Village Board approves purchase of new fire safety equipment, appoints new Code Enforcement Officer

The Village Board of Trustees has authorized the purchase of 14 new fire packs, oxygen tanks and accessories for the Newland-Wood Fire Company No. 59 to replace existing safety equipment that has become outdated and in disrepair. The village accepted the low quote of $83,570 from Municipal Emergency Services (MES) for new Scott Air Packs and oxygen …

Stillwater hosts annual garage sale weekend

The Village and Town of Stillwater hosted their annual garage sale weekend May 7-8. A few vendors set up on the Blockhouse lawn featuring primitive country crafts, flea market items, handmade wooden bird feeders, banks and children’s wooden toys. Member of The Stillwater Area Community Center sold hot dogs, soda and chips and Stillwater Senior …

April Senior Time features Home Helpers speaker and flower pot painting

Stillwater Senior Time was held on Friday, April 29 at The Stillwater Area Community Center. In addition to BINGO, lunch and our craft of the month we had a guest speaker. Renee Birnbaum from Home Helpers, an agency that offers services to seniors to make life easier. She discussed her agency and shared information of free Veteran benefits …

Trustees approve acquisition of new DPW loader/snow thrower/road milling vehicle

The Stillwater Board of Trustees vote April 19 to trade in its two-year-old mini excavator the Department of Public Works no longer uses for a different piece of heavy duty equipment designed for many uses including removing snow from village sidewalks. The new vehicle is known as an on-track skid-steer — a small, rigid-frame, engine-powered …

Mayor Nelson reflects on his first year in office ‘It was something I had secretly hoped to do some day’

On April 17th, the Village of Stillwater celebrated its Bicentennial, and leading hundreds of his friends and neighbors in the Happy Birthday song was its 64th leader and 12th Mayor, Rick Nelson. As he visited with residents at The Stillwater Area Community Center and helped serve the 200th birthday cake, in the back of his mind …

Hundreds attend Stillwater Bicentennial birthday bash

Hundreds of residents packed The Stillwater Area Community Center Sunday, April 17 for the village’s long-awaited Bicentennial 200th birthday bash. The four-hour event included speeches, proclamations, history lessons, a free BBQ, magic show, children’s games, D.J., line dancing, fireworks, and of course, the cutting of the 200th birthday cake. Mayor Rick Nelson opened the ceremony …

EPA initiates second Review of Hudson River PCB cleanup; public encouraged to participate

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has initiated its second review of the cleanup of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site. The purpose of this review, which is called a five year review and is legally required under the Superfund law every five years after the start of on-site construction, is to ensure that the cleanup …

Stillwater Senior Time celebrates Easter

Stillwater Senior Time celebrated Easter on Friday, March 25 at The Stillwater Area Community Center. The group enjoyed a delicious Lenten lunch including Donna’s wonderful, festive Easter themed cupcakes. We all enjoyed playing BINGO. The highlight of the afternoon was coloring eggs. We colored eggs using shaving cream, crayons, food coloring, sharpie pens, stickers, glitter acrylic …

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