Area Resident
The Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) is native to deciduous and mixed forests in North America, and a year ‘round resident here.
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Area Resident
The Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) is native to deciduous and mixed forests in North America, and a year ‘round resident here.
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SVMC Nurse Named Young Professional Voice
Submitted by SVMC
The American Organization of Nurse Leaders (AONL) has announced that Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s (SVMC) Katharine Green, BSN, RN of Pownal, has been selected, from a large pool of nursing nominees under age 40, as an AONL Young Professional Voice.
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Two Small Roads On Town Board’s Radar
by Doug La Rocque
Provost Road is a small cutoff between NYS Routes 22 and 43 with a big problem: large trucks and speed.
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Water District Citations Are Bogus
by Chris Tergliafera
Water District #2 Superintendent Benedikt Krahforst is taking issue with 3 violations handed down from the Rensselaer County Department of Health.
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Highway Super Seeks To Buy New Truck
by Alex Brooks
Petersburgh Highway Superintendent Adam Beaudry said he would like to buy a new plow truck to replace the Oshkosh.
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Transitioning To A Four Day School Schedule
New Lebanon Junior/Senior High School Principal Matthew Klafehn has announced that starting on Monday, March 22, grades 7 through 12 will begin in person classes four days week, instead of the two days as is the current schedule.
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Pittsfield Woman Busted
With Large Amount Of Fentanyl
NYSP Press Release
On March 13 the New York State Police from the New Lebanon barracks arrested Brenda L. McCartney, age 39, of Pittsfield for two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd degree including one count with intent to sell, a class B felony, three counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th degree, and Criminal Use of Drug Paraphernalia in the 2nd degree, both class A misdemeanors.
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Storm Water Management
Submitted by Councilwoman Mary Frances Sabo
With warmer weather approaching and melting the snow and ice, I’d like to introduce you to North Greenbush’s Stormwater Management Program Plan (SWMP), overseen by Eric Westfall, the town engineer.
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St. Patrick’s Day Walk
There was a decorating for St. Patrick’s Day contest leading up to the walk where folks put up “Get Your Green Lights On and Show Your Shamrocks” decorations at their homes, with about twenty homes doing their porches and windows in mostly green and white lights and banners.
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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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]