The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

Petersburgh Appoints A Constable

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by Alex Brooks

The Petersburgh Organizational meeting began with an executive session, and when the Board returned to regular session, they appointed Gerald Russell as Town Constable and as Veterans Service Officer. Town Constable is a new position – it will be paid at $10 per hour on an on-call basis. Supervisor Siegfried Krahforst said the Town Board is still working on a job description for this position. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Appoints A Constable

HAYC3 And SVMC To Host A Free Health And Fitness Expo On January 10

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A Health And Fitness Expo will be held at the HAYC3 Armory, 80 Church Street in Hoosick Falls, on Saturday, January 10, from 9 am until 1 pm.

Sponsored in partnership with the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, this family friendly event is free to the public and will feature over 30 exhibitors and free screenings and workshops throughout the day.

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Hoosick Falls St. Patrick’s Parade Fundraiser

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 submitted by Kevin O’Malley

A fundraiser is planned for the Hoosick Falls St. Patrick’s Parade with the Hill Hollow Band on Sunday, January 18, at Brown’s Brewery in North Hoosick from 2 to 5 pm. Tickets cost $10. There will be raffles, snacks and toe tapping fun – and a cash bar.

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Petersburgh Town Board End Of The Year Meeting

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by Alex Brooks

The Petersburgh Town Board met December 30 for its end of the year meeting. There was about $49,000 of overspending in various accounts, and transfers were made from various underspent accounts so that none of the accounts would be overspent at the close of the year.

Supervisor Siegfried Krahforst said the Town had received its CHIPS money for the year, which was about $66,000, and a reimbursement check for expenses on the Broken Wheel bridge. He said over $100,000 had come in recently and he was expecting to have an unexpended balance at the close of 2014 of twenty to thirty thousand dollars.

Monolith Pulls Out

Krahforst also said he had a meeting with a representative from Monolith Solar, who told him that the solar electricity project planned for the hill next to the water tower was too small and they will not be able to do it. Krahforst told him he wished they had said that before the Town had all the trees on that hillside cut down in preparation for the installation of the solar panels.

He then discussed with Monolith the possibility of participating in a “community metering” project in which Monolith puts up a large solar project somewhere else and the Town agrees to buy electricity from it at a discounted rate.

Krahforst also told the Town Board that he is working with a free-lance grant writer named Julie Smith. He said the arrangement with her is that her services do not cost the Town anything. She gets a percentage of the grant if it is awarded. He said the Town is trying to get a grant for the Water District to replace all the meters.

Plowing Private Roads

There was a discussion about the Town trucks plowing private roads and driveways. Highway Superintendent Rob Cottrell said the Town has been plowing some private roads and driveways for many years, but he is concerned about it because the County Engineer told him he should never do private roads or driveways. The Board agreed that in general the Town should not do private roads unless it was necessary for the trucks to turn around. They suggested he talk with members of the Highway Liaison Committee about specific cases where it has been the practice to plow private roads.