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120gallery90 Opening Reception May 24 At The HAYC3 Armory

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Come to the 120gallery90 on May 24 between 6 and 8 pm at 80 Church Street in Hoosick Falls for the opening reception of “In the Sanctuary of the Bird’s Nest,” by the Hoosick Artist Guild. This show is a series of transformed, abandoned bird’s nests from Hoosick Falls in The 120 Gallery.  [Read more…] about 120gallery90 Opening Reception May 24 At The HAYC3 Armory

Birding For Beginners At Dyken Pond

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On Saturday, May 25, a program, Birding for Beginners, will take place at the Dyken Pond Educational Center, 475 Dyken Pond Road in Cropseyville. Participants will start with the basics by learning binocular basics and easy techniques to identify birds by field marks and by bird song. We will identify at least ten new birds! The program runs from 8 to 10 am and is free. [Read more…] about Birding For Beginners At Dyken Pond

The Rev. William H. O’Dell, Jr.

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Grafton – The Rev. William “Billy” H. O’Dell, Jr., 87, of Grafton, NY, went home to be with The Lord on Wednesday morning, May 15, 2013, following a lengthy illness. Born and raised in Grafton, he was the son of the late William H. and Eudella Weeden O’Dell. Billy attended the Grafton one room schoolhouse and Berlin High School. Following school, he worked with his father in the family logging and sawmill business.
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The Life Of George Holcomb – Negotiating With the “Poor Masters”

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Thursday, July 12, 1827: On this day I rode to Dalton by way of Pittsfield and called on Doctor Right’s and I got a bundle of clothes that brother Wm’s wife’s sister left there.  That was Lucretia Barnhart a little deranged, and travels from place to place.  I called to Dalton today by a request of a letter from Miss Hannah Bassett for her mother, the widow Bassett, had died but a few days previous, and she wanted me to go to Lanesborough and see the poor masters about agreeing to take the widow Hannah Wheeler.  I called to Mr. Young’s but did not make any bargain, for he wanted to see the other poor masters, and then he would send me word what they could give a week for me to board the old lady.  I returned home through Hancock Village over the mountain by Potters, and it was nearly ten o’clock this evening when I returned home.
Saturday: I walked up to Doctor Allen Wos and got my son George Pease new shoes, and was charged 37 cts for the making.  I called to Wm Post’s to see if my said boy’s hat was done but it was not.  Today I took the single wagon and carried my wife and Mother Spring to Richmond to brother Jay Wylie’s on a visit.
Sunday: This afternoon my wife and I started for home and left Mother Spring with brother Jay a few days on a visit, we called at the Shakers to the foot of the mountain and they helped me nail on the skain of my wagon axeltree, and we stopped some time to rest our two children, for George Pease was quite unwell.  We called to Doctor Right’s and got two portions of calomel for him and then we called to Elem Tilden’s and paid 12 cts for two ounces of paregoric for our babe John Franklin.

Major Drug Bust In Stephentown

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by David Flint
The area around Losty Road and Southard Road in Stephentown is normally pretty quiet and peaceful. But around 4 am on the morning of April 30 things got noisy and chaotic in a hurry as various elements of law enforcement staged a raid on a house at the intersection of those roads. Neighbors reported lights and noise, choppers overhead and numerous police vehicles storming around the area.
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Stephentown Planning Board Approves Motocross Variances In Split Vote

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by David Flint
The Stephentown Planning Board has voted to advise the Zoning Board of Appeals to approve variances allowing a Motocross track in a residential zone. At a meeting Wednesday evening following a lengthy discussion of salient issues, the Board voted 3-2 to issue an advisory opinion to the ZBA that they approve Howard Commander’s application for a use variance for his proposed Motocross park. The project is proposed for a vacant field off of Webster Hill Road. In a separate vote they again voted 3-2 to advise approving also a setback area variance for an earthen berm proposed to be constructed on the west side of the park along a neighboring property line. The berm is intended to cut down on noise from the motocross bikes.
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Taste Of Hoosick Raises $5,842 For Food Pantry

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by Bea Peterson
Chowders, roast beef, pizza, pasta, wings, subs, shrimp, ice cream, cookies and much, much more were available for the sampling at the Hoosick Area Church Association Taste of Hoosick at St. Mary’s Academy on Sunday, May 5. While tasting the delicious food, folks enjoyed an excellent musical program presented first by Bill Gaillard and The Stardusters, followed by The Word of Life Singers from The Word of Life Bible Institute at Schroon Lake and winding up with show tunes by Bill Brown on piano and Martha von Schilgen on violin.
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State Of The Art Pittstown Town Garage Opens

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by Bea Peterson
After more than 15 years in the planning and three different sets of building plans, an Open House was finally held at the new Pittstown Town Garage on Route 67 in Johnsonville on Saturday, April 27. Set up on a hill and back from the road, the 11,956 square foot building sits next to a 3,840 square foot salt shed and eight rows of 50 kw of solar panels. It is an impressive arrangement. The salt shed was required to prevent runoff into nearby waterways. It was built in two and a half weeks.
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