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Open to everyone. Agendas posted by the Town Clerk. This is where decisions get made for all of Schaghticoke — Speigletown included.

Wednesday, August 5 · 7:00 PM Town Hall, 290 Northline Drive, Melrose
⚠️ Public Hearing · Zoning Board of Appeals Continued hearing — dog daycare at Route 40 & Eastover Road Mon, Jul 20 · 6:00 PM All meetings →

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Two reasons to hit the library: a school supplies drive and summer reading

Troy Public Library is collecting new school supplies for Troy and Lansingburgh students through August 1 — you can even ship from their wishlist. And "Unearth a Story" summer reading runs through August 7 for all ages, with sign-up at either branch.

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Free summer meals for kids, now through August

Lansingburgh schools are serving free breakfast and lunch to any child up to age 18 — no registration, no income check. The closest site to Speigletown is Turnpike Elementary. Meals run weekdays through mid-to-late August.

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What's in Speigletown's water? The 2025 quality report, explained

The town's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report is out. The short version for Speigletown: no water-quality violations, no lead service lines in the system, and everything detected came in under state limits — plus a few details worth knowing if you're on town water.

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Project Lifesaver: help finding a loved one who wanders

Since 2015 the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office has offered Project Lifesaver — a small wearable radio transmitter that helps trained deputies quickly locate a person with autism, dementia, or another condition who has wandered. Here's how it works and who to contact.

Speigletown Community
Recipe

Lemon–Olive Oil Cake

Our first community recipe — an Italian-style lemon and olive oil cake with a soft, moist crumb and three kinds of lemon. Makes one 9-inch cake.

E. Hinkson
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Suburb or Country? What Speigletown Really Is

Ask ten neighbors whether Speigletown is a suburb or the country and you'll get ten answers. The honest take: we're the populated, city-connected corner of a town that is otherwise rural — and knowing which is which matters.

A. Luchi
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On town water? The Water Department still needs a photo of your service line

State and local health departments require the town to document what kind of pipe supplies each home on municipal water. If you haven't sent yours yet, a single photo of your indoor water connection takes care of it.

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About the hamlet

Speigletown is a hamlet in the Town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, strung along State Route 40 northeast of Troy near the Hudson River. Permanent settlement dates to the 1660s; the name traces to the early Dutch Vanderspiegel family, and the village first appeared on a 1796 survey map as "Dort."

Once a farming crossroads with hotels, a tea room, and a dairy bar, it grew into the close-knit residential community it is today. There's a lot of history here — and it's still being written.

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