Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
NY Department of Labor press release
Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon announced Tuesday, June 5, the preliminary results of an ongoing investigation into the Twelve Tribes community located in Cambridge, based on an Inside Edition(IE) investigative report that aired on Friday, June 1. [Read more…] about Common Sense Farm in Cambridge Accused Of Child Labor Law Violations
NYS Police Press Release
Brunswick Troopers arrested a Hoosick Falls man on Friday, June 1, after executing a search warrant in the Village of Hoosick Falls. [Read more…] about Man Arrested On Child Sex Charges, Again
Tuesday, November 21, 1843: Some rainy. I tended to chores and this afternoon I walked onto West Hill to look of Ezekiel Knapp’s colt but it would not mate mine. [Read more…] about Brother Wm’s Crazy Wife
By Doug La Roque and Steve Bradley
Ceremonies and parades marked Memorial Day around the country on Monday, May 28. The communities of Eastern Rensselaer County and New Lebanon were no exception. [Read more…] about Lest We Forget Their Sacrifice
By Doug La Rocque
New York State Police say a motorcycle being driven by 45-year old David Emaish struck a SUV about 9 pm Saturday night, May 26, on Route 7 at the intersection with Eycleshymer Road in Pittstown. [Read more…] about Bennington Man Dies In Pittstown Crash
By Doug La Rocque
Grafton Fire and EMS received a call Saturday morning, May 26 reporting a vehicle rollover with entrapment. [Read more…] about Truck Rolls Into House In Grafton
Big Bucks For Big Trucks And Other Things
By Thaddeus Flint
In the words of Councilman Bill Jennings, there was a lot of “money out the door” at the May 21 meeting of the Stephentown Town Board, with the Town buying a new truck, paying for tons upon tons of stone and writing checks for yet another round of substantial legal bills. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board
By Steve Bradley
The HFCS girls lacrosse team (6-11) played Schuylerville Thursday, May 24 evening at Mohonasen High School in Schenectady for the Section 2 Class D championship. [Read more…] about Panthers Fall Short
By Doug La Rocque
The purchase of .9 acres of land by Hemp Chain Farms from Wade Rathbun on Green Hollow Road met with little comment at a public hearing on the matter last Thursday night, May 24. [Read more…] about Small Land Purchase By Hemp Farm Approved
