Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
By Amy Modesti
Tamarac High School hosted its first-ever naturalization ceremony, on Thursday, May 2. Seventeen individuals from Iraq, Russia, China, Australia, India, South Korea, Afghanistan, Trinidad and Nigeria became U.S. citizens.
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Early Morning Fire Leaves Six Homeless
By Doug La Rocque and Steve Bradley
Flames broke out around 4 am on Tuesday morning, April 23 at the Cold Spring Road home of the Retell family.
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Farrell Homes Plans To Relocate To Brunswick
By Doug La Rocque
Butch Farrell, the owner of the Grafton based business appeared before the Brunswick Planning Board on Thursday evening, April 18, to present his plans to move his modular home operation to the intersection of State Route 7 and Carrolls Grove Road.
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The New York State Department of Transportation is advising the slope repair work on Route 2 at Stewart Road will begin on Monday, April 29.
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By Amy Modesti
Although it was rainy, it didn’t stop children and their parents from attending the Easter Hop Saturday morning at the Brunswick Community Library to gather up their Easter eggs.
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By Doug La Rocque
A collision involving three vehicles Monday evening, April 15, sent three people to the Albany Medical Center, one by a Med Flight helicopter. The fourth patient was transported to Troy’s Samaritan Hospital.
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A New Way To Pay At Hoffman Car Wash
By Doug La Rocque
A redesign of the entrance into the full service car wash and the installation of automated pay stations garnered the approval of the Brunswick Planning Board on Thursday, April 4. The company was back before the Board that evening with the final details of the changes that they say have proven at other locations to speed up the traffic flow. They hope by this means to eliminate the backup of vehicles along the side of the car wash turning in off Hoosick Road (Route 7). At the previous meeting, the Planning Board agreed that the changes to the site plan were minor, and no public hearing was required. The Board also agreed there was no environmental impact created by the modifications.
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Submitted by Dr. Angelina Maloney
Along with over 100 students from the Capital Region, the Honors 10 class took part in the History Day competition at the State Museum in Albany on Saturday, March 24.
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New Director For Brunswick Community Library
By Amy Modesti
Brunswick Community Library is pleased to welcome its new library director Sara Hopkins.
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Submitted by Rachel Turetski
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineering Ambassadors visited the Berlin Middle-High School on March 29.
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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.