Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board voted to accept Berlin’s offer and continue using the Berlin Transfer Station, pending approval of contract language for a new agreement between the towns. The monthly rental fee would be reduced from the current $1,000 per month to $700 per month, and the existing revenue-sharing arrangements would remain in place.
[Read more…] about Petersburgh Town Board Action – Transfer Station Contract Accepted
by Bea Peterson
On Saturday, September 12, the community turned out to take part in a special “Welcome Home!” program for Hoosick veterans who served during the Korean Conflict. That war began in July 1950 and concluded in July 1953. Often called the “forgotten war,” it ended as a standoff, and today, as at the end of World War II, Korea is still divided between the North and the South.
by David Flint
The Bella Terra Music Festival that drew crowds last month to Stephentown apparently did not cause as much consternation among local residents as in past years. No one showed up to complain at the Town Board meeting on Monday evening. Sue Demick did say that the noise got a bit loud at two in the morning on Sunday but on the whole she was pleased with the changes that the festival organizers made to tone things down. “My house didn’t shake,” she said, “It was much quieter – at least up until late Saturday night.”
[Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board Action – Bella Bella
by Kieron Kramer
The September Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, September 11, was short and sweet. It lasted one root beer barrel and one hot cinnamon candy. Berlin Town Clerk Anne Maxon provides hard candy for the meetings, and this month she included root beer barrels – the penny candy from yesteryear. They are highly recommended.
[Read more…] about Berlin Town Board Action – Short And Sweet
by Thaddeus Flint
The September meeting of the Berlin School Board, Tuesday, September 16, was a swift one, with only continuing construction in the District and transportation to Tech Valley High School demanding any discussion.
To the delight of probably a few young students, the Berlin Elementary School did not open when it was supposed to open on September 4 due to continuing construction in the building. The District decided to extend summer a few more days in the interest of safety, and BES opened for business on September 8.
[Read more…] about The BCS Board Discusses The Berlin Elementary School Construction
by Kieron Kramer
The agenda for the Grafton Planning Board meeting on Monday, September 15, had only one item of new business on it – the “application for site plan review for RJ Valente.” And so, it seemed, RJ Valente Gravel, Inc., was beginning the long awaited site application process in front of the Grafton Planning Board. Not so fast. No application was submitted at this meeting, and Jason Kappell, of Spec Consulting of Albany, the consultant for RJ Valente, said at the meeting that the decision to go ahead with the project, and therefore with the application process, had not yet been made.
[Read more…] about Grafton Planning Board Action – Cat And Mouse?
Abuse of prescription drugs has skyrocketed among teens. The first place they often find them is in a medicine cabinet. Many teens believe using prescription or over-the-counter medicines to get high is safer and less risky than using street drugs. They can also obtain them for free.
HAYC3 is inviting the community to drop off any unused prescription drugs to the Hoosick Falls Police Department on September 27 from 10 am to 2 pm.
Writer Robert Sugarman will read from his new mystery novel, Deadman’s Float, a Henrietta Brown Mystery, on Saturday, September 20, at 2 pm at the Berlin Free Town Library.
Sugarman sets his novel in a small Vermont town. It’s summer in the 1960s, and his Miss Marple-like protagonist, Henrietta Brown, arrives for her daily swim at a local lake. Much to her horror, she finds a dead man’s body staring at her from underneath the raft. She recognizes him immediately. He’s Al Kaplan, the much disliked President of nearby Kent College. Henrietta then finds herself totally immersed in the investigation.
A native of Syracuse, Sugarman is well known for his work in the theater. His full length plays have been produced at the H. B. Playwrights Foundation, Traveling Stage in Albany,, Oldcastle Theatre, Williamsburg Theatre Project, Southern Vermont College and Actors Alley (Los Angeles). His most recent play, Kaufman’s Barbershop, was produced by Shakespeare & Co. of Lenox, MA, in the summer of 2013. He and his wife, Sally, currently host a weekly radio show, Theatre Talk, on WBTN.
Sugarman has taught at Cazenovia College, Bennington College, SUNY Albany and Southern Vermont College. His other writings include Circus Learning Around the World (2001) and Performing Shakespeare: a Way to Learn (2005).
Come join us for a wonderful literary afternoon with Robert Sugarman. Copies of Dead Man’s Float will be available for purchase. Refreshments will be served.
