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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Letter To The Editor – BCSD Teacher Contracts Up For Renewal

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BCSD Teacher Contracts Up For Renewal:  Need Our Awareness And Input
To the Editor:
Why is it that the Berlin School Board and the Eastwick Press, although being most aggressive in communicating to the public about relatively peripheral Berlin School District issues like lead paint and the periodic Kabuki dance over the school budget votes, why is it that they utterly fail to communicate with the voters about the one issue that vastly more significantly affects the taxes we pay, namely the impending contract negotiations with the Berlin Teachers Association?
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Letter To The Editor – No Answers Given

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Dear Editor;
I am a loyal and faithful reader and subscriber to the Eastwick Press. I am writing with respect to your report on the Grafton Town Board meeting in the Feb. 18 issue of the Press. It covered several interesting topics. I was especially interested in the questions raised in the public comment period. I was frustrated because the report was incomplete.
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Letter To The Editor – BOE Member Supports The Bus Drivers

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To the Editor:
After being made aware of the situation on 1/19/11 with the  bus drivers deciding not to drive due to the icy weather that morning, I now have had the opportunity to review all the facts that have been shared with me. This included having the opportunity to hear both sides of the story from individuals who were directly involved. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – BOE Member Supports The Bus Drivers

Letter To The Editor – Just The Best

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To the Editor:
I have lived on roads maintained by the Town of Petersburgh all my life. During those 83 years I have seen Highway Supervisors and Highway crews come and go, in all kinds of weather. Recently we had two Northern storms of major proportions and many days of freezing rain and snowstorms over a very short time. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – Just The Best

Letter To The Editor – Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

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To the Editor:
In the caption of the photograph at the top of page 4 of the January 7, 2011 issue, it is reported that the Town of Grafton crew removed the Meneely Bell from the Grafton United Methodist Church. The fact is that not a single member of the crew participated in the bell removal.
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Letter To The Editor – The Youth Center Needs You

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To the Editor:
As 2010 draws to a close the Board of Directors and staff of the Hoosick Area Youth Center & Community Coalition are thankful for the support of the community that allows us to provide programs, services and assistance to youth and families. We are honored to be a part of so many lives, and we intend to continue to serve the Hoosick area for years to come.
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Letter To The Editor – Hire Residents Only For Town Jobs

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Dear Editor:
Earlier this year the city of Albany re-instituted its By-Law banning non-residents from working for the city. This is as it should be. Most cities and townships require their municipal employees to be residents.
In my Town of New Lebanon we always had a similar law on the books. However, on 3-10-2008, the Town Board passed an Amendment to this law that allowed any resident of Columbia County to work for the Town of New Lebanon. This decision was not made out of generosity or a need for employees, it was made as a means to cover the fact that the Town had been violating its own law for two years.
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Letter To The Editor – Let The Voters Decide

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To the Editor:
I think that the voters should decide the issues.
For the past six years the Berlin School District has been wrestling with several issues that need to be resolved. One that needs to be addressed now is what footprint do we want for our Elementary school(s). It would seem that the BOE has been unable to figure this out and with both sides entrenched (as the Superintendent has said) I don’t see a resolution coming anytime soon.
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Letter To The Editor – Bordering On The Obese

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To the Editor:
Two predominate themes during the mid-term elections were job creation and the size of government, and yet the Town of Berlin is poised to both increase the size and expense of government and eliminate any chance for job creation should it take title to the Berlin Lumber property. I’m all for growth and modernization, but this borders on obese.
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