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Letter To The Editor – The Youth Center Needs You

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To the Editor:
As 2010 draws to a close the Board of Directors and staff of the Hoosick Area Youth Center & Community Coalition are thankful for the support of the community that allows us to provide programs, services and assistance to youth and families. We are honored to be a part of so many lives, and we intend to continue to serve the Hoosick area for years to come.
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Hoosick Grange News

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Hoosick Grange had its Christmas Party on December 8  with the Mennonite Family Singers. Marion Hynick was in charge of the program, and she introduced them. They sang the traditional Christmas songs and some unusual ones that we didn’t know. We were encouraged to sing along with them. The children sang some songs all by themselves.
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The Berlin Fire Department Breakfast Has New Menu Items

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On Sunday, January 2, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its fresh, hot off the griddle monthly breakfast.  For your eating pleasure we include all-you-can-eat pancakes and newly added French toast or biscuits for our homemade sausage gravy, your choice of sausage or newly added bacon, toast, home fries, and eggs (scrambled, sunny side, over easy or over hard).  Beverage choices include coffee, tea, (both decaf available), hot chocolate, milk and orange juice. Prices are $6 for adults, $3 for kids 5-12, and free for kids under 5. [Read more…] about The Berlin Fire Department Breakfast Has New Menu Items

Brunswick Golf Season Pass Raffle

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The Ladies Auxiliary of the Brunswick Lodge of Elks is sponsoring a raffle for a 2011 Golf Season Pass at the Brunswick Greens Golf Course on Hoosick Road in Troy. Tickets costs $5, and only 100 will be sold. They are on sale now!
This fund-raiser will help support the Ladies’ major functions including Cerebral Palsy, Clothe a Child and a host of other charities.
Call Debbey at 813-5964 to reserve your tickets. The drawing will be in March.
The pass is not applicable to league or tournament play.

Hoosick Falls Extra Helpings!

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Join Extra Helpings and save money on your food bill. Extra Helpings is a community food buying club with no age limits or income limits. Now there are more choices and better quality.
The January choices which can be ordered then are:  $21 basic bundle –  6-7 lb. roasting chicken, 1 lb. mild bulk sausage roll, 1 lb. pkg. Canadian bacon, 2 lbs. boneless pork chops, a 2 lb. bag of onions and a 5 lb. bag of potatoes.
Special #1 at $14.25 is 6 lbs. of sweet Italian rope sausage (2/3-lb. boxes).
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Angela Jean Burke

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Petersburgh – Angela Jean Burke, 26, a former resident of Petersburgh, NY, died after being struck by a drunk driver in Portland, OR, while walking her bicycle in the bike lane on her way home from work on Wednesday, December 15, 2010.
Born March 8, 1984, in Silver Spring, MD, she was the daughter of Michael J. Burke and Linda Santoro and step-daughter of Athena Burke. She graduated from Berlin High School, Class of 2002. She continued her education and graduated in 2009 from SUNY Albany with a Bachelor’s Degree in psychology.
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