Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Drinking Beer At The Temperance Lecture
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Saturday, July 24, 1847: This morning before daylight I started for Pittsfield with potatoes. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
Lawmakers Turn Up The Heat On Bail Reform
New Hoosick Falls Incident Fuels The Fire
By Doug La Rocque
The Rensselaer County Legislature, by a unanimous 19-0 vote, has approved a resolution that implores New York State to immediately amend or suspend the bail reform provisions by emergency executive authority, or any other means deemed possible by the State. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County
High School Offers New “Responding to Emergencies” Course
Submitted by Rachel Turestky
The 2019–2020 school year marks the pilot year for Ms. Sandra Honsinger’s Responding to Emergencies class. This is a half-year elective offered by Ms. Honsinger, an American Red Cross First Aid/AED/CPR instructor and a Health and Physical Education teacher at Berlin Middle-High School. [Read more…] about Berlin
House Approved PFAS Action Act
By Doug La Rocque and a submission
from the Office of Representative Delgado
Last Friday, January 10, the United States House of Representatives approved legislation that will require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set a maximum contaminant level for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water, establish a grant program to help communities pay to remove PFAS from drinking water, and designate PFOA and PFOS chemicals as hazardous materials under the EPA’s Superfund program. [Read more…] about Washington, DC
Town Board Has Smooth Start To The New Year
By Doug La Rocque
It may not have been a land speed record, but it was certainly one of the shortest Berlin Town Board meetings in recent years, at 18 minutes. Why? [Read more…] about Berlin
Rensselaer County Ready to Build on Job Creation and Financial Success in 2020
Greetings to friends and neighbors in Eastern and Central Rensselaer County. [Read more…] about A Guest Column From Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin
No War With Iran
To The Editor:
As a military veteran from Hoosick Falls, who served in Vietnam with the Marines, I’m writing today to express my opposition to President Trump’s reckless escalation with Iran. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor
Hoosick Falls 5
Berlin 0
Tuesday, January 14. Barbecue Recreation. The Panthers won with a total of 3454 pins to Berlin’s 2528. [Read more…] about Bowling Regular Season Coming To An End
Cambridge 28 26 15 4 73
Saratoga Catholic 5 4 9 10 28
Friday, January 10. Sophie Phillips dropped in 19 points, Fiona Mooney added 11 and McKayla McLenithan 10 as the # 1 state ranked Indians romped over another opponent. [Read more…] about Girls Basketball
Board Approves Purchase of New Truck For $227,000
by Alex Brooks
The first Hoosick Town Board meeting of the year commenced with a welcome for new Town Board member Jackie Houghton and moved on to updates on a wide variety of ongoing projects. [Read more…] about Hoosick Town Board
