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First United Church – Saying Goodbye – in Hoosick Falls

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by Bea Peterson

How do you say goodbye to a church you have attended your entire life? How do you say goodbye to a building that has been a focal point in the community since 1888? You do it with love, respect and dignity. And that’s what Rev. Donna Elia and the remaining members of First United Church, Presbyterian on Main St. in Hoosick Falls did on Sunday, November 7. Rev. Elia noted that 10 generations of worshippers have kept the faith in this building and the previous ones

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Hoosick Falls Village Board

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Parking an Issue on Elm Street

by Doug la Rocque

This is not the first time the Hoosick Falls Board of Trustees has dealt with parking problems on Elm Street in the vicinity of First Street and Railroad Avenue. In 2018, they passed a Local Law placing a two hour limit on parking. It has not been particularly enforced, as there are two apartment buildings on the street whose tenants have been used to parking on the street each night. Now however, the Village Pizzeria and Deli has moved into a building on the corner of

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Dolley Madison Visits Wood Park in Hoosick Falls

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by Bea Peterson

On a recent Sunday afternoon residents, family and friends of Wood Park enjoyed a visit with Dolley Madison, the charming wife of President James Madison. Dressed in a beautiful red velvet empire style dress with matching turban, historic interpreter Phyllis Chapman, along with visuals coordinator and husband Michael Chapman, enchanted folks with tales of the life of this very special lady. Dolley told her audience she was raised a Quaker, a life too plain for her. She was widowed at a young age and left with a young son

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Sewers, Chromebooks and Horses Discussed by Hoosick Falls Central School Board

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by Alex Brooks

The Hoosick Falls School Board met for their regular monthly meeting on Thursday October 21, the day the building reopened after a sewer line problem had closed the building to students for two days. Board President Joe Patire and Superintendent Pat Dailey expressed their thanks to those who responded to the crisis and were able to get the sewer system operational again in just two days—including Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Paul Baker who was in the middle of coordinating the emergency response the whole time, the Capital Project architects from Synthesis LLP who came out immediately to

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Hoosick Historical Society Tours West Point

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Submitted by Richard Brownell

The Hoosick Township Historical Society took a bus trip to the United States Military Academy at West Point on Saturday, April 27, where fifty Historical Society members, their families, and friends were treated to an in-depth tour of the historic and world-renowned military institution. 

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Hoosick Falls

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No Tax Hike In Village Budget

By Doug La Rocque

The debate at the Monday evening, April 30, special Village Board meeting was never about the proposed tax rate in the 2019-2020 budget, all agreed that would stay at a zero percent increase.

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Hoosick Falls

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DEC Ruling Complicates Sewer Project

By Doug La Rocque

At a meeting last week between all parties involved with the sewer project at Superior, Lyman and Water Streets in the village, The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) informed Mayor Rob Allen, that any groundwater that is exposed due to the construction, must be considered as contaminated water, and properly treated, before it can be disposed off. The same applies to any soil saturated with groundwater.

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