The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Brunswick Planning Board

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Verizon Cell Tower Clears One More Hurdle

by Doug La Rocque

The Brunswick Planning Board has declared that the Verizon Wireless plan to construct a cell tower on land at the corner of Creek Road and Menemsha Lane, in the southern portion of the town, will not have any significant environmental impact.

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Pittstown

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Truck Slips, Pins SUV Against Guard Rails

A pickup truck towing a horse trailer with one horse aboard slipped into the other lane on a greasy Route 7 Monday afternoon, January 11 and pinned a SUV with one man inside against the guard rails, leaving the man unable to exit the vehicle.

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Grafton

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Legislators Donate To  Grafton Rescue Squad

On Sunday, January 9, Rensselaer County’s 5th District legislators stopped by the Grafton Rescue Squad to give Captain Joe Allain a check for $400, to help defray the squad’s expenses.

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Hoosick Town Board

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Town of HoosickDealing With Broken Equipment

Bucket Loader Died

By Alex Brooks

Highway Superintendent Bill Shiland was unable to attend the Board meeting on Monday evening January 11 because he was still trying to get the roads salted and sanded after the snow squalls that had come in that afternoon.

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Hudson

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Board Of Supervisors Chair Blasts Vaccine Distribution System

by Doug La Rocque

In a statement released by his office on Tuesday, January 12, Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chairman Matt Murell was very critical of New York State’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout, saying “this situation has gone beyond crazy.”

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The Life Of George Holcomb

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Another Trip North To Buy Sheep

by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks

Saturday, Sept. 28, 1849: This evening I carried potatoes and apples in the celler and on this evening my two sons watched to catch the dogs that killed two of my sheep on my Rodgers farm but no dogs came.

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Hoosick Falls

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The Need Still Exists

Food Provided for Hundreds Of Families

Photo and Story by Steve Bradley

Last August a multitude of families from around Hoosick Falls made their way to a Mass Food Giveaway in the parking lot of the Hoosick Falls Central School.

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