Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Alex Brooks
Dr. Stephen Young, Superintendent of the Berlin Central School District presented his “Superintendent’s Budget” at a “Round Table” meeting of the Berlin School Board. The projected spending in his budget is $19,403,315, which is an increase over last year’s budget of 1.59%, or $303,324. [Read more…] about News Is All Good At Berlin Schools Budget Meeting
By Doug La Rocque
Last month The Eastwick Press reported on the annual March on the Capital by Highway Superintendents around the state, with this year’s theme being “local roads matter.” At the time Grafton’s Herb Hasbrouck said the highway chiefs had abandoned their typical upstate versus downstate battle for the dollars and were taking a more united approach. [Read more…] about A Big Win For Local Towns In The Annual Battle For CHIPs Money From The State
By Doug La Rocque
Boy Scout Troop 222 Eagle Scouts Trevor Hall and Michael Zlotnick were honored this past week by Rensselaer County Executive Kathy Jimino, Legislative Chairman Stan Brownell and the full legislature. Both scouts recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout, which requires each youth to complete a project that benefits his community. [Read more…] about Local Eagle Scouts Honored By Rensselaer County
Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center Music and Art Cafe presents Shevy and The Pulse on Saturday, April 23 at 7 pm. [Read more…] about New Folk Fusion CD Release Celebration At PVMCC
Feathers Of The Native Americans
Poestenkill Historical Society speaker Gil Payette will discuss the importance of feathers to the Native American tribes. The feather symbolizes strength, wisdom, power, freedom and many more things. [Read more…] about Poestenkill Historical Society Presents Feather Works
Master puppeteer David Lane brings his expertise to the Clark Art Institute Monday, April 18 through Friday, April 22 from 9 am to 12 pm with a spring break workshop for children ages 10 to 15.
Students draw inspiration from the Clark’s collection and spend the week creating their own rod puppets, an art form dating back to ancient Egypt. [Read more…] about Clark Art Institute Puppet-Making Class For Teens
by Alex Brooks
A public information meeting at the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center held on the 225th Anniversary of Petersburgh’s first Town meeting drew a large crowd who came with many questions, but not all of those questions could be answered. [Read more…] about More Questions Than Answers At Petersburgh Informational Meeting
Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center and The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour will present an evening of professional stand up comedy on Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 pm, to benefit the PVMCC. Help support your community center by laughing with MC Aaron David Ward, feature Deric Harrington, and headliner Steve Van Zandt. [Read more…] about Comedy Show Coming To Petersburgh May 7
The library is participating in a grant which gives us an opportunity to have a 3D printer at the library. There will be demonstrations on Monday April 25 from 2 to 5 pm, Wednesday April 27 from 3 to 6 pm and on Saturday April 30 from 9:30 am to noon. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Library News
New permits for the May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017 year for the Berlin Transfer Station will be on sale at your respective Town Clerk’s office on April 1st. Check with your Clerk for office hours and permit costs – Berlin 658-2161 and Petersburgh 658-3777. [Read more…] about Transfer Station News Berlin and Petersburgh Residents
