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Real Estate Values In Eastwick

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by Alex Brooks

 

The real estate market in this area has clearly pulled back in 2008 from the boom years of 2005 to 2007. Prices are down a bit from their peaks at the top of the boom but in general seem to be above the five year average and higher than they were in 2004. While we can’t yet say that the market has stabilized, we might be able to characterize it as moving toward stabilization. All of the realtors consulted for this story reported an uncharacteristic flurry of activity in January, which seems to bode well for climbing out of the doldrums of 2008 in the coming year.

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Amendment Named For Horse Killed In Hoosick

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by Kieron Kramer

 

The brutal killing of the bay   Skye, owned by Dawn Feathers, in her stall on Hill Road in Hoosick prompted County Legislators Lester Goodermote and Stan Brownell to introduce a resolution  at Tuesday night’s Rensselaer County Legislative session calling for the State to strengthen Buster’s Law, a law which, several years ago, established the felony category of aggravated cruelty toward animals.

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Burglary Suspects Captured In Hoosick

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NYS State Police news release

 

On January 8 the NYS Police in Brunswick executed a search warrant at a residence located on Telford Road in the Town of Hoosick, as a result of an ongoing investigation into several burglaries that had occurred in the area. As a result, police seized the apparent proceeds of several reported burglaries. 

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Goodermote And Brownell Seek To Strengthen Buster’s Law

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Rensselaer County Legislators Lester Goodermote and Stan Brownell have joined members of the legislative majority in seeking to strengthen the State’s Buster’s Law to help prevent acts of animal abuse.

 

The call for a strengthening of Buster’s Law comes after recent acts of depravity against animals, including the killing of a horse in Hoosick, [Read more…] about Goodermote And Brownell Seek To Strengthen Buster’s Law

Grafton’s John Darling OnJudicial Screening Panel

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Rensselaer County Democratic Party Chairman Thomas W. Wade recently announced the formation of a judicial screening committee.  The panel will interview serious candidates for the County Court Judgeship soon to be vacated by Judge Patrick J. McGrath who was elected to the State Supreme Court on November 4.

 

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State’s Land Purchase Will Impact Grafton Taxes

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from the Legislative Majority

 

Rensselaer County Legislator Lester Goodermote, who represents the towns of Stephentown, Berlin, Petersburgh, Grafton, Hoosick and the Village of Hoosick Falls, said he is concerned about the amount of revenue lost to local governments from the State’s purchase of acreage in the Town of Grafton. [Read more…] about State’s Land Purchase Will Impact Grafton Taxes

County Legislature Delays Recognition Of Bronze Star Recipient

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by Kieron Kramer

 

In a ceremony on Veterans Day in Afghanistan 1st Sergeant James Meltz of Cropseyville received a Bronze Star. The news hit the wires on Veterans Day here in the States. On Wednesday evening, November 12, at the meeting of the Rensselaer County Legislature, the Democrat Legislator who the Republican Legislators love to hate, Kevin Harrington of Averill Park, introduced a resolution as a late filing that honored Sgt. Meltz.

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