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Liesel Nussbaum Gottschalk

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Hoosick Falls – Liesel Nussbaum Gottschalk, age 90, of Niskayuna, NY, succumbed to cancer on Friday, November 5, 2010.
Born in Germany during November 1919, Liesel Gottschalk grew up living above the retail fabric and clothing store owned and operated by her parents in Neustadt, Germany. In 1938, Liesel fled alone to Manchester, England, to live with relatives and escape from the Nazis until she was allowed to immigrate to the US in 1940.
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County Approves Takeover Of Village Dispatch

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by Kieron Kramer
At its regular meeting on Tuesday, November 9, the County Legislature passed unanimously a resolution  authorizing the County Executive to execute a public safety dispatching agreement with the Village of Hoosick Falls. At a September 20 meeting the Village of Hoosick Falls decided, in a 4-3 vote after much discussion and a series of public hearings, to join the County Dispatch system and to deactivate its own dispatch system. At present the emergency service calls, for fire and ambulance, go through the County 911 Dispatch and are forwarded to the Hoosick Falls center to be dispatched locally while the Police calls are handled solely by the Hoosick Falls Dispatch.
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Changing America In Stephentown

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by David Flint
Beacon Power’s frequency regulation plant in Stephentown has been included on a White House list of 100 Recovery Act Projects that are Changing America. Releasing the report, Vice President Joe Biden said, “With [American Reinvestment and] Recovery Act projects like these, we’re starting to turn the page on a decade of failed economic policies and rebuild our economy on a new foundation that creates good middle class jobs for American families, and we’re not engineering this transformation alone – Recovery Act projects are drawing billions in private capital off the sidelines to help recharge our economy.”
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Hoosick Town Board Unhappy About Route 7/22 Intersection

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by Bea Peterson
Board members expressed their frustration after a meeting with the NYS DOT regarding the roadway changes at the intersection of Routes 7 and 22 that resulted from the construction of the new bridge. The intersection has already been changed once, with some improvement. However, there are times when cars wanting to turn “toward Bennington” will have to be extremely watchful for cars turning “toward Hoosick Falls” and cars continuing on Rt. 7 passing the cars waiting to turn off, etc.
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Hoosick Falls Landlords Fuming Over Water Rates

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by Bea Peterson
Three landlords attended the Hoosick Falls Village Board meeting on Tuesday, November 9. They were furious over the rates they are being charged for water and sewer. Now that water meters are in and working they are seeing a big difference in the amount of water they are being billed for and the amount of water their tenants use. In some instances the tenants are using one third to one half of what the building owners are being billed. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Landlords Fuming Over Water Rates