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U.S. Congressman Gibson Attends The HFCS Sports Banquet

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by Bea Peterson
It was a phenomenal year for HFCS sports. There were three State championships. The Girls Soccer team won the State title for the second year in a row. The Football team won its first ever State title and a 106 pound wrestler. Luis Weierbach, brought HFCS its first State title in that sport. Many of the school’s athletes were recognized by the WASAREN League, by State high school sports organizations and by area newspapers for their sports accomplishments. Some victories were small, others large. All were milestones.
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Hoosick Falls Lends HAYC3 $45,000

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by Bea Peterson
After an hour of discussion at a special Hoosick Falls Village Board meeting on Tuesday, June 4, the Board approved an Economic Development loan to HAYC3 for $45,000. The loan is to be repaid at a rate of $650 a month for six years.
HAYC3 President Michael Baker, Vice President Gary Contessa, Executive Director Aelish Nealon and HAYC3 counselor and business planner Chrissy Fauler attended the meeting to present a proposal and answer questions.
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Deluge Damages Area Roads

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by Alex Brooks
The rainstorms which came through the area on the evening of May 29 hit Petersburgh and Williamstown especially hard, as an especially intense thunderstorm tracked close to Route 2 moving over Petersburgh Pass. The storm was quick – it only lasted a half hour or so, but it dropped anywhere from an inch and a half to two inches in that time, an extraordinary rate of rainfall.
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Samantha Brewer Receives Girl Scout Gold Award

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by Bea Peterson
In a ceremony on Sunday, June 2, at the First Church United, Presbyterian, Samantha Brewer received the highest award in Girl Scouting, the coveted Gold Award. Only 5.49 percent of Girl Scouts achieve this honor. Samantha was congratulated by family and friends, officers of the Fremasonry-Van Rensselaer Star Lodge #400, Hoosick Grange #1127, the Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club, the West Hoosick Fire Department, the Town of Hoosick Lions Club, the Hoosick Falls Community Band, Rensselaer County Legislators Stan Brownell and Lester Goodermote and Hoosick Town Supervisor Keith Cipperly. She also received congratulatory letters from NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
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Top Ten Seniors Of The Class Of 2013 At HFCS

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submitted by Jessica Balch, 10-12 Guidance Counselor
Hoosick Falls Jr./Sr. High School is proud to announce the Top Ten Seniors of the Class of 2013. The Valedictorian is Jason Woods, son of Robert and Mary Beth Woods, of Eagle Bridge. In his years at Hoosick Falls, Jason was a member of National Honor Society, Varsity Soccer, Newspaper and Masterminds. In the fall, Jason will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and major in Computer Science.
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BCS 2013 National Honor Society And Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony

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submitted by Sherry Bowman-Kluck
On Monday evening, May 13, the Berlin Central School District recognized its current student members of the Taconic Valley National Honor Society/Junior Society and celebrated the new students being inducted into the Honor Society/Junior Society.
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I’m Still Here

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by Bea Peterson
“I’m still here, which, I think is pretty remarkable,” Attorney Denis King told members of the Hoosick Planning Board when he appeared for their meeting on May 20. King’s plane took a nose dive into the ground between the Hoosick Falls Country Club and Rogers Avenue in Hoosick Falls on Sunday, April 28. King was taken first to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and then transferred to Albany Medical Center.
After the meeting King said that a cause for the plane’s failure had not, as yet, been found. He was wearing a patch over one eye because of double vision, which he expects will clear up soon. “Other than some aches and pains, I’m fine,” he said. And as soon as his vision clears up he hopes to be flying again.

Boy Scout Troop 222 Has Had An Active Spring

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submitted by Andrew Zlotnik
Troop 222 has been working hard and playing even harder. The Troop helped out at the PVMCC with a lasagna dinner fundraiser for the Veterans Wall of Honor. The Troop recognized their scouts with a Court of Honor for the scouts who advanced in rank. The Scouts helped clean up the Garfield Cemetery in Petersburgh and placed flags at the graves of our fallen service men and women for Memorial Day. Some of the scouts in Troop 222 even found time to earn a Space Exploration Merit Badge.
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