Hoosick/Bennington – Beverly (Bev) Ann Flynn, a resident of Walloomsac, NY, and most recently of the Bennington Health and Rehabilitation Center (BHR) in Bennington, VT, died peacefully Thursday night, February 13, 2014. Born on February 5, 1939, she was the third and youngest daughter of the late Robert and Audria (Lynch) Barnes.
Immaculate Conception Church Repairs Underway
The Life Of George Holcomb – Charlotte Has A Bad Night With Asthma
Tuesday, August 10, 1830: This forenoon we mended fence on my Rodgers farm and reaped a few lodged oats. We drove home the unruly steer to put a larger yoke, and this afternoon we drew in our spring rye. This afternoon our hired girl Esther Sheldon went with the horse and wagon to Hancock to get her shoes mended, and I had her call to Wm Hadsell store and had half a pound tea charged, 20 cts.
Tuesday, August 16: We hayed on my Rodgers Farm and finished haying, said Asa Sheldon helped towards his rent, and brother Sylvester helped towards his rent.
Wednesday: Today we finished haying. Asa Sheldon helped and brother Sylvester, to pay their house rent. Today, cousin Clarissa Hamlet came to our house on a visit with three children to stay a few days. They live in Troy.
Saturday: My hired boy Ancil Ingram rode down with me this evening to the pool. I have been quite unwell today with a pain in my left shoulder, neck and head.
Sunday: I continue unwell and I took a portion phisic of castor oil, soaked myself in hot water, and put drafts on my feet.
Monday: Today I remain unwell but getting better. This afternoon I rode up to brother Wm and put my horse side his and we went to Platt’s mill and got a load two-inch black oak planks and fetched them to his house, and then I borrowed nine of said plank and took the same team and fetched them home to make a hog pen floor
Tuesday: We plowed and shoveled dirt and leveled the dirt to set a hog pen. I cut and hewed the timbers and laid the floor. Some rainy and we put up part of a load of potatoes and apples for market.
Wednesday: Today I put a horse side of brother Wm’s into his wagon and we went to Pittsfield with apples and five of potatoes. I sold them from twenty five cts to forty cts per bushel, and the apples from 33 cts to 40 per bushel. I got in all for the apples and potatoes about three dollars and sixty seven cents. We got home before night. Tonight my oldest daughter Charlotte E. was quite unwell with the asthma. I sat and held her in my lap and rocked her. She was so stopped up she could not lie down and breathe easy. Tonight a traveler stays with us, he paid sixteen cts for his supper, lodging and breakfast.
Thursday: This morning I took the single wagon and I and my wife went to Elijah Graves with our daughter Charlotte and he gave medicine. I got a portion of phisic for my self and said doctor gave me a writing to show to the Capt to clear me from military duty if I was called on to training today.
Patricia Jean Sherman
Stephentown/New Lebanon – On February 5, 2014, Pat Sherman of Stephentown, NY, left the earth she loved so well. Born downstate, daughter of the late Lucille and Maury Medwick, she always knew there must be a place where she could live freely and unpretentiously, and once she found that place, she never left. She was an idealist and a realist who understood that the wilderness where she made her home had to be respected and fought for – she was a fighter through and through. She had little use for the things most people worried about – possessions, luxuries, even conveniences like electricity – but could love a tree to distraction and would go to any lengths to protect the creatures of the woods, many of which she rescued during her many years as a wildlife rehabilitator. It was not unusual for her to call a wild raccoon by name and see it come to her door. Her grandchildren remember how much fun it was to be with her; she had a wicked sense of humor.
In recent years she ran her antique shop in New Lebanon, NY, with the honest warmth, courtesy and cheerfulness she brought to her family, friends and the community that meant so much to her. Pat was too unsentimental to want to hear compliments like these, but those who loved her can’t hold them back now.
She leaves behind her children, Kelly Striefler of New Hampton, Bill Smith, of Stephentown and Kevin Smith of New Lebanon, her sisters, Sue Egen of Tucson, AZ, and Cathy Medwick of Somers, NY, and her grandchildren, Katelyn, Kimberly, Martin and M.J., Freling, Jessica, Candy, Linda, Michelle, William Jr., Jeanie and Kevin Jr.
Friends are invited to gather for refreshments and to celebrate Pat’s life at Smitty’s Pizza and Subs, Route 20, New Lebanon on Saturday, February 22, between 1 and 3 pm.
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Half A Century! Wes Edwards Honored
by Kieron Kramer
Wesley Edwards of Stephentown and his family came into the well of the Rensselaer County Legislature on Tuesday to be presented with a copy of the resolution passed by the Legislature last month honoring him for having served as Stephentown Town Justice for 50 years. [Read more…] about Half A Century! Wes Edwards Honored
Town of Hoosick Board Action – No Salt
by Bea Peterson
While giving his report to the Hoosick Town Board on Monday, February 10, Highway Superintendent Bill Shiland III announced that the Town is out of highway salt and he can’t get any. [Read more…] about Town of Hoosick Board Action – No Salt
Grafton Town Board Action – Pierce Hoyt Appointed Town Justice
by Alex Brooks
The Grafton Town Board this week interviewed, in executive session, three applicants who had expressed interest in serving as Town Justice to fill the vacancy created when Frank Higgins was appointed Supervisor last Spring. [Read more…] about Grafton Town Board Action – Pierce Hoyt Appointed Town Justice
New Lebanon Town Board Action – Noise Begets Noise
by Thaddeus Flint
The February Town Board meeting Tuesday night in New Lebanon was a full house. Was it the proposed noise ordinance? Was it the latest sequel of Covenant Road? Or maybe it was just February cabin fever and there was nothing else happening in town. It’s difficult to say.
The proposed noise ordinance is starting to make a lot of noise. [Read more…] about New Lebanon Town Board Action – Noise Begets Noise
Village Of Hoosick Falls Board Action – Residents Responsive To Snow Emergency
by Bea Peterson
At the Hoosick Falls Village Board meeting on Tuesday, February 11, Trustee Bob Ryan said he was pleased with how responsive residents were to the Snow Emergency policy recently re-established throughout the Village. He said he was told by members of the Highway Department that the cleanup after the most recent storm was the easiest it had been in years. [Read more…] about Village Of Hoosick Falls Board Action – Residents Responsive To Snow Emergency