The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

New Water Source Announced For Hoosick Falls

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The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation has released their decision on how to provide a new permanent source of clean drinking water for the Village of Hoosick Falls. That decision calls for:

 Developing two new groundwater supply wells. Existing test wells south of Hoosick Falls will be converted to production wells; 

  • Retaining one existing village well. Redundancy is required in the case of an outage of the primary wells;
  • Constructing a water transmission line from the new wells to the village water treatment plant along public rights of way;
  • Continued operation of the public water supply treatment plant to remove naturally occurring elements, and ensure disinfection and distribution to meet applicable water supply requirements; and
  • Retaining the existing GAC treatment system to ensure removal of ambient organic compounds.

The two news well sites are on land off NYS Route 22 South of the Village, owned by Jeff Wysocki and Jerry LaCroix.

A full report and reaction to the decision will follow.

McLaughlin Charged With Misuse of Campaign Funds

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AG’s Office Claims Money Used to Pay Personal Debt

by Doug La Rocque

New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday, December 1, announced the arrest and indictment of Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin on charges on Grand Larceny in the Third Degree and Offering a False Instrument for filing in the First Degree, both felonies. According to the press release from the Attorney General’s Office it is alleged that in November 2017, after having won the election to the County Executive’s post but while still serving as a member of the New York State Assembly, a personal dispute erupted between McLaughlin and a staffer over

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Another Rollover in Tibbits Forest

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by Steve Bradley

At 2 pm on Wednesday, December 1, a tractor trailer combination rolled over, again, in Tibbits Forest on NYS Route 7. The eastbound truck, carrying pallets of floor tile believed to be headed to Bennington, lost control on a curve about three-eighths of a mile east of the Man of Kent Pub. The driver and the other occupant were

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Man Seriously Burned in Fire

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by Doug La Rocque with input from Sidewinder Photography

Shortly after 8 am on Friday morning, November 26, Stephentown firefighters were called to 4835 South Stephentown Road for a structure at Rainbow Ridge Farms. On arrival, Chief David Corlew reported the building to be fully involved and called for mutual aid from the neighboring Tsatsawassa and New Lebanon Fire companies. They also found 59-year-old Hanley Palmer in the driveway, badly burned. He was

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The Very First Stephentown Lighted Christmas Parade

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It Truly Was a Christmas Spectacular 

by Doug La Rocque with contributions from the SVFD

It might have been a bit chilly and snowy, but isn’t that what Christmas is supposed to feel like? Besides, the spirit of the season and the camaraderie experienced by those at the very First Stephentown Lighted Christmas Parade on Saturday, September 27 was certainly enough to warm the cockles of one’s heart.

It was estimated that as many as 500 people lined the parade route and gathered in Veteran’s Park for the parade from the Fire Hall and subsequent

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Petersburgh Planning Board Holds Another Public Hearing on “Glamping” Proposal

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by Alex Brooks

The Petersburgh Planning Board held a third public hearing on a “Glamping” (glamorous camping) development proposed for a lot on East Hollow Road. The project is proposed by Becca Benvie, and would include ten small structures designed for short term rental to tourists and vacationers. These tiny homes, with about 400 square feet of living space in each, will be served by driveways, two septic systems and two wells. They will have bathrooms, heat and electricity. The project is expected to cost in total about $1.5 million to construct, and the plan is to rent the homes in all seasons.

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Storm Damaged Bridge Is Reopened in Taborton

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Rensselaer County officially reopened County Route 42 (Taborton Road) to traffic on Wednesday morning, November 24. Taborton Road was reopened at the same time the Town of Sand Lake opened a section of Oak Hill Road that intersects with it.

Taborton and Oak Hill are the two remaining roads that had been closed as a result of

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Latest Tests Show No New Elevated Levels of PFOA in Poestenkill

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Rensselaer County Dept. of Health Press Release

A sixth round of sampling of properties in Poestenkill for PFOA has been concluded, but no new properties were found to have levels of PFOA above the State-permitted levels, the Department announced on Wednesday, November 24.

The results were finalized Tuesday and prepared for public release. Testing is continuing on additional properties in

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Expanded Testing Yields Further Contamination in Nassau

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by Chris Tergliafera

Expanded testing of water around the Rt. 203 NYS Superfund site has shown further contamination. The results of October testing were confirmed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday, December 1. The Rt. 203 site had previously been discovered as associated with the Dewey Loeffel toxic landfill, which itself is a federal Superfund site and is currently undergoing clean up of toxic wastes. The EPA conducted

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