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 [...]

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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.

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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.

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Parents Raising Safe Kids Program Starts March 15

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.

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Irish Stew Cook-Off

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 [...]

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Cheney Library Spring Story Time

The Cheney Library in Hoosick Falls will begin a Spring Story time for preschool children and their caregivers on March 9 at 10 am in the Library. The stories will center on our wonderful world.

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County Honors Arthur E. Gifford, Vietnam War Army Vet, Recipient Of Purple Heart And Silver Star Medals

The late Arthur E. Gifford, recipient of the Purple Heart and Silver Star Medals among other military awards and decorations for his honorable service to our nation as a member of the United States Army during the Vietnam War, and, lifelong resident of the Town of Hoosick, was recognized on Monday, February 8, 2010 by [...]

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Snow In Hoosick Falls

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HACA Free Tax Service

The Hoosick Area Church Association (HACA), for the sixth year, is offering free assistance to the public in preparing income tax returns through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance or VITA program. The VITA site will be located at the HACA Center at 26 John St., Hoosick Falls, the former home of the Falls Federal [...]

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Next HFCS PTA Meeting

The next business meeting of the HFCS PTA will take place on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in the Elementary School Library beginning at 6:30 pm.

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