Panther Football Wins Class C North Title; Sectional Game Friday

by Gary Danforth Last Friday night, October 16, Ron Jones’ Hoosick Falls Central School Panther football team took the long trek to Corinth Central School and beat the Tomahawks 21-7 to finish unbeaten in Class C Northern division, Section II play. HFCS won at least a share of a division crown for the fifth time [...]

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Talks On Stephentown School Continue

by David Flint With talks continuing between the Berlin School Board and the Town of Stephentown about what to do with the now empty Stephentown Elementary School and its grounds, the Town is now ready to commit to at least covering the costs of mowing and plowing. 

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Hoosick Falls Residents Under Boil Water Order

by Bea Peterson Hoosick Falls residents have been under a Boil Water Order from the Rensselaer County Health Department since Monday, October 19, when valves failed to hold while a repair was underway. Water Department Head Jim Hurlburt has been taking water samples to the Health Dept. and he expects the Boil Water Order to [...]

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Desperate Hours For Two Grafton Hikers

by John Leahy The author and his mother, Katherine (Kay) Frey, are both Grafton residents and members of the Friends of Grafton Lakes State Park. As all experienced outdoors enthusiasts are aware, the power of nature is always to be respected and a careless mistake can suddenly change a comfortable recreational activity into a desperate [...]

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Possible Mid-Year Cuts At HFCS

by Alex Brooks At the Hoosick Falls School Board meeting on October 15, District Superintendent Ken Facin said that he had received communication from the State Education Department about the Governor’s proposal to reduce State aid to schools for the current year, which, if adopted, would mean that the income the District has budgeted in [...]

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Petersburgh Town Board Action – Budget Hearing Set For November 5

by Alex Brooks Town Supervisor Peter Schaaphok distributed to the Board members a Preliminary Budget for the Town for 2010 which incorporated all the changes discussed at the Budget Workshop held the previous Wednesday. The amount to be raised by tax is $596,318, which is $9,473 more than last year.

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Stephentown Town Board Action – WWW.stephentown

by Erin Hogan Ms. Deborah Coppola, the Stephentown Court Clerk, started off the Town Board meeting on Monday, October 19, with a proposal to have a Stephentown website that covers hours of Town offices, location of Stephentown and places in the town, directions, special events and other important information.

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Eastwick Area 2009 Town Caucus Results

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Amy Manchester – Petersburgh Write-In Candidate

by David Flint In a telephone interview Neil Manchester, Chairman of the Petersburgh Democratic Committee, said there will be no Democratic candidates on the ballot due to an unforeseen emergency that caused a delay in filing papers, combined with an objection by Nancy Brundige.

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Hoosick Planning Board Tentatively Approves Cell Tower Expansion

by Gary Danforth The Town of Hoosick Planning Board meeting took place this past Monday evening, October 19 in the Hoosick Falls Armory with Chairman Jim Dunigan calling the meeting to order at 7:30 pm.

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