The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

East Nassau Village Board Highlights

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by Denise Wright
On July 10th, the Village of East Nassau held a brief board meeting and efficiently completed its monthly business.

The treasurer reported that she has received approximately $30,000 in property taxes so far this year. She asked the board to submit any requests by the Monday before the monthly meetings so she would be able to prepare invoices in a timely manner. The board also approved the treasurer's purchase of return envelopes to improve communications with residents.

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Baldwin Memorial Award Winner Announced

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Submitted by Stephen Oberon
The Lebanon Valley Historical Society (LVHS) is proud to announce Gabriel Kalisz of Canaan as the 2024 recipient of the Bruce Baldwin Memorial Award.

As part of his stellar high school career, which included being named Valedictorian of his graduating class, Gabe has taken a number of university-level courses, including US History, earning an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors and Annotations of Mastery in Math and Science. This fall he will be continuing his education at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, and plans to major in Electrical Engineering.

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Welcome to Town Meet and Greet

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Are you a Stephentown resident who would like to meet and greet your new neighbors and meet new friends? Join us on Sunday, July 21st, at 11 am at the Stephentown Memorial Library for a casual welcome reception. We'll be serving brunch items, coffee, and beverages. Bring a cup of your favorite summer fruit to add to a community fruit salad.

When you join us you’ll be offered a tour and opportunities to:

• Learn about local organizations like Stephentown’s Volunteer Fire Department, Veterans group, the food pantry, and the Stephentown Historical Society.

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Local Food Pantry Provides Summer Lunch Program

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Submitted by BCS Communications
Thank you to the Berlin Community Food Closet volunteers and coordinator Dianne Mosher for providing a Summer Lunch Program for students and families in need residing in the Berlin Central School District. The Berlin Community Food Closest is helping to support 47 children from the 23 families enrolled.

This past Saturday was the first pick-up for the eight-week program. Each week families pick up a five-gallon pail filled with lunch-making supplies. The themes this summer are camping, Italian, aloha, Christmas in July, beach, fiesta, baseball, and breakfast for lunch.

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A July 4th Tradition Continues

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Courtesy of Rensselaer County
Thanks to all the organizers of the July 4th Parade in the Town of Berlin. Berlin annually holds an Independence Day parade that features everything from fire trucks to farm equipment to floats while drawing a big crowd in the small community.

The always excellent parade was one of the best this year, with beautiful weather and enthusiastic spectators lining the route to see floats and marchers show how fun, energetic, and patriotic the annual event truly is.

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Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Event

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Submitted by the Rensselaer County Legislature
Rensselaer County, the City of Troy, and the Town of Bethlehem are partnering on an inter-county Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) disposal program for 2024. The program consists of four events providing residents of the participating municipalities the opportunity to safely dispose of hazardous materials not accepted through normal garbage collection service.

The next event will be Saturday, July 27th at the Town of Schodack Highway Garage in Nassau, 3776 U.S. Route 20.

Participating Municipalities for this event are the Towns of Schodack, Nassau, North Greenbush, Sand Lake, Poestenkill, and Bethlehem, as well as the Cities of Troy and Rensselaer.

The disposal events are a free service available to residents of the participating municipalities only. Advance registration is required, and residents who have not pre-registered will be unable to utilize the program. Residents must

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HACA Back-2-School Boost Program

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For the 19th year, backpacks are being filled with age-appropriate school supplies for students in grades Pre-K through 6. Requests for backpacks have been rolling in to the pantry as more people are seeking assistance both for food and other necessities for their children. Thanks to the generosity of caring people such as yourself, backpacks, paper, markers, pens, glue, tissue, rulers, pencils, and pencil boxes plus many other items are being gathered and sorted by volunteers.

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Suzanne A. Putnam – Obituary

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Grafton – Suzanne Avis Putnam was born in Troy on February 17th, 1946 and passed June 30th, 2024. She was predeceased by her mother, Mary “Betty” Sciacco and her step father, Joseph Sciacco, Sr., her father, Charles Moore; her husband, Kent Putnam; and her sister, Nancy Moore. She is survived by her son, Seth Putnam; her brother, Joseph Sciacco Jr. and his wife Patricia; a nephew, Ryan Sciacco; niece, Nicole Sciacco; niece, Allison Kirchner and her husband, Matthew; and a great nephew, Scott Hallenbeck. Suzanne also valued her many close friends.

Suzanne enjoyed helping others, music, painting, landscaping, decorating for various holidays, baking, crafts, and early American life. She was a dedicated Grafton Town Clerk and Town Secretary for over 30 years. [Read more…] about Suzanne A. Putnam – Obituary