Troop 65 Sells Chili To Raise Money For The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Once again Boy Scouts from Troop 65 will be selling their homemade chili in front of the Grand Union in Hoosick from 10 am to 2 pm on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5. Treat yourself to a fresh bowl of chili complete with cornbread and all the fixin’s for only $7. All proceeds will be [...]

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Nominate The St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal

The Hoosick Falls St. Patrick’s Day Parade organizers are getting ready for the Saturday, March 17, event. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 Parade Grand Marshal. The nominee must be of Irish descent and a resident of the Town of Hoosick.

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New Veterinary Clinic To Open In Hoosick

by Bea Peterson Dr. Lee Delaney returned to the Hoosick Planning Board this month with all the materials the Board had requested of him at the previous month’s meeting. The Board reviewed the materials and verbally reviewed the environmental impact assessment regulations. They found no environmental issues. Last month the Board waived the need for [...]

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Winners At The St. Patrick’s Parade Fund-Raiser

The Hoosick Falls St. Patrick’s Parade held a fund-raiser on Saturday, January 14, with Basket Bingo and the Irish stew cook-off. Ten contestants took part for the bragging rights for the best Irish stew in the area.

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Town Of Hoosick Organizational Meeting

The Hoosick Town Board met before their regular meeting on Monday, January 9, to hold the Organizational Meeting. They adopted the following: Meeting Date: second Monday of the month at 7 pm Bank: Key Bank and Pioneer Commercial Bank Official Newspaper: The Cambridge Eagle; Alternate: Troy Record Appointments And Annual Salaries

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VPS Control Systems Achieves SHARP Status

by Alex Brooks A ceremony was held at VPS Control Systems, Inc., this week to acknowledge the company’s achievement of SHARP status. The Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) is an OSHA program that recognizes small businesses which operate an exemplary safety and health management system.

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RFP For Hoosick Town Hall Engineering Services Is Approved

by Bea Peterson The Hoosick Town Board held a special meeting on Wednesday, January 18, at 6 pm to review and approve the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Architectural and Engineering Services for Design and Construction Management for the Hoosick Falls Armory and For Construction Of A New Building To Be Used As A Town [...]

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Hoosick Town Board Narrows Town Hall Choice

by Bea Peterson During the people to be heard portion of the Hoosick Town Board meeting Monday evening, January 9, Kevin Allard, a member of the Save the Armory Committee, suggested the Board reduce its options from four sites to two regarding a future Town Hall. He recommended that the Patire and Weeb’s Fish Fry [...]

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Harry Weir Foundation Gives $8,000 To Hoosick Area

submitted by Norma Brenenstuhl On Saturday, January 7, Norma Brenenstuhl, on behalf of Key Private Bank trust administrator Michele Nichols, presented checks from the Harry Weir Foundation to the following individuals for their organizations. The amount distributed this year was $8,000. That is five thousand dollars less than was available from the fund the previous [...]

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Rensselaer County Legislature: In Memory Of Gary Moses

by Kieron Kramer With the exception of two resolutions authorizing expenditures for the expert witnesses in the murder trial of Joseph McElheny of Hoosick Falls, there were no resolutions passed at the Rensselaer County Legislative meeting on Tuesday, January 10, that related directly to the communities of Eastern Rensselaer County.

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