by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board met in a workshop session on June 1 to finalize plans for the District’s proposed capital project. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls School Board Settles On $18 Million Capital Project
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by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board met in a workshop session on June 1 to finalize plans for the District’s proposed capital project. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls School Board Settles On $18 Million Capital Project
An Astounding Feat Of Memory
by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board began with a presentation by math teacher Kevin Weeden. He said for many years he has celebrated PI day in his classroom. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Central School Board
by Thaddeus Flint
A discussion on communication during emergencies at the Berlin School Board meeting on Wednesday May 17, found Board members trying to come to grips with just how much information might be too much. [Read more…] about Berlin School Board Discusses Communicating In An Emergency
Hoosick Falls Central School District residents approved the proposed 2017-18 school budget on May 16 by a vote 298 yes and 121 no. 71% of the votes were cast in favor of the proposed budget. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls School District Budget Passes By A Comfortable Margin
Residents of the Berlin Central School District approved the 2017-2018 proposed school budget of $20,127,758 Tuesday by a large majority. [Read more…] about Berlin Budget Easily Approved, Zwack And Willis Re-Elected
Residents of the New Lebanon Central School District approved all three of the propositions on the ballot May 16, including an $11,855,000 renovation project. [Read more…] about School District Budget And Both Elements Of The Renovation Project Are Approved In New Lebanon
by Steve Bradley
The Lady Panther lacrosse team ran into a polished team in Bennington on Tuesday. [Read more…] about Ladies Fall To Mt. Anthony
Valedictorian – Ioann Popov
Ioann Popov, son of Oleg and Anna Popov of Petersburgh, has been named Berlin High School’s Class of 2017 Valedictorian. [Read more…] about Berlin High School Class of 2017 Valedictorian and Salutatorian
by Alex Brooks
New York State passed its budget just two days before the Hoosick Falls School Board had to pass its budget, so the District was able to receive reliable numbers on State aid before locking in its budget. But the news on State aid was not all good. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls CSD Budget Has 1.1% Tax Levy Increase
Colonie and Clifton Park NY — The Mother Goose Jazz Band, under the direction of composer/saxophonist, Josh Greenberg, will perform two concerts. [Read more…] about Children’s Jazz Concert To Feature Chuck D’Aloia, Noted Jazz Guitarist, At Two Local Libraries
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced that the Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery’s annual spring seedling sale is now open and will run until May 14th. Each year, the nursery offers low-cost, New York-grown tree and shrub species for sale to encourage plantings that help […]
Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On January 7th, Kandie L. Stowell, a 40-year-old resident of Hoosick Falls, was arrested for the second time in a year following a three-month-long narcotics investigation. Stowell, who was scheduled to appear in Rensselaer County Court on January 8th for sentencing to probation in a prior felony case, was […]
Berlin Central School District Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Press Release A Cropseyville man is facing charges following a sexual exploitation investigation by the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Unit. Justin K. Covell, 31, is being charged in connection with four separate incidents involving the sexual exploitation of four minors. In the Town of Petersburgh, […]
Berlin-New Lebanon Swim by Tim Christiansen, Berlin Varsity Swim Coach Berlin/New Lebanon took their first loss of the season to a talented Mt. Anthony team. Mt. Anthony took a commanding 16-2 lead to start the meet by placing 1st and 2nd in the first two races. Berlin-New Lebanon would bounce back with George Lamphere-Webster winning […]
Hoosick Falls Girls Basketball by Jeffrey Bernstein Meg Barber, now the head coach at NYU, is one of the best basketball players to come out of Hoosick Falls High School. The 1998 graduate’s 1,643 career points were the most scored by a female Panther when she left the program. Barber held that record until 2020, […]