The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

Cheney Library Offers Shopping Opportunity For Kids!

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Calling all kids! Come and shop for your parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles. The elves have been bringing lots of gifts to Cheney Library. As soon as you pick them out they will be wrapped and a gift tag put on ready for giving. The Holiday Shop is for all children and will be open Saturday, December 3 at Cheney Library in Hoosick Falls, NY from 9 am to 1 pm. All gifts are between 50 cents and $1. This is the same day as the First Saturday Book Sale. So be sure to take advantage of this fantastic offer to shop locally.

Community Tree Lighting

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All are invited to Stephentown’s fifth annual Community Tree Lighting and Carol Sing-Along to be held at 6 pm on Sunday, December 11 at the Veterans Park. Caroling will be led by Town Supervisor Larry Eckhardt and Edie Beach. Refreshments and socializing will follow at the Town Hall on Grange Hall Road.
The event is organized by the Stephentown Seniors. For more information call Cathy Lawless at 733-6508

Hoosick Falls Student Wins HOBY Award

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submitted by Brian Bushner
Hoosick Falls High School Sophomore Lillian Hickey will represent her school at next year’s HOBY state leadership seminar.
HOBY, the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Foundation, hosts weekend seminars for high school sophomores across the country each spring. The students are chosen by their high schools for their leadership abilities. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Student Wins HOBY Award

Operation Christmas Cookie At The HAYC3 Armory

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This year Operation Christmas Cookie is starting its ninth year of sending packages of homemade cookies to troops overseas during the holiday!
Operation Christmas Cookie is coordinated by Boy Scout Pack 6064 and Daisy Troop 1227. It was originally begun in 2007 by Suzanne Fitzpatrick whose son was then stationed in Kandahar. [Read more…] about Operation Christmas Cookie At The HAYC3 Armory

Petersburgh Town Board Hires B&L For Another $30K

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State Will Pay Another 6 Months Of Water Bills
by Alex Brooks
Supervisor Webster said the services of Barton & Loguidice (B&L) have been essential to progress the Town has made in dealing with the PFOA issue, and as they get deeper into the process of implementing the recently signed Consent Order, they will be needed just as much. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Town Board Hires B&L For Another $30K

Hoosick Falls District Has 22 Taps Above The 15 ppb Threshold

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HFCS release
The Hoosick Falls Central School took a total of 270 water samples on September 24 building-wide from classroom sinks, drinking fountains, and other taps, to be tested for lead levels in the water. The samples were collected by BOCES under the supervision of Paul Baker, the HFCSD Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls District Has 22 Taps Above The 15 ppb Threshold

Elementary School In New Lebanon Has 19 Taps Above The 15 ppb Threshold

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by Alex Brooks
At its School Board meeting on November 16, New Lebanon Central School District announced that it has received results of lead testing for the Walter B Howard Elementary School. Of the 98 water outlets tested, 19 tested above the 15 parts per billion threshold established by NY State. [Read more…] about Elementary School In New Lebanon Has 19 Taps Above The 15 ppb Threshold

Berlin District Has 51 Taps Above The 15 ppb Threshold

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by Thaddeus Flint
Water from the High School/Middle School and the Elementary School in the Berlin School District has tested positive for lead, it was reported at the Tuesday, November 15 School Board meeting.
According the District’s Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, Cyril Grant, 17 of 39 samples from the Elementary School and 34 of 94 samples at the High School/Middle School came back with lead amounts higher than the New York State accepted level of 15 parts per billion (ppb). [Read more…] about Berlin District Has 51 Taps Above The 15 ppb Threshold