Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Geo P. Completes A Sale Of Oxen
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Saturday, October 21, 1848: This forenoon I took my two horse wagon and carried six bushels and a peck of turnips to Hancock.
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Schools Announce Re-Opening Plans And Parent Meetings
by Doug La Rocque
On Friday, August 7, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that as of now, schools in New York State can re-open for in person classes, or a hybrid of on line and in person.
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Apartments and Retail Complex Proposed At Busy Cropseyville Corner
by Doug La Rocque
Following a Thursday, August 6 Brunswick Planning Board meeting that featured a rare rejection of a housing proposal and updates on the Verizon Cell Tower project and the Hoosick Road plan that includes an Aldi’s, the planners had an initial briefing on a proposal to create an 18 unit apartment building and two retail structures, at the corner of Routes 2 and 278.
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Most of Planning Board Resigns
by Alex Brooks
On July 29, five members of the Petersburgh Planning Board resigned as a group, effective immediately.
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Workshop on Mobile Home Law
by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board met on Monday August 10 to discuss the Town’s 2015 Mobile Home law.
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Memorial Library News
Food and Bake Sale at the Stephentown Library
The Stephentown Library will be holding a Curbside Food and Bake Sale on Sunday, August 23.
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Police Related Issues Main Focus At Village Board Meeting
by Doug La Rocque
It had nothing to do with the Black Lives Matter movement or Defund the Police, but more simply the fact the amount of service calls being answered by the Hoosick Falls Village Police Department continue to go up.
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Things Are Going Swimmingly At The Pool
by Doug La Rocque
The pool and summer camp programs are now well into the dog days of August.
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Ron Jones
A Celebration Of Life
On the evening of Sunday, August 30, Hathaway’s Drive-In will be showing a movie celebrating the life of Ron Jones.
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SVHC Awards Two Communications Honors
The Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) Marketing and Communications Department has received two prestigious regional healthcare communications awards from the New England Society for Healthcare Communications for work produced during 2019.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]