Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Bea Peterson
Alex Buell of Sequence Development was kept busy on Saturday morning, January 17, as a steady stream of people of all ages came to the Open House in the Monahan building on John Street. One woman wanted to see how the apartments looked today as she and her sons had lived in the entire second floor 20 years ago.
by Bea Peterson
A capacity crowd filled Brown’s Brewery in Walloomsac on Sunday afternoon, January 18, for the first of the season events to raise funds for the Hoosick Falls 23rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. [Read more…] about Folks Flocked To The St. Patrick’s Day Parade Fundraiser At Brown’s Brewery
submitted by Sue Brissette
Girl Scout Service Unit 154, comprising seven local girl scout troops, worked with community organizations throughout the month of December to collect food for food pantries in Berlin, Grafton, Petersburgh and Stephentown and at the Berlin Elementary School. Their efforts resulted in 500 pounds of donated food and several generous donations of cash. [Read more…] about Girl Scouts Collect 500 Pounds Of Food For Local Food Pantries
On Saturday, January 31, from 11 am to 12:30 pm, the Grafton Community Library and Grafton Historical Society will team up to offer a free workshop taught by local expert Anne Kiely that will address the care and conservation of scrapbooks and photo albums.
The workshop will be held in the Library’s program space. It will cover topics including identifying problems with the items and how to rectify them, proper handling, use of archival products to conserve photos and other ephemera, storage and use of fasteners. This is a beginners’ workshop. No prior knowledge of these procedures is necessary.
For more information and to sign up, contact the Grafton Community Library at 279-0580 or email director@graftoncommunitylibrary.org.
Thanks to a grant from Upper Hudson Library System, the Grafton Community Library will be offering eight free programs this spring designed to help local residents find and apply for jobs online, strengthen their resumes and their interview techniques and learn important computer skills that are essential for job seekers today. The Grafton Library staff will also be trained to assist patrons one on one with their online job searches, as well as with creating resumes using free resume software available at the Library.
The Library will also be training Workforce Development Volunteers to assist patrons, by appointment, with the basics of online job searches and applications, as well as basic computer skills, including creating an email address and word processing. Volunteers will need to attend a 1½ hour training session and then be available as the need arises to assist patrons. For more information on all aspects of this program contact Library Director Christian Collins at 279-0580 or director@graftoncommunitylibrary.org.
by Steve Bradley
The Hoosick Falls Central School Panthers boys basketball team continued its undefeated season over the past week with four wins. Two of the wins came against league foes Granville and Tamarac. The other two were good wins with one, Cohoes, putting the team to the test of coming from behind.
[Read more…] about Panther Boys Basketball Rolling Along, Win 4
by Steve Bradley
The Lady Panthers’ hopes of an undefeated season ended Saturday when the Mount Anthony Patriots visited. The Ladies did crush their opponents in their other games during the week.
[Read more…] about HFCS Girls Basketball Loses Tough One to Mt. Anthony, 58-57
submitted by Coach Bob Lang
The Hoosick Falls bowling team defeated Granville at the Barbecue Lanes in the last home match of the season by the score of 4-0. Hoosick Falls had total match pins of 3,393 to Granville’s total match pins of 2,287. Hoosick Falls now has a league record of 11-0 and an overall record of 12-0 with a league point total of 43-1. Granville has a league point record of 11-29. Top bowler for Granville was Cole McCullen with a 190-539.
To the Editor:
I do not agree with the rationale of some local citizens who, in defense of an employee of HFCS, chose to label and denigrate a couple of primary school children on social media.
The mob mentality that felt it prudent to do so was unfortunate, as was my private response to one such person that is now well known about town.
I am grateful for the opportunity to confront such behavior and will likely do so again if necessary. Also, I don’t believe I have surrendered my right to free speech, nor been committed to the righteous school of political correctness since becoming a Town Councilperson. I will remain the same person born here 50 years ago, regardless of petitions.
Why is our school and community always fair game for attack with so few willing to defend them? Both belong to us. Our school specifically is currently as good, or better, than it has ever been!
I understand that we have a lot of poverty in our community. I don’t believe that has to translate into a lot of ignorance.
Some people like to run our town down. We certainly have challenges.
Some days we can all relate to despair, but this is not our future unless we agree to it. Unless we don’t fight for it. So many are right now working, fighting and rejoicing in our future. These people need to be supported.
When you look in the mirror tomorrow morning, please consider, which type of these people are you? Which of these do you want your children to be?
If you are disenfranchised, get involved, ask for help, seek a friend. There is no better place to have a friend, receive help or have an opportunity to build, than here and now!
That 200 people signed a petition to oust me [from the Hoosick Board] because I swore is understandable. That none of them reached out to me to hear my side of it is pathetic. Since when have my countrymen surrendered to apathy?
Call me. Give me both barrels. Don’t be afraid of debate, dialogue, I will respect you. Apathy is not an option. Call me at 518-605-4604, night or day.
Dave Sutton
Hoosick Town Councilperson
