Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Submitted by Christa Caron, Activity Director
The Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls is pleased to announce that we’ve been chosen to participate in The Foundation for Quality Care’s Long Term Care Customer Satisfaction Survey & Quality Improvement Project. [Read more…] about Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation Chosen For Quality Of Care Study
On Monday, February 8, the Hoosick Falls bowling team won the Section II “C” Bowling Tournament at Boulevard Lanes in Schenectady. They had a six game total for five bowlers of 5,297 beating the other 23 teams in the field. [Read more…] about HFCS Bowling Team Wins Section II Tournament
The HFCS cheerleaders perform their competition routine during halftime Friday evening. The girls have been practicing for competition. [Read more…] about Cheerleaders Wow Crowd With Competition Routine
submitted by Coach Lang
On Thursday, February 4, the Hoosick Falls bowling team, winner of the Southern Division, won the Adirondack League Championship title by defeating Fort Edward, winner of the Northern Division, by the total match pin count of “3,589” to “3,439”. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Bowlers Capture Adirondack League Championship
By Doug La Rocque
“We jumped out of the gate on fire offensively,” were the words used by Berlin Boys’ Basketball Coach Kasson Sauer to describe his team’s effort in defeating the Waterford Fordians on their own court Friday night by a score of 77-52. It was their 12th win of the season against 7 losses, but more importantly they finished the Central Hudson Valley League with a 10-4 record, the third consecutive year with ten wins. [Read more…] about Mountaineers Posted Their 12th Victory Of The 2015-16 Basketball Season And Finish Well In CHVL Play
Petersburgh – Rodney Richard Yerdon, 71, formerly of Petersburgh, died unexpectedly on Thursday, February 4, 2016. Born in Troy, he was son of Ida (Wescott) Zablocky of Berlin and the late Howard C. Yerdon. Ricky resided in Petersburgh for many years before he moved to Florida. For the past 15 years he resided in Alabama. [Read more…] about Rodney Richard Yerdon
Wednesday, April 12, 1837: Today a boy named Cushman flung from a horse and got killed. He is from Greenbush school, he came into this neighborhood with Mr. Buckley and wife to Adam Brown’s on a visit.
Friday, April 21: On Tuesday morning the wife of Old Major Brown died, today Mother Holcomb is eighty-seven years of age. [Read more…] about Mother Holcomb Dies From A Fall
State Action Plan Lists PFOA As A Hazardous Substance; Declares Saint-Gobain Plant A State Superfund Site
by Deb Alter
Hoosick Rising held their monthly meeting on January 26 in the middle of a week when the water contamination issue was leading the news every evening and the prospect of an economic rebirth in Hoosick Falls seemed remote. But members of the group remained committed to their project and are hopeful that the water problem can be dealt with as soon as possible so that a positive trajectory for the community can be re-established. [Read more…] about The Governor Steps In
by Thaddeus Flint
Three days before Christmas, Cari Naftali of New Lebanon was updating her blog from Skala Sikaminias, a tiny fishing town on the island of Lesbos, Greece.
“Every day here I cry. Usually about the children and the babies,” she wrote. ”Today it was also a grandmother who sat silently alone, the pain of lifetimes in her eyes.” [Read more…] about Cari Naftali Of New Lebanon Volunteers To Help With Refugee Crisis In Greece
by Doug La Rocque
An isolated water pressure problem was one of the topics of discussion at the Berlin Town Board’s workshop meeting on January 28. Water District 2 Superintendent Winn and Board members traded ideas on how this could be addressed, and the discussion turned to the age of the water mains in the Town, first constructed in the 1930s. [Read more…] about Berlin Water Pipes Need Replacement
