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Woodgate and West Leyden Post Offices Given Reprieve-11/7/2011

Two local rural post offices have been granted 120-day stays of closure. Woodgate was set to close as soon as Halloween, switching customers to rural route service from Forestport. In West Leyden, the Boonville Post Office was to absorb its operations.
The Postal Regulatory Commission uses the ...

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Informational Hydrofracking Presentation Planned-11/7/2011

WOODGATE - An informational video presentation on the art of hyrdofracking, a process of extraction of natural gas from underground shale, will be presented at the Woodgate Library on Monday, November 14, at 7 p.m.
The 45-minute video by Theo Colborn, Phd. is called “What You Need to Know About...

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Thanksgiving Holiday Deadline-11/7/2011

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the deadline for the November 30 issue of the paper will be Tuesday, November 22, at 4 p.m.
The Boonville Herald Office will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25. We will resume regular hours on November 28, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Frida...

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Reunited With His Regiment After 148 Years-11/7/2011

Corporal Charles H. Hayden - 97th New York Volunteer Infantry - Civil War Soldier, Hero and Patriot

By Al Grenning
In Boonville, exactly 150 years ago, on November 1, 1861, a 23-year-old local carriage maker named Charles Harvey Hayden enlisted for three years of service in the 97th N...

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