The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Letter To The Editor – Dumping Trash Leads To Personal Tragedy

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Dear Editor,
We have a neighborhood problem that is getting worse. Someone has been dumping trash and garbage at various spots in the village. One spot is near the Berlin Library. Everybody is heartily sick of this mess. Mr. Jaeger, our Town Supervisor, has not had time to do anything. The Health Department has been helpful but cannot act until some legal actions are possible. I have called the Code Enforcement Officer, Allan Yerton, but he has not called back yet.
Two days ago our valiant little cat, Violet, fought a rat that the garbage brought on. The vet said she suffered from severe rat bites. She died this morning. We are heartbroken.
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Letter To The Editor – Praising The Petersburgh Highway Dept.

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To The Editor:
I would like to thank all the guys from the highway deparment for a great job they have been doing on fixing our road. Our road was one of the hardest hit from Hurrican Irene. They have done a really great job in getting things back to normal.
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Letter To The Editor – Berlin Passes First Disaster Test

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I would like to thank the Berlin Fire Company and the Berlin Highway crew for all their efforts during tropical storm Irene. Without the effort put forth by these people the Town would not have been able to react to the damage incurred by the storm.
I would like to thank Cyril Grant and the Berlin Central School for helping provide mats so the firehouse could provide shelter to evacuees from the Aqua Vista Campground, also Deputy Supervisor Tara Fisher and her husband Torg for transporting the mats to the firehouse.
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Letter To The Editor – Setting The Rest Of The Story Straight

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To the Editor:
I’m writing with regards to your article, “Berlin Town Board Action – The Rest Of The Story” (August 26). Included in the notes from that meeting were a few words from Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger regarding Our Valley Community Farmers’ Market, located on Brimmer Farm Road in Berlin. First, I thank Mr. Jaeger for his continued support of this project, both by spreading the word and through his patronage. I do, however, think it’s important to address two unintended mistakes made by Mr. Jaeger during the Board meeting.
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Letter To The Editor – Does it Make Cent$?

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To the Editor:
Many Grafton residents are not aware there are plans to address the exterior of the Town post office, which is in a state of disrepair. At a recent Town Board meeting our Supervisor announced plans to re-side the building with an attractive composite siding. To install this product, it was stated, the existing clapboard siding would have to be removed, then the new siding installed. There are plans to hire a competent contractor as a temporary Town employee to preform the work therefore avoiding the need to pay “prevailing wage,” a significant savings to the taxpayers providing labor hours are carefully controlled.
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Letter To The Editor – EAB Up Close And Personal

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To the Editor:
After traveling through central, northern Ohio to visit my father, I can tell you that the EAB, or emerald ash borer beetle, is very real. The amount of damage to the ash tree population was visible from the Rochester area of NY to my destination, Findlay Ohio.  In Findlay, the effect was so acute that literally every ash tree was either dead or dying.
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Letter To The Editor – Flying With The Eagles

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Editor,
The Fraternal Order of Eagles has long been an organization built on liberty, truth, justice and equality, striving to make the lives of American and Canadian citizens better every step of the way. Never were those beliefs more clear than on August 14, 1935.
As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s pen graced the pages of the Social Security Act, allowing government assistance to the elderly for the first time, the mission of the Eagles became more than just a goal. It became a reality.
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Letter To The Editor – Answering A True Misrepresentation Of The Facts

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To the Editor:
This is in response to Micky Atwater’s letter in last week’s edition of the Eastwick Press. Much of the letter misrepresented the facts and was based on the belief that information regarding the problems with petitions should not have been shared with Mr. Zlotnick. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – Answering A True Misrepresentation Of The Facts