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Rensselaer County

January 15, 2021 By steve bradley Leave a Comment

County Ready to Return to Prosperity and Success in 2021

“Work lowering taxes and improving services, along with a courageous and compassionate response shows the strength and resiliency of Rensselaer County.”

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Schodack

January 15, 2021 By steve bradley Leave a Comment

Murder/Suicide in Schodack

By Denise Wright

The call came in at approximately 9:30 pm on January 13. New York State Police, Rensselaer County Sheriff, Nassau Police, and Schodack police responded to Angelo Avenue in Schodack to find a grim scene

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Grafton Town Board

January 15, 2021 By steve bradley Leave a Comment

Tri-Town Ambulance Service Gets Even More Complicated

Captain Allain Says He Will No Longer Pursue The Proposal

by Doug La Rocque

When it was time for the departmental reports at the Monday, January 11 Grafton Town Board meeting, Rescue Squad Captain Joe Allain handed each of the Board members a letter in which he stated he no longer intended to pursue the idea of a paid ambulance service covering the towns of Grafton, Berlin and Petersburgh.

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Hoosick Falls Village Board

January 15, 2021 By steve bradley Leave a Comment

Making Chickens Legal Village Wide

by Doug La Rocque

Following public comments at the December public hearing on Local Law #3, the so called “chicken law,” the Village Board at the January 12 meeting, decided to let the law as written, “fly the coop” so to speak.

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Brunswick

January 15, 2021 By steve bradley Leave a Comment

Elks Pitch In To Help Feed The Children

by Doug La Rocque

Many schools in the area sponsor “backpack” programs, under which students in need are given a backpack of food on Fridays to help provide nourishment for the weekend, when not in school. The Brunswick School District is one of these.

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Nature Photography by Trix Niernberger

January 15, 2021 By steve bradley Leave a Comment

Congratulations to Trix Niernberger, who has completed the training and volunteer requirements to become a Level 2 Master Naturalist!

Trix provides a photo on local wildlife and native plants for Rensselaer County’s community newspaper, The Eastwick Press.

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Berlin Central School

January 15, 2021 By steve bradley Leave a Comment

 

The Berlin Elementary School has announced the Merit, Mountain Guides and Mountain Climbers for December 2020. They are

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Letters to the Editor

January 15, 2021 By steve bradley Leave a Comment

Letters to the Editor

There Is No Place For Violence In Our Democracy

Dear Editor,

We are all outraged at the violence and destruction that took place in our Nation’s Capitol last week.

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Letters to the Editor

January 15, 2021 By steve bradley Leave a Comment

COVID-19 Is For Real

This is to all the folks who think the COVID-19 virus is a hoax or for some other reason do not want to wear masks or get the vaccine. Does your reasoning protect you from getting a cold?

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Troy

January 15, 2021 By steve bradley Leave a Comment

ValleyCats Find A New Home

The Tri-City ValleyCats organization is excited to announce that it has reached an agreement to become the 16th member of the Frontier League, the largest and longest running independent professional baseball league.

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        19 Arrested In Latest County-Wide Welfare Fraud Sweep By Doug La Rocque Late last week Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Deputies, as well as State Police and other local law enforcement agencies, arrested 19 people who are alleged to have fraudulently accepted welfare benefits. You must be logged in to view this article.

        Girls Softball

        R H E Stillwater 0 0 1 2 0               0 5 2 Hoosick Falls 4 3 0 8 X      15 6 1 Monday, May 6. Played at HFCS. You must be logged in to view this article.

        Berlin

        Wellness Fair And 5K Run At BCS Submitted by Rachel Turetsky The Wellness Fair and 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 4, brought out many from the Berlin Central School District community in spite of the rain.  The sky-blue 5K shirts on most of the 82 participants brightened up the cloudy day at the Berlin Middle-High […]

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        Hoosick Falls Central Board

        Budget Passes With 1.36% Tax Levy Increase by Alex Brooks The final version of the Budget for the 2019-20 school year was approved by the Hoosick Falls School board at its April 18 meeting. You must be logged in to view this article.

        Hoosick Falls CSD

        HFCS Unveils First Draft of 2019-20 Budget by Alex Brooks Hoosick Falls Central Schools Business Administrator Emily Sanders presented a first draft of next year’s budget, which showed a total increase in spending of 0.4%, or $102,097. You must be logged in to view this article.

        Hoosick Falls Central School

        From January 9 through January 18, the Junior National Honor Society members collected pasta for Hoosick Area Churches Assocation Food Pantry You must be logged in to view this article.

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