Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Submitted by Dr. Angelina Maloney
Along with over 100 students from the Capital Region, the Honors 10 class took part in the History Day competition at the State Museum in Albany on Saturday, March 24. [Read more…] about Tamarac History Day Competitors Move On
No Tax Increase In Proposed Hoosick Falls Budget
Water Rates Will Go Up Slightly
By Doug La Rocque
A rather lengthy meeting of the Hoosick Falls Village Board on Tuesday, April 9, began with a public hearing on the Village’s proposed 2019-20 budget, at which there were no speakers. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Village Board
San Diego, California – Naomi Bartus, a former area resident, passed from this life unexpectedly on January 21, 2019, at her home in San Diego, at the age of 63. [Read more…] about Naomi Bartus
Lebanon Springs, NY- Shirley H. Tavares, 90, a longtime resident of Lebanon Springs, NY, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 22, 2019, at Springside Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center. [Read more…] about Shirley H. Tavares
The School Master Moves In
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Tuesday, December 9, 1845: I called to Sylvenas Carpenter and he rode with me to Joshua B. Maxon’s and I signed and paid five dollars for the election room, and I reckoned with said Carpenter and Maxon my account. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
Escapee Found Dead
By Doug La Rocque
Hoosick Falls Police Chief Bob Ashe told The Eastwick Press on Wednesday, April 3, that 35 year Justin Faatz was found dead of a drug overdose Tuesday morning in Athol, Massachusetts, about 90 miles east of the village. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls
New Director For Brunswick Community Library
By Amy Modesti
Brunswick Community Library is pleased to welcome its new library director Sara Hopkins. [Read more…] about Brunswick
Submitted by Rachel Turetski
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineering Ambassadors visited the Berlin Middle-High School on March 29. [Read more…] about RPI Ambassadors Visit The Berlin Middle-High School
County Operations Director Under Investigation
By Doug La Rocque
According to an article in Sunday’s Times Union newspaper, Rensselaer County Operations Director Rich Crist is under investigation by both the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the NYS Attorney General’s Office. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County
According to articles in the Troy Times newspaper this cabin which is adjacent to the Dickinson Fire Observation Tower was built in 1928 at the request of William Klaus. [Read more…] about Historic Picture Series
