Come join the Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club for its Chicken BBQ on Tuesday, September 13, at 4:30 pm. A $10 donation gets you a half chicken, potato salad, coleslaw, roll and cake that is always homemade, always great! Take out only at the Hoosick Falls Fire Dept. on Griffin Avenue.
Call any Kiwanis Member or call Roberta Breese at 518-573-3062 or Gale at 518-578-3348.
Stephentown Fireman’s Muster And Community Day
The Annual Stephentown Fireman’s Muster and Community Day kicks off at 7 pm on Saturday, September 17, with the Water Polo competition.
On Sunday, September 18, the Parade begins at 11 am followed by the truck events at 1 pm.
Come support your local fire departments as they battle each other in head to head competitions. There is no charge to come watch the events. The Youth Commission will also have a bouncy-bounce and games for the kids on Sunday. The parade theme is “Under the Sea.” Float entries from the community are encouraged.
Center Berlin Community Picnic
We would like to have a Center Berlin Community Picnic in early fall, but we need help! If anyone is interested in helping to organize such an event, please call either Pam at 658-2977 or June at 658-2584.
Free Outdoor Concert In North Chatham
The North Chatham Library will present an outdoor concert with the Last Chance Band on Saturday, August 27, at 7 pm at 305 Bunker Hill Road. In case of rain, the concert will be postponed. BYO-Carry In-Carry out.
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Caterpillar Of The Hickory Tussock Moth
Letters From A Stephentown Navy Man
compiled by David Flint
Charles F. Chapel was a resident of Stephentown, son of Alice and Stephen Chapel who had come to Stephentown from Rhode Island. On May 2, 1861, he enlisted in the Union Navy for three years at New York City. His rank was Landsman, or what would now be known as a Seaman Recruit.
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Bernard D. Graney, Sr.
Hoosick Falls – Bernard D. Graney, Sr., 86, husband of Beverly Vogler Graney, a resident of Ball Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, died at home on Friday, August 19, 2011. Born on September 8, 1924, in Hoosick Falls, he was the son of the late Mathilda Holvec Graney and Willard Graney.
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Betty J. Adams
Grafton – Betty J. Adams, 80, died on Thursday morning, August 18, 2011, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Born in Petersburgh, NY, on March 22, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Leslie and Lena Lackey Miller. She was the wife of the late Walter Adams, who died in 1986, and the late Leon “Red” Schnoop, who died in 1954.
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Linda Ann Morin
North Hoosick – Linda Ann (Seney) Morin, beloved wife of James Morin of Rogers Avenue, Hoosick Falls, NY, formerly of Baby Lane, North Hoosick, NY, passed away after a brief illness on Saturday, August 20, 2011, at the Centers for Living & Rehabilitation in Bennington, VT.
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Pit Bulls Rampage In Berlin
by Kieron Kramer
Berlin Dog Control Officer Doug Goodermote had a disturbing, grisly tale to tell at Thursday’s Town Board meeting about two separate pit bull attacks that occurred in Town during the last month. One involved a two year old girl who was attacked in her home by the family pet. The other involved a pair of pit bulls that killed one calf and wounded two others at the Mapledale Farm on Greene’s Brook Road.
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