Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
By Doug La Rocque
Rensselaer County 911 received a call about 1 pm on Monday, June 4, that the body of a woman had been located along a hiking trail just off Cumo Road in Johnsonville, part of the Town of Pittstown. [Read more…] about Johnsonville Woman Found Dead Along Hiking Trail
By Steve Bradley
Emily Erickson of Brittonkill Central School (Tamarac) was named Most Valuable Player of the Wasaren League for the 2017-18 season. [Read more…] about Wasaren Girls Basketball All-Star Teams
By Doug La Rocque
It was about 2 pm on Easter Sunday, April 1, when the Valley Falls Fire Department first got the call for a small structure fire at 116 Tomhannock Road, in the Pittstown hamlet of Tomhannock. [Read more…] about Tomhannock Barn Fire Burns For Two Days
By Doug La Rocque
Two Nor’esters in less than a week, and a third underway as we publish. It not only piles up to a lot of snow, but a lot of headaches for area towns and the Rensselaer County Highway Department. [Read more…] about Repeated Snowstorms Take Their Toll In Area
By Doug La Rocque
Saturday, February 3 was the annual Big Red Day, with basketball games starting at 8:30 am for the youngest hoopsters, and continuing right through the JV and Varsity programs that evening. [Read more…] about Big Red Day At Tamarac High School
By Steve Bradley
Boys
Mt. Anthony 38 – HF 65
Saturday, February 3 at HFCS. HF Overall 14-4, League 12-0. The Panthers dominated the Patriots from beginning to end. [Read more…] about Wasaren Basketball Roundup
The 33rd Annual Grafton Lakes State Park Ice Fishing Contest saw a record number of entrants, 297 adults and 68 youths. [Read more…] about Massive Turnout For GLSP Ice Fishing Contest
A house along Northern Turnpike Road in Johnsonville was destroyed by fire on Monday, January 8. [Read more…] about Johnsonville Home Destroyed By Fire
Three fires between December 27 and January 1 destroyed two houses and one steel storage building in the coverage area of the Eastwick Press. [Read more…] about Firefighters Busy In Eastwick Area
by Doug La Rocque
For as long as many people can remember, at least 18 years, Dianne Magisano-Olson assisted the late Lester Goodermote with his well known and respected tax business. [Read more…] about A New Tax Business Opens Its Doors
