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Lip Sync For Cancer At BES
Submitted by Rachel Turetsky
Berlin Elementary School’s 7th Annual Lip Sync, on April 18, had over fifty students and also staff performing to a full house at the Middle-High School auditorium.
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Farewell Miss Angela
By Doug La Rocque
For the last six years, Angela Kanser has been sort of an institution at the Grafton Community Library. Her smiling face and charming mannerisms behind the checkout desk will be missed. She worked with young children in some very special reading and activity groups, and was always ready to help out whenever she could.
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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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Student Ambassador Alicia Minkler presented Ellen Strait, Ronald McDonald House volunteer and Berlin Central alumni, with just over $1,200 in donations.
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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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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.
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BSC Marine Biology Program At Via Aquarium
Submitted by Rachel Turetsky
Mr. Matthew Christian’s Marine Biology and independent study students at Berlin Middle-High School presented their baby sharks to the Via Aquarium in Rotterdam on April 9 and 16.
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Town Highway Employee Blames Residents For Some Road Problems
By Doug La Rocque
Once again, the Monday, April 8 meeting of the Grafton Town Board moved along quickly, until the public comment period.
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A Proposal For A Single Bus Run
By Irene MacCollar
On Thursday, April 4 at the Berlin Elementary School, the 2019 Elementary Science Fair wrapped up on the first floor while a Board of Education round table discussion began upstairs.
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by Amy Modesti Extreme cold? Check. Swimmers in crazy costumes jumping into Long Pond? Check. Petting huskies, Newfoundlands, bloodhounds, exotic animals and horses? Check. What do all these things symbolize? Cabin Fever! Single digit temperatures didn’t stop visitors from attending and taking part in this year’s Cabin Fever at Grafton Lakes State Park (GLSP). Gutsy […]
Submitted by the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office On Tuesday, January 25, the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 659 Church Street in the Town of Brunswick. The search warrant yielded an amount of methamphetamine, U.S. currency and several firearms. The Deputies report Kenneth R. Lozo, 36, was arrested and charged with: You must be […]
Contradictory Information by Chris Tergliafera At the January 18 regular meeting of the Berlin Central School District Board, Superintendent Joseph Dhara discussed some contradictory information the District has received from the State of New York regarding contact tracing for COVID-19. The State is telling schools they no longer need to contact trace, however they also […]
Contradictory Information by Chris Tergliafera At the January 18 regular meeting of the Berlin Central School District Board, Superintendent Joseph Dhara discussed some contradictory information the District has received from the State of New York regarding contact tracing for COVID-19. The State is telling schools they no longer need to contact trace, however they also […]
by Alex Brooks High School Teacher Brandon Trinkle gave a presentation on new agriculture education programs to the Hoosick Falls School Board at its January 20 meeting. Trinkle was hired as a business teacher, but has also offered agricultural classes this year, and the student response has been enthusiastic. 80 to 100 students are in […]
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 […]