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Tamarac Boys Basketball #1 in the State

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by Doug La Rocque

A mere three weeks ago, those in the Wasaren League knew the Tamarac Boys Varsity Basketball team was good; now the entire State knows it. In a tournament in Rome, NY, the Bengals defeated what was then the top team in the whole State, Utica Academy of Science. Since then, they have also knocked off one of the perennial basketball powers in the Capital Region, the Class AA Shaker Bison. That and their continued dominance in the league has made people take notice, so much so that in the weekly ratings of all teams in the State (including parochial and New York City schools) the Bengals were labeled

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No Takers at Solar Construction Public Hearing in Brunswick

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by Doug La Rocque

The Thursday, January 13 Brunswick Town Council meeting opened with a public hearing on a request from CVE North America for a required zoning change to permit the construction of a commercial solar complex at the end of Belair Lane. CVE is asking that two parcels of land involved in the overall plat be changed to include an agricultural overlay, which would then permit a solar installation. No one spoke for or against the idea. The Council must now consider whether to permit the zoning change before the Brunswick Planning Board can move ahead with the site plan consideration.

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Brunswick Planning Board Meeting

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Mine Expansion To Be Discussed

by Doug La Rocque

Following their Thursday, January 6 meeting at which only subdivisions were on the agenda, the full Brunswick Planning Board was informed that the Valente Quarry, currently mining in the Town of Grafton but with land that reaches across the border into Brunswick, is considering crossing that border with their mining operation

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A Super(intendent) Job of Thinking Outside the Box

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by Doug La Rocque

Word is getting around town about a substitute bus driver for the Brittonkill (Brunswick) Schools. Not because she is special (she makes it very clear she isn’t) but because of the uniqueness of the situation. District Superintendent Dr. Angelina Maloney is now also known as substitute school bus driver Angelina Maloney.

In a conversation with Dr. Maloney, The Eastwick Press asked her how she came up with the idea to add bus driver to her resume. She told us “We have been facing a shortage of drivers for some time and this year it reached a crisis point. I tried many avenues of recruitment which still did not eliminate the problem so

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A Glimmer of Hope for Route 7 Traffic

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by Doug La Rocque

If you have ever traveled NYS Route 7 (Hoosick Road) during rush hour or on weekends, you have probably had a few not so pleasant words about the traffic situation. It is often backed up so it takes many turns of a traffic light to proceed, exiting and entering the road can be quite the challenge and is sometimes a nightmare for emergency vehicles. Traffic was a major topic of discussion for the Brunswick Planning Board when they deliberated the new Aldi, Hannaford and

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Brunswick Planning Board Meeting

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Highly Controversial Road Is No More

by Doug La Rocque

Vehemently opposed by neighbors in the housing developments behind the Planet Fitness on Hoosick Road (NYS Route 7), the planned rear access roadway into the Aldi, KFC and Wendy’s locations now under construction has been

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Contention Over PFOA Testing in Brunswick

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Supervisor, Former Council Candidate Spar

by Doug La Rocque

The Brunswick Town Council generally opens their meetings with a public comment session, and while on occasion some important points are raised, it tends to be a bit mundane. Not so at the Thursday, November 11 gathering. Former Town Council candidate Jennifer Mann stepped up to the speaker’s podium to ask the Town to test wells for PFOA and PFOS contamination. Ms. Mann had offered to help Town residents have their wells tested for the two suspected carcinogens at a cost of $350 per test. She indicated that so far she has personally collected 20 water samples and sent them to a lab. She said one showed trace amounts of

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Brunswick Planning Board

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Controversial Bus Parking Lot Proposal is Withdrawn

by Doug La Rocque

When the Brunswick Planning Board held its public hearing on a proposal by Matopato, LLC to construct a school bus parking facility at 291 Oakwood Avenue, it met with strong opposition by neighbors, who were concerned about

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Toys for Tots Another Success

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by Amy Modesti

For many years Brunswick Harley Davidson has hosted the annual Capital Region Toys for Tots Ride. The event is sponsored each year by the Marine Corp League, whose goal is to collect new unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to less fortunate children at Christmas. Once again, several hundred motorcyclists gathered

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Proposed Changes to Aldi Site

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by Chris Tergliafera

It took developer David Leon two tries and several years to see construction begin on the site for an Aldi grocery store, a KFC and Wendy’s fast food restaurant. Work on the Hoosick Road site has begun, but Mr. Leon’s representatives were back before the Brunswick Planning Board on Thursday evening, October 21, to ask for some modifications. The most important of these is eliminating the

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