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Hoosic Valley 0 at Hoosick Falls 4
Thursday, 1/7. The Hoosick Falls bowling team finished its 2018-2019 regular season with a 4-0 win at Hoosic Valley on Thursday. Hoosick Falls finished with a total of 3428 pins to Hoosic Valley’s 3099 pins.
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The weather turned cold enough last week that the annual Ice Fishing Contest at Grafton Lakes State park went off without a hitch. Here are the results as sent to The Eastwick Press.
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The New Lebanon Central School District has begun the process of registering students for the 2019-20 Kindergarten class.
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Award Winning Staff At SMA
Submitted by Principal Amanda Goyer
Last week, students and staff at SMA surprised Mr. Anthony and Patricia Hayes with some award-winning news!
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Trading In Potatoes, Starting The School House
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Sunday, May 18, 1845: This evening I walked over to Adam Brown’s and bargained with his son Wm. for ten bushels of potatoes at 37 cts per.
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All Clear Sounded Saturday Morning
By Doug La Rocque
By 1 am Saturday morning, January 12, the last of the three propane laden tank cars that derailed Wednesday evening, had been removed without incident, and the remainder of the area residents evacuated, were allowed home
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War Of Words Over Highway Issues Grows
By Doug La Rocque
While no one was accused of being a liar, as was the case at the December Town Board meeting, the verbal exchange of accusations between the board, Highway Superintendent Herb Hasbrouck, Highway Department employees and many members of the community lasted well more than an hour, at the Monday, January 14 meeting.
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Board Scoping Proposed Capital Project
by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board reviewed detailed scoping documents for a capital project at a special meeting held January 9.
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Spa Catholic 15 10 19 8 52
Tamarac 19 24 19 12 74
Friday, 1/11. A Tamarac 24 point second quarter put Spa Catholic in a hole they could not dig out of. Tamarac’s Brandon Napoli had 18 and Anthony Ciampolilllo chipped in 12.
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Historic Picture Series
This picture of the Eagle Bridge Hotel, aka Brown’s Hotel, was submitted by Lois Bouchard, who tells The Eastwick Press, her great-grandfather owned and operated the hotel from the early 1890’s until his death in 1910.
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by Denise Wright The March 13th Brunswick Town Board meeting was filled with conversation and resulted in the passing of two resolutions. During the Building and Codes report, 25 building property inspections and 22 follow-up complaints were reported for the month of February. The State Uniform Code Administration Compliance Report has been prepared. The historian […]
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by Denise Wright The Stephentown Board’s St. Patrick’s Day meeting began with a moment of silence to honor former town board member Gerry Robinson. Robinson focused on “improving local service opportunities, protecting Stephentown’s unique rural environment, and increasing local jobs and amenities by encouraging economic development appropriate to the size, atmosphere, and well-being of our […]
Submitted by BCSD Communications The Berlin Central School District Board of Education selected Mr. Kenneth Rizzo to be its next superintendent of schools, effective July 1st. Mr. Rizzo was unanimously appointed by the board at its meeting on March 6th. You must be logged in to view this article.
Hoosick Falls CSD Indoor Track Submitted by HFCSD Communications The Wildcats put forth a great effort at the New York State Indoor Track Championships on March 8th. The girls 4×400, consisting of Emma Waugh, Mihaly Blake, Ava Salvsevold, and Erin Conety, had a huge upset in their race. Going in as the underdogs, the girls […]
Brunswick CSD Submitted by Brunswick CSD Communications Brunswick CSD is proud to announce its winter Scholar Athlete sports teams for the 2024-2025 season. The school fielded seven varsity teams, including Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Boys Wrestling, Competitive Cheerleading, Unified Bowling, Boys Indoor Track, and Girls Indoor Track. In addition to the exciting lineup of winter […]