by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Whigs Take Election
Saturday, April 3, 1847: On this forenoon I and Geo P drew rocks. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
Hoosick Falls
Sewer Project Facing Delays and Additional Expenses
By Doug La Rocque
The reason is the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) order last summer that work on the Lyman Street Pump Station and subsequent pipelines be halted until a PFOA mitigation plan for ground water, ground saturated by the water, and air disbursement be developed and put in place. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls
Brunswick
Helping Veterans Re-integrate To Life Back Home
By Doug La Rocque
We have all heard the stories, perhaps even seen it for ourselves. The homeless veteran living underneath a bridge, and on a street corner holding a sign, “Veteran, will work for food.” Many struggle with employment, education, social interaction, depression and desperation. [Read more…] about Brunswick
Outdoors With Trix
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) is a native evergreen creeping vine that grows in the forests of eastern North America and has white flowers mid-summer. [Read more…] about Outdoors With Trix
Football
C-S Goes Up & Down Field, Everywhere But Into Endzone
Cambridge-Salem 0 0 0 0 0
Stillwater 0 14 0 7 21
Friday, November 15.
It just wasn’t Cambridge-Salem’s night. [Read more…] about Football
BCS Students Show Their Appreciation for Our Veterans
Submitted by Rachel Turetsky
Veterans accepted the Berlin School District’s invitation to attend the 9th annual Berlin Middle-High School Veterans Day assembly on November 8. [Read more…] about BCS Students Show Their Appreciation for Our Veterans
Petersburgh
Rollover Traps Woman In Car On Route 2
By Doug La Rocque
New York State Police say a Cohoes woman lost control of her vehicle while traveling eastbound on NYS Route 2 Saturday morning, November 9, going off the road into a ditch and rolling over. [Read more…] about Petersburgh
Veterans Day Column from Assemblyman Jake Ashby
We view veterans and Veterans Day through our own lens. At a recent East Greenbush Honor a Veteran Ceremony, “Ted” Shelby Edward Summers was honored, along with his brother Harold, and David Caneen. Ted was a B-24 pilot during WWII in the pacific theater. [Read more…] about Veterans Day Column from Assemblyman Jake Ashby
Troy
Kicking Off The Victorian Stroll
New Website, Poster And Collectable Ornament Are Unveiled
City and County officials, as well as members of the business community gathered at Franklin Plaza in Troy on Wednesday, November 6, to help the Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce start the countdown to the 37th Annual Victorian Stroll. [Read more…] about Troy
Hoosick Town Board
Planning Board Reduced to 5 Members
by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Town Board held a public hearing prior to its November 12 regular meeting on its proposal to reduce the size of the Planning Board from 7 members to 5. [Read more…] about Hoosick Town Board