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Hoosick Board Passes Resolution Supporting HAYC3 Takeover Of Armory

by Bea Peterson
It took less than 10 minutes for the Hoosick Town Board to pass a resolution supporting takeover of the Armory by the Hoosick Area Youth Center And Community Coalition (HAYC3). The special meeting was held at 7 pm on May 8. It was open to the public, but there was to be no public comment. Several members of the HAYC3 Board were in attendance.
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Profiles Of The Candidates For The BCS BOE

by Thaddeus Flint
On May 15, from noon to 9 pm, residents of the Berlin Central School District will go to the polls to vote on the $17,438,900 budget which entails a 1.98% increase in the tax levy, District taxpayers will also vote on two propositions. (more…)

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BCS Elementary School Properties Appraised At Zero

by David Flint
The market value of the Stephentown and Grafton Elementary Schools has been determined to be zero. At a sparsely attended public hearing Tuesday evening on the 2012-13 Berlin School District budget and the upcoming May 15 voting, Business Manager William Burke noted that the property appraisal reports had been received from the Bauer Appraisal Group of Albany and posted on the District’s website at Berlincentral.org.
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Rensselaer County Legislature – May 2012

by Kieron Kramer
Honoring Joan Rogers

In March the Rensselaer County Legislature passed a resolution memorializing Joan Rogers of Hoosick Falls. She died on January 22, 2012. At Tuesday’s session of the Legislature nine members of the extended family of Joan Rogers appeared in the well of the Legislature to receive copies of the resolution honoring her. District Five Legislators Stan Brownell and Lester Goodermote, who represent the towns of Stephentown, Berlin, Petersburgh, Grafton, Hoosick and the Village of Hoosick Falls, made the presentation.
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Country Music Radio At The Falls Diner

by Bea Peterson
On Friday, May 11, the Sean and Richie Morning Show from country music station WGNA in Albany will celebrate Small Town Month by remote-broadcasting from the Falls Diner from 6 to 10 am. Hoosick Falls was chosen for the first broadcast this year through an online poll. (more…)

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Congress At Work

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Village of Hoosick Falls Board – New Building Inspector

by Bea Peterson
During the regular meeting of the Hoosick Falls Village Board on Tuesday, May 8, the Board left the room for a short executive session. When they returned they voted unanimously to appoint Edward Holland of Cossayuna as Building Inspector for the Village. Holland’s part time position will be 24 hours a week, with a 90 day probationary period.
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New Lebanon Town Board – Campground Permit Race

by Thaddeus Flint
With race season, and the weather, heating up, Lebanon Valley Speedway owner Howard Commander was in the lineup at Tuesday night’s New Lebanon Town Board meeting defending his campground permit application for a campground that has existed since 1958.
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Hoosick Falls Health Center Renamed

by Bea Peterson
Effective May 1 the Hoosick Falls Health Center officially changed its name to The Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls. “Our old name didn’t really reflect what we do,” said Center Administrator Paul Corbett. (more…)

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Clara Barton And Civil War Medicine

by David Flint
Speaking at the Stephentown Heritage Center on Monday evening, Clara Barton (alias historic interpreter Phyllis Chapman) gave a riveting and entertaining talk about her battlefield experience in the “late Great War of the Rebellion.” Born and raised near Worcester, MA, Barton was drafted as a teacher at the age of 15. Having learned to deal successfully and non-violently with unruly boys, she much later took a job in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Patent Office just before rebel guns fired on Fort Sumter.
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