VPS Control Systems Achieves SHARP Status
January 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
by Alex Brooks A ceremony was held at VPS Control Systems, Inc., this week to acknowledge the company’s achievement of SHARP status. The Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) is an OSHA program that recognizes small businesses which operate an exemplary safety and health management system.
Read more of this articleTwenty Years And Still Kicking
January 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
by Bea Peterson The Eastwick Press begins its 20th year of publication with this first issue of 2012. Over that time it has grown from an 8½ by 11 inch monthly news sheet to the 16 page weekly tabloid size newspaper it is today. Circulation has grown from less than 100 to near 2,000. Begun [...]
Read more of this articlePetersburgh Organizational Meeting 2012
January 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
by Alex Brooks Incoming Petersburgh Town Supervisor Siegfried Krahforst said he would like to set up some committees to move the Town forward. He hopes that interested citizens will join these committees. He suggests that each committee have two citizens and one Town Board member on it. He would like to appoint a committee to [...]
Read more of this articlePetersburgh Ambulance Saves A Young Life
December 22, 2011 2 Comments
Family Travels From Rhode Island To Thank Squad Members by Alex Brooks On Sunday September 4, 17 year old Nathan Therien was driving through Petersburgh when he suddenly and very unexpectedly went into cardiac arrest. This was on Route 22 near the intersection with Prosser Hollow Road. Nathan’s 20 year old sister, Paige, was in [...]
Read more of this articlePetersburgh Town Board Action – Duane Goodermote Jr. Appointed to Town Board
December 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
by Alex Brooks The Petersburgh Town Board accepted with regret the resignation of Amy Manchester. She is giving up her position on the Town Council to take up her duties as the new Town Justice. Amy recently attended a training course for new Town Justices at SUNY. She said it was hard, but she got [...]
Read more of this articleKelsey O’Dell – VFW Voice Of Democracy
December 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
by David Flint Kelsey O’Dell, daughter of Lecia and Larry O’Dell of Petersburgh, has been selected as the winner of the Berlin High School Voice of Democracy Essay Contest. Since 1947 the Voice of Democracy has been the premier scholarship program of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Each year more than 50,000 high school students [...]
Read more of this articleLetter To The Editor – Focus On Christ During The Holiday Season
December 22, 2011 1 Comment
To the Editor: Two things drive me crazy during this season: the focus on the secular and (ashamedly) the never ending requests for donations. The latter changed Saturday when I visited my sister. She is schizophrenic and in a nursing home. She has been crazy for 51 of her 69 years, yet she is a [...]
Read more of this articleCorkscrew Rails And Tales: History Of The Rutland RR From North Bennington To Chatham
December 16, 2011 2 Comments
by David Flint For those in the Taconic Valley who remember the days when the trains of the Rutland Railroad were part of the daily scene, or for those who just have a nostalgic interest in railroading, James R. “Jim” Jones has created a special treat. The radio personality, railroad buff and media professional has [...]
Read more of this articleFree Haircuts For Vets In Petersburgh
December 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
Beginning Monday, December 19, Victoria Clark, a local retired Licensed Hair Stylist, will offer free haircuts at the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center for all veterans and for families of deployed servicemen and women. Appointments will be available on a regular basis Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9 am to 12 pm, Tuesday evening [...]
Read more of this articleHoosac School Boar’s Head Pageant
December 16, 2011 Leave a Comment