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More Than 150 Volunteers Help With Hoosick Falls Cleanup

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The first Village Clean-up and Community Block Party was a great success according to the Hoosick Area Youth Center & Community Coalition (HAYC3), organizers of the event. More than 150 volunteers turned up to help clean roadsides, sidewalks, yards and flower beds throughout the Village on Saturday, May 14. [Read more…] about More Than 150 Volunteers Help With Hoosick Falls Cleanup

HFCS District Budget Passes By Wide Margin

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by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls Central School Budget for the 2011-12 school year passed by a vote of 503 to 256. The bus purchase proposition passed by a vote of 500 to 254. Dave Sutton was re-elected to a 3 year term on the School Board with 587 votes. John Helft was re-elected to a 3 year term with 565 votes, and Greg Laurin was elected to a one year term with 499 votes.
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Petersburgh Town Board Action – Closing Town Park Temporarily

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by Alex Brooks
The Town’s insurer visited the Town Park recently and asked the Town to immediately fix several things there. The circular plastic slide is  broken and needs to be removed; S links on the swings are worn and need to be replaced; sawdust needs to be put down under the swings, and the seats are missing from some of the benches, so the remaining posts need to be removed.
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Dennis Flynn To Speak At Hoosick Falls Memorial Day Event

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Dennis Flynn of Stage Road, Buskirk, will be guest speaker at the Hoosick Falls Memorial Day Celebration, following the annual parade on May 30. Flynn served as a staff sergeant in the US Army, Army Reserve and the Army National Guard.
Sergeant Flynn served two tours of duty in Vietnam as a helicopter crew chief with the 101st Airborne Division and in support of Army Special Forces. [Read more…] about Dennis Flynn To Speak At Hoosick Falls Memorial Day Event

Berlin Memorial Day Service And Parade

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The American Legion Post 937 will hold its Annual Memorial Day Service at the Berlin Community Cemetery on Monday, May 30, at 9:30 am.
At 11 am, the Memorial Day Parade will start at Maple Avenue and North Main Street. It will stop at the Veterans Memorial on Plank Road where a service will be given. The Parade will resume going down Main Street to Park Avenue, then along Route 22 to Elm Street, Community Avenue to Park Avenue and finally School Street to the Baptist Cemetery at South East Hollow.