Wide Horizons For Children, Inc., an adoption agency located in Pittsfield, MA, will be hosting an Adoption Information Meeting for those who are considering adoption. This meeting, which is free of charge, will be held at Wide Horizon’s office at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 67 East Street, in Pittsfield on Thursday, January 21, from 6 to 8 pm. An experienced adoption social worker will discuss the adoption process and be available to answer questions about adoption. Please register by going online at www.whfc.org, calling Lori Johnson or Jennifer Doane at 413-448-8367 or emailing them at ljohnson@whfc.org or jdoane@whfc.org.
Wide Horizons For Children, Inc. is the largest non-profit child welfare and adoption agency in the Northeast. Wide Horizons For Children, Inc. is a full service agency with 35 years of experience in adoption work and has placed over 11,000 children with permanent, loving families. Wide Horizons For Children offers 13 adoption programs including countries in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin American, Africa and the United States.
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Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced that the Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery’s annual spring seedling sale is now open and will run until May 14th. Each year, the nursery offers low-cost, New York-grown tree and shrub species for sale to encourage plantings that help […]
Narcotics Investigation Arrest
Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On January 7th, Kandie L. Stowell, a 40-year-old resident of Hoosick Falls, was arrested for the second time in a year following a three-month-long narcotics investigation. Stowell, who was scheduled to appear in Rensselaer County Court on January 8th for sentencing to probation in a prior felony case, was […]
School News
Man Facing Charges Following Sexual Exploitation Investigation
Berlin Central School District Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Press Release A Cropseyville man is facing charges following a sexual exploitation investigation by the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Unit. Justin K. Covell, 31, is being charged in connection with four separate incidents involving the sexual exploitation of four minors. In the Town of Petersburgh, […]
Varsity Swim Meet
Berlin-New Lebanon Swim by Tim Christiansen, Berlin Varsity Swim Coach Berlin/New Lebanon took their first loss of the season to a talented Mt. Anthony team. Mt. Anthony took a commanding 16-2 lead to start the meet by placing 1st and 2nd in the first two races. Berlin-New Lebanon would bounce back with George Lamphere-Webster winning […]
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Hoosick Falls Girls Basketball by Jeffrey Bernstein Meg Barber, now the head coach at NYU, is one of the best basketball players to come out of Hoosick Falls High School. The 1998 graduate’s 1,643 career points were the most scored by a female Panther when she left the program. Barber held that record until 2020, […]