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 [...]

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Congress At Work

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Child Left On School Bus

by David Flint A three year old child supposed to be attending Capital District Beginnings preschool in Berlin on Monday, April 16, was instead left on a bus alone for three hours. New York State Police reported that the bus, owned by Northland Transportation, dropped several students off at Capital District Beginnings in Berlin at approximately 9 [...]

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Rensselaer County Legislature – Tickets In Petersburgh

by Kieron Kramer In an interview after the Rensselaer County Legislature’s session on Tuesday, District 5 Legislators Stan Brownell and Lester Goodermote reported that they had received complaints from their constituents about tickets being given by State Police to truckers on Route 22 at the Route 2 overpass in Petersburgh. District 5 includes the towns [...]

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Luis Weierbach At Youth Summit

The County sponsored Youth Summit event at the Troy Hilton Garden Inn was attended by approximately 200 students from throughout Rensselaer County who have created and participated in programs in their schools aimed at keeping their peers from using drugs or alcohol.

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Greenway Check Presented At Berry Patch

by David Flint Rensselaer County’s Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan got a boost Tuesday in the form of a check from the Hudson River Valley Greenway. The check was presented at the Berry Patch of Stone Wall Hill Farm in Stephentown in view of the fact that that farm received farmland protection in 2009 aided [...]

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Rensselaer County Legislature – Prominent Grafton And Babcock Lake Resident Honored

by Kieron Kramer The family of Charles Hamill of Grafton entered the well of the Rensselaer County Legislature on Tuesday night to receive copies of the resolution passed last month that memorialized him. Charles J. “Charlie” Hamill died on January 23, 2012.

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Woman Rescued From Walloomsac River

by Bea Peterson Deputy Matthew Trolio of the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at 2 am, Friday, March 2, and assisted in the rescue of a woman who had fallen into the Walloomsac River on Factory Hill Road in Hoosick. Her upper body lay on the bank while her lower body [...]

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Rensselaer County Legislature – HFCS Girls Rule

by Kieron Kramer While their parents, relatives and friends filled the gallery of the Legislative Chamber during the presentation period of the Rensselaer County Legislature’s regular meeting on Tuesday, February 14, the Hoosick Falls State Class C Co-Championship Girls Soccer Team entered the well of the Legislature with their coach to receive copies of the [...]

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Rensselaer County Legislature Honors Neil Manchester

by Kieron Kramer During the presentation period of the Rensselaer County Legislature’s regular meeting on Tuesday, February 14, the family of Neil Manchester of Petersburgh came to the podium in the well of the Legislature to be presented with the resolution passed at a special session on December 20 honoring their patriarch.

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