HAYC3’s Yoga Program began on Wednesday, January 7, at 5:45 pm at the HAYC3 Armory located at 80 Church Street in Hoosick Falls. This four week program costs $55. To reserve your place or for more information please call HAYC3 at 518-686-9050 or visit the website at www.hayc3.org.
Sullivan-Jones VFW Post 7466, Poestenkill Breakfast
Join us on January 11, from 8 to 11 am for our next monthly VFW Breakfast Buffet. Enjoy the regular buffet including fresh scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, home fries, pancakes, fruit, juice, tea and coffee. Or build your own omelets with ham, bacon, sausage, cheeses, mushrooms, peppers and onions and homemade French toast.
Adults pay $8 for the regular buffet, $10 for the omelet. Children 6 to 12 can eat for $4 and children under 5 eat free.
Veterans Of Stephentown Texas Hold’em
The Veterans of Stephentown will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, January 17, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located at 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5:30 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp. No advance registration is required.
Starting in December 2014, the total chip count was raised to 10,000 without raising the donations. Now, a donation of $35 per player will be accepted and give the player 7,500 in chip value. Players can make an additional $10 donation at the door for 2,500 extra in chip value. This tournament will pay one place for every ten players with a minimum of four places and a maximum of nine places.
A free buffet will be served at the first break, and refreshments will be available.
For further information, please call Tom MacVeigh at 518-658-2448.
Hoosick Falls Shows Off Its Heritage
Grafton Lakes State Park 30th Annual Winter Festival
The Grafton Lakes State Park and the Friends of Grafton Lakes State Park will host the 30th Annual Winter Festival and Ice Fishing Contest on Saturday, January 24. The Winter Fest will feature outdoor events along with indoor exhibits, food vendors and family-friendly and recreational activities. The event is free of charge and main events run from 10 am to 4 pm.
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Sweet Sara’s Custom Desserts To Hold Cooking Class At The HAYC3 Armory
Sweet Sara’s Custom Desserts will offer a cooking class just in time for Valentine’s Day. This them based cooking class will be held on Wednesday, January 21, starting at 6 pm.
The “Sweets for Your Sweetheart” cooking class will be taught by Kelly O’Connor of Sweet Sara’s and will feature gourmet recipes in this “hands on” experience. The class will take place in The Hoosick Kitchen, a fully equipped commercially licensed kitchen located in the HAYC3 Armory at 80 Church Street in Hoosick Falls. The fee for the class is $10.
For more information or to make a reservation, please call HAYC3 at 518-686-9050, or visit the website at www.hayc3.org.
Do You Love Your Dog?
Sand Lake Center for the Arts-Circle Theatre Players presents Sylvia, A. R. Gurney’s adult comedy, where nothing is as universal as loving your dog, but when she eats, a serious hold on a 22 year marriage becomes tense. [Read more…] about Do You Love Your Dog?
Eva Blinstrub
Hoosick Falls – Eva (Kukanskis) Blinstrub, 93, died peacefully at her home on January 6, 2015, after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Walter J. Blinstrub.
Margaret Pine
West Hoosick – Margaret “Peg” Pine, 79, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015, at the Center for Living & Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls. She had resided in West Hoosick, NY, with her husband Warren Pine.
Born on April 3, 1935, in Hoosick Falls, NY, Peg was the daughter of the late John and Margaret (Maleady) Leonard. She graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls. In her earlier years Peg worked as a telephone operator and as a clerk at the former Ben Franklin’s and Corner Closet Clothing Store, all in Hoosick Falls. She most recently worked at the Hoosick Falls Central School as a teacher’s aid, where she loved working with the kids. Peg was a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls. She loved to swim at the community pool and enjoyed going to sporting events at H.F.C.S., but most of all she cherished the time she spent with her family.
Survivors, other than her husband Warren, include their children, Carol and husband Bruce Patire and Cathy Conway, all of Eagle Bridge, NY, and Craig and wife Denise Pine of Hoosick Falls, her sister, Judith and husband Butch Eastman of Hoosick Falls, her grandchildren, Joseph and Matthew Patire, Rachel Mullen, John Conway and Chelsea and Alex Pine, her three great-grandchildren, Brody and McKenna Mullen and Maya Shaw, as well as a niece and four nephews. Peg is pre-deceased by a sister, Ann Smith, and a brother, John “Goober” Leonard.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Tuesday, January 6, at 12 noon from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial followed the Mass at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hoosick Falls.
Relatives and friends called at the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, on Monday from 4 to 7 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to either the Karen and Molly McGovern Memorial fund, Immaculate Conception Church or the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad through the funeral home.
Jean M. Esposito
Hoosick – Jean M. Esposito, 70, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015, surrounded by her family at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She was the wife of Nicholas Esposito for 50 years. They resided formerly on Spicer Road in the Town of Hoosick, and, for the past six years, they had resided in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Born on March 21, 1944, in Troy, NY, Jean was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Jane (Galloway) Eldred. She graduated from Hoosick Falls High School and Russell Sage College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching. Jean taught at Hoosick Falls Central School for 25 years. She was a great woman of faith. Jean was a caring wife, mother and grandmother and cherished the time spent with her family.
Survivors, other than her husband Nicholas, include their daughters, Christine Renee Pine and husband Robert and Julie Lynn Sargood and husband Christopher, all of Hoosick Falls, and Aimee Marie Decker and husband Scott of Sarasota, FL, her brothers, Kenneth, John and Jim Eldred, all of Hoosick Falls, ten grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
There will be no services per Jean’s request. Arrangements are under the care of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Memorial contributions may be made to the Center for Living & Rehabilitation through the funeral home.