Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Ryan Mosher
The Berlin girls softball team came up big when it counted on Wednesday afternoon. Trailing by two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Deanna Nash drilled a bases loaded triple to give the Lady Mountaineers a 10-9 victory over Rensselaer. [Read more…] about Lady Mountaineers Show Late Inning Heroics
by Ryan Mosher
In the first game of their season, the Berlin baseball team did not put up much of a fight against Hoosic Valley, as the Indians routed the visiting Mountaineers 20-1. [Read more…] about Mountaineer Baseball Falls In Season Opener
The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department will sponsor a Roast Beef Dinner on Saturday, April 18, in the Stephentown Fire Hall [Read more…] about Stephentown FD Roast Beef Dinner
Grafton Lakes State Park and Bennington Battlefield will provide fun and educational programs for young people during Spring Break week, April 13 to 17. [Read more…] about Spring Break Programs At Grafton Lakes State Park And Bennington Battlefield
by Bea Peterson
Drive North along Route 22 and two fields past Route 346 on the right, along the Hoosic River near the intersection with the Little Hoosic River, you may be fortunate enough to see a bald eagle sitting on a nest high in a cottonwood tree. In recent weeks folks have been watching a pair build their nest. [Read more…] about Bald Eagles Nest In North Petersburgh
by Bea Peterson
Every year it seems Dick Ogden finds another way to take more of the work out of making maple syrup. This year he added a steamaway cover over the evaporator. It improves efficiency by 75 percent. [Read more…] about Sugaring On Johnson Hill Road
Order forms for the annual tree and shrub sale sponsored by the Rensselaer County Soil and Water Conservation District are available at the Town of Hoosick offices in the New York State Armory in Hoosick Falls.
[Read more…] about Annual Spring Tree & Shrub Sale Order Forms At Town Of Hoosick Offices
Gigi French, an eight year old third-grader in the Berlin Elementary School, traveled to Harvard University in Boston, MA, on March 22 to compete in the 2009 YMCA New England Swimming Championships.
