by Alex Brooks
The Support Staff at Hoosick Falls Central School have agreed to a five year contract which gives them a small raise but reduces their choice of health plans from three options to two. The existing step schedule will be retained, but the salaries at each step will be increased by a total of 5.95% over the whole five years, or slightly over 1% per year.
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Hoosick Planning Board Action – July 2011
by Bea Peterson
First Family Subdivision
On Monday, July 18, Mark Cottrell appeared before the Planning Board to ask approval for a family subdivision, under the Town of Hoosick Local Law #1, which was passed at the Town Board meeting last week. [Read more…] about Hoosick Planning Board Action – July 2011
Walter A. Wood High School Alumni Reunion
submitted by Janice Tate Co-Chairperson, WAWHS Alumni Association
Nearly 200 Alumni and guests attended the 2011 annual Walter A. Wood High School (Hoosick Falls) Alumni Reunion on Saturday, June 11, at the Pittstown Volunteer Emergency Corps. Co-chairperson Janice Tate welcomed the group with a special recognition of the new 50-year class and of Mr. Philip Leonard, a guest, who was Superintendent of the old high school and the new Hoosick Falls Central School for many years. Rev. Paul Mason of Class of 1955 gave the invocation.
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It’s Not All About Emergencies
submitted by Bill Gaillard
Members of the Hoosick Falls Fire Department and the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad met with seven and eight year old kids from the Town of Hoosick Camp on Friday, July 8. This is the second gathering of young people to visit the Departments this year. The first visit was during the elementary school village walk.
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Denison Cemetery Gets New Sign
Guimarra Creates Heirloom Iron
by Bea Peterson
High atop a hill in Buskirk John C. Guimarra spends hours in his shop designing and building fascinating creations of iron. He learned to work with iron as a kid helping his dad make horseshoes in Stephentown. “All I have left of those days is three horseshoes that went through the fire in the early 90s,” he said.
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Shatford Little League 7-8 All Stars
Community Mural Workshops Begin At Youth Center
Community members have begun working on a mural project that will celebrate Hoosick Falls. The project is being led by Donna Maria deCreeft, a professional artist who has been teaching art since 1989. This project is made possible in part through Community Art$Grant, a program funded by the Arts Center of the Capital Region through the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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The Berlin Library’s Annual Book, Bake And Boutique Fund-Raiser
Boy Scout Troop 222 met at the Berlin Free Town Library to help with the upcoming Book, Bake and Boutique Fund-Raiser. The young men, who will enter grades 6-9 at Berlin Central this fall, braved bee stings and the Library dungeon to haul hundreds of books for the annual fund-raiser. The sale will take place on Saturday, August 20, from 9 am to 1 pm. [Read more…] about The Berlin Library’s Annual Book, Bake And Boutique Fund-Raiser
TRACs Needs An Advance To Send Volunteers To Underage Drinking Conference
The TRACs (Together Reducing Alcohol and Drugs in our Communities) Coalition is asking local industry and/or private individuals to help fund attendance at a national conference then be reimbursed by the County; the federal funds are already in place.
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