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Lawmakers Turn Up The Heat On Bail Reform
New Hoosick Falls Incident Fuels The Fire
By Doug La Rocque
The Rensselaer County Legislature, by a unanimous 19-0 vote, has approved a resolution that implores New York State to immediately amend or suspend the bail reform provisions by emergency executive authority, or any other means deemed possible by the State.
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High School Offers New “Responding to Emergencies” Course
Submitted by Rachel Turestky
The 2019–2020 school year marks the pilot year for Ms. Sandra Honsinger’s Responding to Emergencies class. This is a half-year elective offered by Ms. Honsinger, an American Red Cross First Aid/AED/CPR instructor and a Health and Physical Education teacher at Berlin Middle-High School.
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House Approved PFAS Action Act
By Doug La Rocque and a submission
from the Office of Representative Delgado
Last Friday, January 10, the United States House of Representatives approved legislation that will require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set a maximum contaminant level for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water, establish a grant program to help communities pay to remove PFAS from drinking water, and designate PFOA and PFOS chemicals as hazardous materials under the EPA’s Superfund program.
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Town Board Has Smooth Start To The New Year
By Doug La Rocque
It may not have been a land speed record, but it was certainly one of the shortest Berlin Town Board meetings in recent years, at 18 minutes. Why?
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Rensselaer County Ready to Build on Job Creation and Financial Success in 2020
Greetings to friends and neighbors in Eastern and Central Rensselaer County.
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No War With Iran
To The Editor:
As a military veteran from Hoosick Falls, who served in Vietnam with the Marines, I’m writing today to express my opposition to President Trump’s reckless escalation with Iran.
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Hoosick Falls 5
Berlin 0
Tuesday, January 14. Barbecue Recreation. The Panthers won with a total of 3454 pins to Berlin’s 2528.
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Cambridge 28 26 15 4 73
Saratoga Catholic 5 4 9 10 28
Friday, January 10. Sophie Phillips dropped in 19 points, Fiona Mooney added 11 and McKayla McLenithan 10 as the # 1 state ranked Indians romped over another opponent.
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Board Approves Purchase of New Truck For $227,000
by Alex Brooks
The first Hoosick Town Board meeting of the year commenced with a welcome for new Town Board member Jackie Houghton and moved on to updates on a wide variety of ongoing projects.
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Old Resolution Haunts own Board Meeting
By Doug La Rocque
There was a lot of business before the Grafton Town Board on Monday, January 13, but a 2015 resolution that called for all future resolutions to be presented at least five days before a meeting, nearly scuttled all the new legislation before the Board that night.
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19 Arrested In Latest County-Wide Welfare Fraud Sweep By Doug La Rocque Late last week Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Deputies, as well as State Police and other local law enforcement agencies, arrested 19 people who are alleged to have fraudulently accepted welfare benefits. You must be logged in to view this article.
R H E Stillwater 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 2 Hoosick Falls 4 3 0 8 X 15 6 1 Monday, May 6. Played at HFCS. You must be logged in to view this article.
Wellness Fair And 5K Run At BCS Submitted by Rachel Turetsky The Wellness Fair and 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 4, brought out many from the Berlin Central School District community in spite of the rain. The sky-blue 5K shirts on most of the 82 participants brightened up the cloudy day at the Berlin Middle-High […]
Budget Passes With 1.36% Tax Levy Increase by Alex Brooks The final version of the Budget for the 2019-20 school year was approved by the Hoosick Falls School board at its April 18 meeting. You must be logged in to view this article.
HFCS Unveils First Draft of 2019-20 Budget by Alex Brooks Hoosick Falls Central Schools Business Administrator Emily Sanders presented a first draft of next year’s budget, which showed a total increase in spending of 0.4%, or $102,097. You must be logged in to view this article.
From January 9 through January 18, the Junior National Honor Society members collected pasta for Hoosick Area Churches Assocation Food Pantry You must be logged in to view this article.