Toy drive in Rensselaerville

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The Rensselaerville Library is one of three places in town where toys may be dropped off through Dec. 2.

RENSSELAERVILLE — The Rensselaerville Fire Department Battalion is at it again.

For more than 20 years, the battalion has collected toys for needy kids.

This year’s drive started Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 2. 

“We are looking for anything from infants up to teenagers,” said organizer Kathy Wank.

A flier for the drive urges, “This year is especially hard for some folks — give generously.”

Items should be new and unwrapped. Toys, hats and mittens, gift cards, books, crafts, and baby items are needed.

They can be dropped off during regular hours in collection boxes at three Rensselaerville locations:

— Kuhar Café on the front porch of a building shared with the post office at 26 Route 353;

— Rensselaerville Town Hall at 87 Barger Road; and

— Rensselaerville Library at 1459 Route 351.

For large donation pickups, call 518-281-6880.

All of the toys will be given to the Hilltown Community Resource Center for distribution.

“They know the families in need,” said Wank.

— Melissa Hale-Spencer

 

More Hilltowns News

  • Supervisor Dennis Palow has released a new tentative 2025 budget that would increase taxes by 2 percent, not 19 percent as proposed in an earlier tentative budget that was published last week. Among the expenses he cut in the new version is for ambulance service from the county.

  • Berne Supervisor Dennis Palow made the rare decision to speak with The Enterprise this week, offering his side of two allegations that have defined the town for at least the past few months: that he has allowed the town to drift into financial ruin, and that he meanwhile had created such a hostile work environment that three of his fellow Republican-backed town board members resigned.

  • Executive Director for the New York State Association of Towns Chris Koetzle laid out for The Enterprise how Berne may be able to go about enacting its current draft budget for 2025 without a board to authorize it, or vote to override the 2 percent tax cap. However, he warned that the situation was unprecedented and that it’s up to the comptroller’s office to determine how to proceed. 

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