Michael Drogos, Jr. graduated from the United States Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot in Parris Island, SC, on October 15. Mike was a June 2010 graduate from the Berlin Jr./Sr. High School and entered basic training on July 19. After a brief visit home, Mike will attend one month Marine combat training in North Carolina and then begin his military schooling in Quantico, Virginia, where he will study Intelligence as his military specialty field. Mike is the son of Michael Drogos, Sr. of Grafton and Heather Fry of Sand Lake, NY.
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January 17, 2025 Edition
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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, […]