St. Pat’s Parade Grand Marshals Are Chosen
March 5, 2010 Leave a Comment
submitted by Kevin O’Malley
Three 1952 St. Mary’s Academy graduates will be the Grand Marshals of the Hoosick Falls St. Patrick’s Day Parade this year. Patricia Carknard, Nancy McCabe and Margaret O’Malley, all raised in the village by Irish mothers, will all celebrate their 75th birthdays this year. They attended St. Mary’s Academy, and in the [...]
Dispatch Dilemma
March 5, 2010 1 Comment
by Bea Peterson
About sixty Hoosick Falls Village and Hoosick Town residents, Dispatch personnel, Rensselaer County 911 people and a large number of volunteer firefighters attended the Wednesday evening Public Hearing regarding the Village’s Dispatch service held at St. Mary’s Academy.
Hoosick ZBA Approves Business With Conditions
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by Gary Danforth
The Town of Hoosick Zoning Board of Appeals meeting took place this past Monday evening, March 1, in the Hoosick Falls Armory with Chairman Jim Hoag calling the meeting to order at 7 pm. After the Pledge of Allegiance, Hoag opened a public hearing on the Haskins Fuel Service business wanting to change [...]
Ladies Night Out
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by Bea Peterson
The weather wasn’t the least bit cooperative last Thursday for Ladies Night Out at the Hoosick Community Youth Center. Many women braved the elements to have a massage or a manicure or a free soothing hand waxing treatment.
Parents Raising Safe Kids Program Starts March 15
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Parents are invited to participate in a free eight-week program called Parents Raising Safe Kids at the Hoosick Family Resource Center (CEO Head Start Building) on River Road. The program begins on March 15 and will be held each Monday from 5 to 8 pm.
Read more of this articleJeremy Burns Wrestles For New England Wrestling Association Title
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Springfield College freshman Jeremy Burns of Hoosick Falls who had lost a match early on in the New England Wrestling Association’s (NEWA) Conference tournament last weekend, came all the way back to wrestle for the individual title in the 184-pound weight classification before losing. Jeremy placed 2nd in the 184 lb. weight class – as [...]
Read more of this articleIrish Stew Cook-Off
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The Hoosick Falls Irish Festival will host its first ever Irish Stew Cook-Off on Saturday, March 13. Organizer Mary Bradley lived in Texas for a number of years and attended a number of chili cook-offs there. “They were a lot of fun, and I always thought of running something like that here.” For more information [...]
Read more of this articleWhere Are Your Girl Scouts Cookies?
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Did you really eat them all? Did you not order enough? Did your family want a certain kind you forgot to order? Do you need some for the freezer? No problem.
Girl Scout Troop #1144 will be selling cookies at Stewart’s in Hoosick (corner of Routes 22 and 7) on Friday, March 12, from 4 to [...]
Hoosick Falls Extra Helpings!
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Join Extra Helpings and save money on your food bill. Extra Helpings is a community food buying club with no age limits or income limits. Now there are more choices and better quality.
Read more of this articleA.D.A.P.T. Dance
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The North Hoosick Fire Department is sponsoring its annual A.D.A.P.T. Dance on Friday, March 5, at the Fire Station from 7 to 10:30 pm. This dance raises funds for the A.D.A.P.T. Committee, which sponsors the after prom event. Students ages 9 to 15 are invited to attend the dance.
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