Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Highway Superintendent Cottrell Responds To Complaints
by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board meeting on Monday December 19 began with a discussion between Highway Superintendent Rob Cottrell and the Board about complaints about slow clearance of snow on Saturday December 17. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Town Board Action
Village Board Approves Site Plan For Expanded Cumberland Farms Store
by Alex Brooks
Attorney Stephanie Bitter attended the meeting on behalf of Cumberland Farms along with Scott Shearing of Bohler Engineering, with a site plan map showing plans for the renovation of the Hoosick Falls store incorporating the lot on which the former Elks building now stands. [Read more…] about Village Of Hoosick Falls Board Action
Stephentown finances appear to be in “pretty good shape” at the end of the year according to Supervisor Larry Eckhardt at the December 19 Town Board meeting. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board Action
NYSEG Gets Slammed At New Lebanon Meeting
by Thaddeus Flint
As another year comes to a close in New Lebanon, the final Town Board meeting of 2016 ended on a different note than previous years. [Read more…] about New Lebanon Town Board Action
By Steve Bradley
Going into Tuesday evenings game against Hoosic Valley, Kelly Pine needed just one point to reach 1000 points in her stellar career at HFCS. Pine scored her first points of the game on a two point field goal in the second quarter to reach the milestone.
[Read more…] about Girls Fall To Hoosic Valley, Pine Gets 1000th Point
By Doug La Rocque
Once again the two Taconic Valley schools have merged to field a competitive girls swim team, while the boys lack enough participants but have still put forth some strong individual efforts. [Read more…] about Combined New Lebanon-Berlin Swim Team Holding Its Own In Berkshire County Swim League Meets
HF 74 – Greenwich 36 December 16 at HFCS. (HF O 4-0, L 4-0; GW 2-4, 1-2). [Read more…] about Boys Cruising To Wins
Hoosick Falls – Robert E. Kaufmann, 65, passed away on Friday December 16, 2016 at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vermont. [Read more…] about Robert Kaufmann
Johnsonville – Beth Ellen Hewitt, 44, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2016. Born in Bennington, VT, she was the daughter of the late Donald Seward and Patricia Ellen Horton Hewitt, Jr. [Read more…] about Beth Ellen Hewitt
Hoosick Falls – Donald C. Hale, 62, passed away on Thursday December 15, 2016 at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vermont. He resided on Eddy Road. [Read more…] about Donald Hale
