The Express Newspaper March 5, 2015

Geoghegan Saves New Jersey Man

ISLAND HEIGHTS – A 28-year-old man remains under medical care following a suicide attempt on the public dock in Island Heights on Christmas night. At 7:33 pm, county dispatch directed Island Heights Ptl. Timothy Geoghegan to the Central Avenue pavilion and public dock area on the riverfront and to be on alert for a male subject driving a blue Lexus who was en route there to harm himself, according to Al Dellafave, public affairs director at the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.

Read the entire article in the Jan. 8th issue of the Express.

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Town of Stillwater Budget Summarized – By Harold Wessell

TOWN OF STILLWATER, November 6 - A public hearing available on the 2015 Stillwater Town Budget drew few residents.The $7,427,254 spending plan has been available through the Town Clerk. It is scheduled for an\
adoption vote on November 20.

Read the entire article in the Nov. 13 issue of the Express

Hoosic Valley: Zero Increase in School Tax Levy – by C. Barton

 

Hoosic Valley-The Board of Education unanimously approved the proposed 2014-15 budget in an April meeting. Mr. Terry Blanchfield, Interim Business Administrator presented an overview of the budget and highlights in a public hearing on May 6th 2014. The formal adoption of the budget will now await the outcome of the vote by taxpayers on May 20th.

 

Read the entire article in the May 15th issue of the Express.

Mayor Sylvester Reflects on eight Years – by Harold Wessell

How Anthony Sylvester came to be mayor of Mechanicville for the past 8 years is a long story.

It came about, as he related soon after his last City Council meeting on December 18, because he has been involved in volunteerism for some 30 years: He served as chairman of the Family Day committee, and the city housing authority. After the tornado he took a couple weeks off from his job and helped pick up debris on the streets; and organized dinners and brought food, also clothing, to different places ñ and was named the Chamber of Commere's Man of the Year.

Entire article is in the Dec. 26th issue of the Express.