St. Pat’s Parade Grand Marshals Are Chosen

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 [...]

Read more of this article

Dispatch Dilemma

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.

Read more of this article

Berlin Fire Company Installation

by David Flint
The Berlin Fire Company held its Installation Banquet this year at the Poestenkill Fire Hall. “We thought we’d try something a little different this year,” explained Berlin Fire Chief Billy Osterhout. Although the trip across the Plank Road with on and off snow squalls may have reduced attendance slightly at the event held [...]

Read more of this article

TRACs Meeting On March 9

Representatives from the Sheriff’s Department and the New York State Police will attend the next meeting of our community drug and alcohol prevention coalition, TRACs,  on Tuesday, March 9, at 5:30 pm at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Berlin. The group will discuss ways to work together to reduce the incidence of alcohol and [...]

Read more of this article

Hoosick ZBA Approves Business With Conditions

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 [...]

Read more of this article

Figure Skaters Of The Future

Read more of this article

Kianna Returns On Valentine’s Day

by Mary Lou Walters
Over the past four months, hundreds have been praying for Kianna Nikkole (Walters) McCaughlin. She is the daughter of Katarina Walters of Petersburgh and Johnathan McCaughlin of Cohoes. Her grandparents are John and April Walters Stevens of Petersburgh and David and Esther McCaughlin of Cohoes.

Read more of this article

Berlin Fourth Of July Parade Committee Sets 2010 Theme

The Berlin Fourth of July Parade Committee cordially invites the public to participate in its annual parade to be held this year on Monday, July 5.  The theme of this year’s celebration is “Old-Time TV.”  Decorate a float, clean up your car, dress up or walk with your favorite group.  Whatever your imagination can bring, [...]

Read more of this article

Ladies Night Out

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.

Read more of this article

More Dumpster Drama

by Erin Hogan
This time it was at the Grafton Planning Board meeting on Monday, February 22, where the Ungaros appeared in order to fix their dumpster complaint problem. They again addressed the recent anonymous complaint that they needed to fence in their dumpster.

Read more of this article

Next Page »