FACEBOOKThe 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 …
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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 …
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Michael J. Sr. STILLWATER Michael J. Hanehan, Sr., 84, passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, April 29, 2016, in the comfort of his home. Born May 30, 1931, son of Walter and Elizabeth Hanehan, Michael grew up in Stillwater and was a proud Stillwater Warrior basketball player. His class of 1949 named …
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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 …
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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 …
The Newland-Wood Fire Company of Stillwater has elected its slate of officers for 2016. Newly Elected Officers List
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 …
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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 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 …
The Stillwater Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $1.54 million village budget Tuesday night (March 15) that holds the line on property taxes and water rates for the 2016-17 fiscal year. The vote followed a public hearing in which no one commented on the proposed spending plan. The new budget totals $1,539,160 are breaks down …
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