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Board Refuses to Sign Consent Agreement With DEC On Landfill Cleanup
by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board meeting began with one member missing, as Jack Barnhill had a “business emergency” which kept him from attending the meeting.
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First Draft Of Budget Is Out
by Alex Brooks
Hoosick Falls School Business Administrator Emily Sanders released a first draft of next year’s school budget at the School Board Meeting on February 13.
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Native Moss
Fork-Mosses (Dicranum) is a genus of mosses with 27 species. Identifying the species requires a microscope and a moss expert.
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Sweet Treats
By Amy Modesti
Valentine’s Day brings roses, chocolate candies, romantic dinners, and 50 cent ice cream cones from Stewart’s Shops - and - home-made chocolate covered strawberries from the Berlin Free Town Library.
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An Olympian Performance By Berlin Students
Submitted by Amanda Hayes
On Saturday February 8, Berlin Middle-High School competed in the Capital Region Science Olympiad at Hudson Valley Community College.
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Town Board Approves Landfill Consent Order
By Doug La Rocque and Amy Modesti
For nearly two years the towns of Berlin and Petersburgh, through their environmental attorney Kevin Young, have been negotiating with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), over how to handle the PFOA contaminated leachate running out of the landfill the two towns shared until it was closed in the mid-1990s.
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Controversial Valley Avenue Apartment Proposal Withdrawn
DOT Says Yes To Another Traffic Light On Hoosick Road
By Doug La Rocque
When developer David Leon first proposed building a 202-unit apartment complex on land he owns behind Planet Fitness, and located off Hillcrest Avenue in Brunswick, it ignited a firestorm with residents in that area, and many others who were concerned about its impact on Hoosick Road (NYS Route 7) traffic, already described by many, including town officials, as a mess.
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Cambridge Central junior Lilly Phillips, center, stands with her parents, Edith and Bob Phillips, after the game where she scored the 1,000th point of her career.
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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.