Ongoing art exhibit until September 19. Come see photos and drawings by The Healy’s. [Read more…] about Berlin Free Town Library News
Petersburgh
Petersburgh Library Activities
Story hour has resumed at the Petersburgh Public Library Tuesday mornings at 11. All preschoolers and their caregivers are welcome to attend for stories, play, activities, crafts and snacks.
Tractor Show Coming Up
Submitted by Kevin O’Malley
The 2016 Walter A. Wood Tractor and Agriculture Show in Wood Park in Hoosick Falls is approaching fast, with the application period still open for vendors, tractor enthusiasts, hit and miss engines and horse drawn equipment. [Read more…] about Tractor Show Coming Up
Many Questions Answered At PFOA Meeting
by Alex Brooks
The C-8 Group in Petersburgh held a very successful meeting on PFOA issues on Tuesday September 6 at the PVMCC. There was a large panel of experts there, including DEC Region 4 Director Keith Goetz and three others from DEC, three from NYS Dept. of Health, two from the EPA, and four from the County, including Kathy Jimino, Stan Brownell, Mary Fran Wachunas and Rich Elder.
There were about 50 citizens present, and they had plenty of questions. [Read more…] about Many Questions Answered At PFOA Meeting
State Senate Hearing On PFOA Exposes Conflict Between NYS DOH and USEPA
by Alex Brooks
DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said at the State Senate Hearing held at the Hoosick Falls Central School High School auditorium that the State has spent $25 million already responding to the PFOA crisis and expects over the next ten years to spend another 50 million. He said his goal is to make the polluters pay the entire (projected) cost of $75 million, but he added that he expects EPA to reimburse New York State for any part of it that is not paid by the polluters. [Read more…] about State Senate Hearing On PFOA Exposes Conflict Between NYS DOH and USEPA
PFOA Water Crisis: Paying it Forward
To the Editor,
As I was watching folks carry water to their cars at Tops in Hoosick Falls back in January, I saw in my mind’s eye a vision from a trip I made to Uganda. [Read more…] about PFOA Water Crisis: Paying it Forward
Art Exhibit At The Berlin Free Town Library
The Berlin Free Town Library is pleased to exhibit “The 3 Healys, Works on Paper,” September 8 through 19. We invite the community to an opening reception on Saturday, September 10 from 2 to 4 pm. [Read more…] about Art Exhibit At The Berlin Free Town Library
DEC Declares Hoosick Falls And Petersburgh/Berlin Landfills As Potential State Superfund Sites
Field Investigations Underway To Determine The Nature, Source And Extent Of The Contamination
On Monday, August 29, The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) declared municipal landfills in the Village of Hoosick Falls and Towns of Petersburgh and Berlin to be Potential State Superfund Sites. [Read more…] about DEC Declares Hoosick Falls And Petersburgh/Berlin Landfills As Potential State Superfund Sites
Hoosick Falls Central Sets Tax Rates
by Alex Brooks
At its August 25 meeting, the Hoosick Falls School District finalized tax rates for the bills that will be going out in the first week of September, but they subsequently learned that there was a glitch in the Rensselaer County Data used to produce them. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Central Sets Tax Rates
State Senate Hearings On PFOA
by Alex Brooks
Those who arrived early at the Hoosick Falls Central School for the State Senate PFOA hearings were greeted by a guy with blue hair dressed in a superhero outfit advocating in mystical terms for clean water. [Read more…] about State Senate Hearings On PFOA