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Local veterans Mike Poore and Shane Hatlee were recently awarded proclamations from the United States Congress represented by Chris Gibson, the New York State Senate by Kathleen Marchione, Jake Ashby of the New York State Assembly, and the Rensselaer County Executive Steven McLaughlin.
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by Bea Peterson
A crowd gathered in Wood Park at 6 pm on Saturday, December 8 for the official lighting of the tree in the gazebo, organized by Hoosick Rising.
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Submitted by D. J. Connelly
The wrestling team had its first home match of the season against Cairo-Durham on Thursday, December 6 at New Lebanon High School.
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A benefit for Ron Colvin was held Saturday evening at the Polish Hall in Hoosick Falls.
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The Cheney Library in Hoosick Falls was a beehive of activity this past Saturday, December 1.
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Claims It Will Have A Negative Impact On The County
Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin has penned a letter to Troy City Councilman David Bissember, asking him to reconsider his legislation, believing it will undermine efforts to protect those who live and work in the city of Troy and Rensselaer County as a whole.
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By Doug La Rocque
The hands of time were turned back on the streets of downtown Troy on Sunday, December 2, as the 36th version of the Victorian Stroll took over the heart of the city.
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By Doug La Rocque
“This budget is good news for residents and taxpayers, with the County avoiding a tax increase and remaining under the state tax cap for the eighth consecutive year.
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Winter can often be a sloppy, slippery, cold and miserable mess, but sometimes, it can be as pretty as the proverbial post card. Such was the scene on Thursday morning, November 29, following the snowstorm that dumped up to a foot of snow on Grafton.
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This is year four for Luke Hoag’s campaign to raise money for the Make a Wish Campaign, and on Monday morning, December 3, the students at Tamarac Elementary presented Luke with 4,119 letters to Santa, to deliver to Macy’s on December 7, what is called Believe Day.
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By Steve Bradley Hoosick Falls Central School’s Luke Hoag delivered over 77,000 letters to Santa as part of the Macy’s department store “Believe Day.” You must be logged in to view this article.
At Least One Other Still Sought By Doug La Rocque For the last two weeks, Eastern Rensselaer, Southern Washington and Southwestern Bennington Counties have been hit with a rash of burglaries, sometimes more than one occurring in near proximity of another. You must be logged in to view this article.
By Doug La Rocque Moving this year’s annual festival to the Roxborough Holdings building (formerly the Grafton Elementary School) was like adding Miracle Grow™ to the event. You must be logged in to view this article.
By Doug La Rocque Hoosick Falls Central School Superintendent Ken Facin told the School Board members gathered for its regular meeting on Thursday night, August 23, that the District has entered into a contract with the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Department to employee a full-time School Resource Officer (SRO), for a three-year period. You must be […]
Last Meeting For Laurin And Gormley By Alex Brooks The Hoosick Falls School Board meeting held on June14 was the last for School Board President Greg Laurin and School Board member Laurie Gormley, who have both put in many years of School Board service.
Submitted by Eileen Druckenmiller Stephanie Merwin, a senior at Hoosick Falls Junior/Senior High School and Corie Rushman, the high school’s school psychologist, were honored by The Academy for Character Education at the Sage Colleges.