At Town Hall
At the December 18 meeting of the Petersburgh Town Board, Town Clerk Deidra Michaels said she has had a worker who came here through a program of the Rensselaer County Dept. of Social Services working on the Town Hall basement. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Town Board
The public was invited to celebrate the outdoors this season by enjoying the Annual Yule Log Event at the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center on Sunday, December 10. [Read more…] about Annual Yule Log Celebration
Submitted By Eileen Druckenmiller
Luke Hoag, a fifth-grader at Hoosick Falls Central School (HFCS), is a young man with a very big heart. [Read more…] about Luke Hoag Collects Over 65,000 Letters To Support Make A Wish
Submitted By the New York National Guard
Two brothers who deployed to Iraq together in 2005 marked the end of their service in the New York Army National Guard during a joint retirement ceremony at the New York National Guard Headquarters on Saturday, December 2. [Read more…] about Two Brothers End National Guard Service In Joint Retirement Ceremony
Submitted By Deidra Michaels
On Saturday 9, Mr. Thomas Berry donated a Christmas Tree for the Town. With the help of Boy Scout Troop 222 (Andy, Joan, Mike, and Joshua Zlotnick), Jane Wesley, Damian Hoffman and David Michaels, they were able to put the tree into place and put the lights on. [Read more…] about A Christmas Tree Goes Up In Petersburgh
Submitted Aaron Willis
This past Sunday, December 10, Section 2 held its annual soccer dinner banquet to award soccer players across the capital region who were chosen as 1st and 2nd team all-stars this past fall season. [Read more…] about Berlin Soccer Takes Home Big Awards
