Questions And Answers In Grafton
March 25, 2011 2 Comments
by Kieron Kramer When about fifty people show up at a Town Board meeting, something is definitely afoot. Such was the case on Thursday, March 17, when the Grafton Town Board met for its regular meeting which had been rescheduled from March 10. Most of the people in attendance were there to go on the [...]
Read more of this articleBCSD Contemplates Cuts To Eliminate Tax Levy Increase
March 25, 2011 6 Comments
by Thaddeus Flint The runaway train that is the Berlin Central School District budget continued its journey this Tuesday towards its unknown fate. Last week we saw its passengers, the School Board and the Interim Superintendent Dr. Brian Howard, agreeing that the way things were now they were heading towards disaster – disaster being an [...]
Read more of this articleHFCS Terminates Teacher
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by Alex Brooks At its meeting on Thursday, March 17, the Hoosick Falls School Board passed a motion terminating the employment of Lawrence M. Haskell, Jr. effective March 18, 2011. The District brought charges against him alleging “misconduct, insubordination, incompetence and conduct unbecoming a teacher,” and three hearings were held before Hearing Officer John Trela [...]
Read more of this articleSt. Mary’s Academy Needs New Roof
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by Bea Peterson More than 70 inches of snow has fallen in the area this winter. Seventy inches of snow that was routinely cleared off the flat roofs of St. Mary’s Academy. “Maintenance Supervisor Jerry McAuliffe organized groups of volunteers to shovel the roof,” said Principal Maureen Daurio, “sometimes Jerry was up there day and [...]
Read more of this articleMaple Sugaring Weekend In Berlin
March 25, 2011 1 Comment
by Thaddeus Flint Scattered among the purple mountains of Berlin, Kent Goodermote and Todd Hewitt of Kent’s Sugar House have some 900 maple syrup taps dripping sap drop by drop by drop into long plastic tubes spider-webbing down the hillsides toward collectors sitting at the bottom. This is the first part of the journey maple [...]
Read more of this articleGraves Disturbed At Meadowlawn Cemetery In Petersburgh
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The gravesite of Stephen J. Gaj Jr., located in a corner of the Meadowlawn Cemetery in Petersburgh, appears to have been desecrated sometime this March.
Read more of this articleStephentown Board Discusses Land Use Regs
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by David Flint Two things the Stephentown Town Board is focusing on lately are reviewing and updating the land use regulations and getting started on doing something to encourage business development in the town. Upgrading The Land Use Regulations At the Board meeting Monday evening, Councilman Bill Jennings reported that plans for establishing the Land [...]
Read more of this articlePetersburgh Town Board Action – Planning Board Front And Center
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by Alex Brooks At its March meeting, the Petersburgh Town Board agreed to a request from Planning Board Chairman Dave Miller to add a Planning Board page on to the Town web site. Miller said Planning Board Member Frank Sheldon had sent some material to Town Clerk Callie Crisp to be used to start the [...]
Read more of this articleHoosick Planning Board Action – March 2011
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by Bea Peterson There was a full complement of members at the Monday, March 21, meeting of the Hoosick Planning Board. At the February meeting there had been a quorum of four members, but the December minutes could not be approved because new Board Member Kevin Allard abstained from the vote since he had not [...]
Read more of this articleFacin Joins Hoosick Falls Health Center Board
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Kenneth Facin, Superintendent of Schools for the Hoosick Falls Central School District, recently joined the Hoosick Falls Health Center Board of Directors.
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