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Senate Announces Hoosick Falls Water Quality Hearing To Be Held August 30

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 Lawmakers Are Expected To Hear From Government Officials And Other Experts

Public Also Will Be Given The Opportunity To Tell Their Personal Stories And Offer Comments

New York State Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon (R-C-I,Nassau) and Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Chairman Tom O’Mara (R-C, Big Flats) have announced that the hearing examining PFOA drinking water contamination in the Hoosick Falls area will be held at 10:30 am on Tuesday, August 30, at the Hoosick Falls High School, 21187 NY-22, in Hoosick Falls. [Read more…] about Senate Announces Hoosick Falls Water Quality Hearing To Be Held August 30

Fox Hollow Festival Remembrance And Chicken Barbeque

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Saturday, September 17, 4 – 7 pm. Celebrate the 225th Anniversary of the Town of Petersburgh with an afternoon of chicken barbecue and folk music by musicians who performed at the Fox Hollow Folk Festival. [Read more…] about Fox Hollow Festival Remembrance And Chicken Barbeque

Andy Spence Speaks About Petersburgh’s Fox Hollow Music Festival

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Rensselaer Plateau Alliance invites the community to Andy Spence’s presentation about the Fox Hollow Music Festival, an annual Petersburgh tradition from 1966 to 1980, at the Sand Lake Town Hall on September 8. [Read more…] about Andy Spence Speaks About Petersburgh’s Fox Hollow Music Festival

Walter A Wood Tractor Show Slated For October 1

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Submitted by Kevin O’Malley

The 3rd Annual Walter A. Wood Tractor & Agriculture Show in Hoosick Falls, will be held October 1 in Wood Memorial Park in Hoosick Falls. This unique celebration of tractors features antique and rare tractors, and vintage farm equipment. [Read more…] about Walter A Wood Tractor Show Slated For October 1

Remembrance And Preparedness A Common Theme At The August Meeting Of The Rensselaer County Legislature

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By Doug La Rocque

The appointment of a new Social Services Commissioner and the public hearing for the new Agricultural Protection Plan highlighted last week’s meeting of the legislature, but so did resolutions like the one that declared September 2016 to be a month of Remembrance. [Read more…] about Remembrance And Preparedness A Common Theme At The August Meeting Of The Rensselaer County Legislature