Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Submitted by Kristin La Plante
Each year Texas Instruments (parent company of Radio Shack) sponsors a coding contest that challenges students to identify an everyday process that could be automated, design the enhancement, then use Texas Instruments technology to build a model of the solution. [Read more…] about Berlin Inventeam Wins It All
By Thaddeus Flint with Doug La Rocque
The music festival held June 7 through 10 resulted in large-scale drug arrests and one death. [Read more…] about
By Alex Brooks
The Edward Cottrell Bridge over the Walloomsac River, at the far end of Cottrell Road off Route 67 near the Vermont state line, has been ordered closed by the New York State Department of Transportation. [Read more…] about Edward Cottrell Bridge Ordered Closed Indefinitely by Inspectors
$3.7 Million Sewer Project Bid Tabled
By Jackolyn Houghton
The Village of Hoosick Falls held its regular meeting on June 12. One topic on the agenda was the sewer project. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Village Board
By Rebecca Gatto
On Friday afternoons on the front lawn of the Brunswick Community Library, a gathering of farmers, craftspeople and entrepreneurs materializes. [Read more…] about Brunswick Farmers Market Grows On You
Last Meeting For Laurin And Gormley
By Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board meeting held on June14 was the last for School Board President Greg Laurin and School Board member Laurie Gormley, who have both put in many years of School Board service. [Read more…] about HFCS School Board
No Objections To Town Board Taking Lead For SAFE Expansion
By Doug La Rocque
In the Spring of last year, the Berlin Town Board voted to become lead agency in the environmental review process of the proposed expansion of the Sustainable Aqua Farm Enterprises (SAFE) facility. [Read more…] about Berlin Town Board
By Alex Brooks
Siegfried Krahforst, chairman of the Petersburgh Water District Committee, spoke to the Town Board once again at its June 18 meeting, asking to be included in meetings with Taconic about its contribution to the Water District renovation project. [Read more…] about Water District Committee Seeks Role In Taconic Negotiations
Lovers Lane Parcel Sale Denied
By Thaddeus Flint
A vote by the New Lebanon Town Board at its June 12 meeting, recommending that Columbia County sell a parcel of land to the Corkscrew Rail Trail Association (CRTA) , failed, even after a majority of residents voiced –several times—their favor of the project. [Read more…] about New Lebanon Town Board
89 golfers took to the links Saturday, June 9 at the Dutch Haven Golf Course in Buskirk, to raise money for the Hoosick Area Churches Association Food Pantry, and by all accounts the tournament met and exceeded all expectations. [Read more…] about HACA Golf Tournament A Success
