• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Eastwick Press Info
  • Contact Us

The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

  • Community Calendar
  • School News
  • Sports Outdoors
  • Obituaries
  • Letters & Comments
  • Church Directory

Pittstown Voters Nix New Fire House

April 15, 2011 By eastwickpress

by Brian Houle
On Tuesday, April 12, the voters of Pittstown voted against the proposed new fire house by an almost 2 to 1 margin, 269 against to 137 for. The projected cost of the new Fire House was about $1.3 million. Now the department will have to continue working out of a building dating back to the early 1940s which was once a one room school house. An addition was built in the 1950s which still has its original lead pipes and a single use bathroom with no decontamination shower to wash off in after bad accidents or dirty, muddy fire scenes. Chief Jason Harris was hoping that with the amount of awareness that this proposed project has raised recently that the taxpayers would be able to see through all the smoke and approve the measure. In 2010 voters rejected a similar project which would have resulted in a higher tax levy than this proposal by a vote of 196 to 153.

The crammed engine room of the Pittstown Fire Department. Photo by I.P.A.
The blocked off area is a small garage where the roof is rotted through and leaking. There is a yellow fire line that marks off the doorway to that area as dangerous. Photo by I.P.A.

Filed Under: Front Page, Hoosick, Local News, Rensselaer County

Primary Sidebar

    News Categories

    Archives

        Footer

        Local News

        Brunswick Town Board Highlights

        by Denise Wright The March 13th Brunswick Town Board meeting was filled with conversation and resulted in the passing of two resolutions. During the Building and Codes report, 25 building property inspections and 22 follow-up complaints were reported for the month of February. The State Uniform Code Administration Compliance Report has been prepared. The historian […]

        March 21st, 2025 Edition

        View this week’s entire newspaper: You must be logged in to view this article.

        Stephentown Board Highlights

        by Denise Wright The Stephentown Board’s St. Patrick’s Day meeting began with a moment of silence to honor former town board member Gerry Robinson. Robinson focused on “improving local service opportunities, protecting Stephentown’s unique rural environment, and increasing local jobs and amenities by encouraging economic development appropriate to the size, atmosphere, and well-being of our […]

        School News

        Berlin School Board Appoints New Superintendent

        Submitted by BCSD Communications The Berlin Central School District Board of Education selected Mr. Kenneth Rizzo to be its next superintendent of schools, effective July 1st. Mr. Rizzo was unanimously appointed by the board at its meeting on March 6th. You must be logged in to view this article.

        Wildcats Compete at the New York State Indoor Track Championships 

        Hoosick Falls CSD Indoor Track Submitted by HFCSD Communications The Wildcats put forth a great effort at the New York State Indoor Track Championships on March 8th. The girls 4×400, consisting of Emma Waugh, Mihaly Blake, Ava Salvsevold, and Erin Conety, had a huge upset in their race. Going in as the underdogs, the girls […]

        Winter Scholar Athletes and Varsity Teams

        Brunswick CSD Submitted by Brunswick CSD Communications Brunswick CSD is proud to announce its winter Scholar Athlete sports teams for the 2024-2025 season. The school fielded seven varsity teams, including Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Boys Wrestling, Competitive Cheerleading, Unified Bowling, Boys Indoor Track, and Girls Indoor Track. In addition to the exciting lineup of winter […]

        Copyright © Eastwick Press · All Rights Reserved · Site by Brainspiral Technologies