Village residents will have a decision to make this spring, whether to continue voting in local elections each March or change village elections to the traditional Election Day on the first Tuesday in November. The Board of Trustees instructed village attorney James Peluso this month to begin drafting a ballot question asking residents if they’d …

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Village officials have agreed to pay the cost of improving Ferry Lane, a private road beat up by heavy truck traffic over the years going back and forth to the former municipal water plant no longer in operation. “After many visits and talks with residents there we just feel it is the right thing to …

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Congratulations and thanks to Stillwater teen Seth Marshall, who completed his Eagle Scout project by building a large flower planter that now surrounds the sign at the new Major Dickinson Childrens Park. Seth is a member of Twin Rivers Council Boy Scout Troop #4035, and will be a senior at Stillwater High School this fall. …

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Village residents can expect to see road repaving done in coming weeks after the Board of Trustees approved about $66,000 in contracts for work on Russell and Riverside Drives. Contracts were awarded this month to low county bidder Kubricky Construction Corp of Wilton for grinding, repaving and water flow improvements to those two roads. Mayor …

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New York State has adopted a new law aimed at helping municipalities reduce the number of abandoned homes within their borders, something that continues to be a growing problem in the village. Signed into law by Gov. Cuomo in June, this new legislation is intended to address “zombie” or distressed, vacant, and abandoned properties that …

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An 18-year-old Stillwater native will head to the Netherlands this month to represent the United States at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam, Holland. Emma Hopkins will wear the red, white and blue as part of a two-woman team racing internationally in the under (age) 23 lightweight division sponsored by the National Rowing Foundation. She leaves Aug. …

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The village mourns the loss of Lawrence Rinaldi, 99, who passed away on July 24. Rinaldi was a charter and 54-year active member of the Alvin Hart and Stillwater Fire Departments, and a 63-year life member and officer in the Mechanicville-Stillwater Elks Lodge 1403. He was a retired conductor of the Boston and Maine Railroad, …

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Stillwater Senior Time celebrated its end of the year party on June 17 with a cruise/luncheon on The Caldwell Belle paddle boat, owned and operated by Mohawk Maiden Cruises at Lock 5, Schuylerville, NY. The group enjoyed an afternoon touring the Hudson River, which included going through the locks. A box lunch was catered by Just Meats …

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The Board of Trustees approved the hiring of a new Stormwater Management Officer Tuesday night to help the village draft Stormwater Management Plan as required by state and federal law. The village will use the services of Lindsay Zepko, who has been the Stillwater Town Planner since February 2013, and Stormwater Management Officer, in an …

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More than 40 guest enjoyed a patriotic themed Stillwater Senior Time program this May 27 at the Stillwater Area Community Center. The event included a fun-filled afternoon of BINGO, and a Memorial  Day picnic lunch with patriotic desserts. For our craft of the month we made fairy gardens. A special thanks to Barbara Kennedy for …

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