Cell Tower Project Is Back, With A Twist
By Doug La Rocque
The Brunswick Planning Board held only its second meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic broke, and it was once again using a teleconference format. [Read more…] about Brunswick
The Life Of George Holcomb
Getting Started On The Hog House
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Monday, April 17, 1848: Today I went to Pittsfield and carried ten bushels apples, Spitzenburghs mostly and sold them at 75 cts per. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
Hoosick Falls
Megan Flynn Is Sage Female Athlete Of The Year
Submitted by Sage Colleges
The Sage Colleges’ Department of Athletics has selected graduate women’s basketball performer Megan Flynn of Hoosick Falls as the 2019-2020 Female Athlete of the Year. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls
Brunswick
Tragedy Strikes Tamarac Graduating Class
By Doug La Rocque
An accident Saturday afternoon, May 16 in Peru, NY, near the Canadian border, has claimed the life of 17-year old Emily E. Hayden of Brunswick. [Read more…] about Brunswick
Outdoors With Trix
Blooming Now
Berlin And Petersburgh Approve Landfill Agreement
by Alex Brooks and Doug La Rocque
Since early April the Berlin and Petersburgh Town Boards have been working on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at guiding the collaboration of the two towns on a project to contain leachate leaking from the landfill as required by a consent order both towns have signed with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. [Read more…] about Berlin And Petersburgh Approve Landfill Agreement
New Lebanon
Re-Opening Town Court
by Michelle Van Horn
During the mid-March Special Town Board Meeting, members made a motion to pay town employees who couldn’t work from home due to foreseen eminent shutdowns, which essentially meant Town Court employees [Read more…] about New Lebanon
Columbia County
Columbia Comeback Begins
Columbia Comeback is a county-wide initiative to help businesses safely and successfully reopen in alignment with New York State’s reopening guidelines. [Read more…] about Columbia County
Stephentown
Dollar General Rises
Construction work has begun for the new Dollar General store that the sign at the construction site says “coming soon.” [Read more…] about Stephentown
Hoosick Falls CSD
School Tax Levy Up Slightly
The Hoosick Falls School Board held a budget workshop on Friday evening May 15 to discuss whether or not to make adjustments to the budget it constructed a month ago because of the expected effects of the pandemic [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls CSD