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Emergency Session
The meeting took place on Tuesday evening, February 23 to address issues with the Town’s use of the Armory followed by an executive session to deal with a legal issue and a personnel issue.
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Four Arrested On Drug Charges
On Sunday, February 21 at approximately 9 pm, during a routine traffic stop, the Hoosick Falls Police Department arrested four individuals and charged them with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance.
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Capital Project Bids Accepted
by Alex Brooks
At a short special meeting held virtually on February 23 at 6 pm, The Hoosick Falls School Board accepted bids totaling $12.5 million for work on the Second Phase of the District’s Capital Project, which will get underway in late spring of this year.
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Community Connections Incorporated Cares For The Community
by Denise Wright
Chaplain Michael Needham realized a need in the Nassau community several years ago when a transient man came into the Nassau Library during a snowy evening with nowhere else to go.
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A Month With An Irishman
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Tuesday, January 15, 1850: Today I met with an Irishman to Lebanon and bargained to pay him five dollars for a month’s work if we were both suited with each other, and he agreed to begin work tomorrow.
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Village Incumbents File For Re-election
by Doug La Rocque
When the time frame to file petitions for four Village Board Seats and Mayor came and past on February 9, only some very familiar faces submitted the paperwork to be on the March ballot. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls
Moratorium On Apartments And Multi-Family Housing Proposed
by Doug La Rocque
In his more than 20 years as Brunswick Town Supervisor, Phil Herrington has never supported a moratorium on any form of development in the town. Time, however, changes everything.
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More Than 3 Years After Flood, Repairs Are Underway At ICC
Fr. Tom Zelker talked a minute with Keith Potten who was busy smoothing over a portion of the test area of the newly installed ceiling board in some of the rounded sections of Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls.
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Rensselaer County Ready to Serve as a State Mass Vaccination Site
Submitted by the Office of County Executive McLaughlin
Rensselaer County is ready to further expand a county mass vaccination site and partner with the state to deliver vaccines on a county and regional basis, County Executive Steve McLaughlin announced Tuesday, February 16.
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A Bad Ending To The Day
by Doug La Rocque
A 28-year old Hoosick Falls man’s trip ended not as he planned, and with a different destination, the hospital.
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By Denise Wright The December 16 meeting of the Petersburgh Town Board was busy and involved everything from setting dates for town meetings to the final allocation of ARPA funds. After the November 18 meeting minutes were amended and approved, the department reports were given. The Supervisor reported that a sales tax refund was received […]
By Denise Wright The December 16 meeting of the town board in Stephentown started with a presentation and discussion about the proposed Longroad Development LLC, ground-mounted 5 mW (AC) solar array on 26 acres of a 77-acre area located on New York Route 22. Improvements would include photovoltaic modules divided into three clusters (a south […]
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Hoosick Falls Girls Basketball by Jeffrey Bernstein Meg Barber, now the head coach at NYU, is one of the best basketball players to come out of Hoosick Falls High School. The 1998 graduate’s 1,643 career points were the most scored by a female Panther when she left the program. Barber held that record until 2020, […]
Submitted by HFCSD Communications Dear Hoosick Falls Community and Beyond, Christmas is one of the happiest times of the year. However, for some families, it can be very stressful. The Hoosick Falls Central School (HFCS) Philip Leonard Chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) is dedicated to helping those in need within our community. Members […]
Submitted by Hoosick Falls Central School Communications The HFCS PTA is hosting a free event that will be fun for the whole family — Winterfest! This year’s Winterfest will take place on Saturday, December 14th, from 2 to 6 pm at the HFCS Elementary School gym and cafeteria. Winter-themed activities will be offered such as […]