Registration is now open for Spring teams at the Hoosick Falls Soccer Club. You can sign up at the website at hoosickfallssoccer.org. You can also call Steve Hinchliffe at 686 9505 for travel teams and Laura Sagendorf at 944 4971 for In House Rec teams.
Flying Deer Presents Song Of The Forest
The Flying Deer Nature Center will present Song of the Forest on March 22-24 at the Abode of the Message, New Lebanon.
Since time immemorial, birds have lifted the human mind and heart into brighter places with their enchanting sounds. We may appreciate the beauty of birdsong, but we often miss many messages the birds are telling us about their natural surroundings and about ourselves. [Read more…] about Flying Deer Presents Song Of The Forest
Kristopher N. Hansen Graduates From Basic Training
Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Kristopher N. Hansen graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.
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Local Students Named To The College Of Saint Rose Dean’s List
The College of Saint Rose in Albany recently announced that Tyler Pomakoy of Stephentown and Katherine Bakaitis of Petersburgh were among 805 students named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2012 semester.
Full time students who complete a minimum of 12 credit hours and achieve a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 with no grades of D, F, Incomplete or Pass/Fail are eligible for inclusion on the Dean’s List.
The College of Saint Rose is a private, independent, coeducational, liberal arts college located in the heart of New York’s capital city. The College offers 70 undergraduate and 74 graduate programs and serves nearly 5,000 students. Through a strong liberal education curriculum and progressive academic programs, a Saint Rose education instills students with the passion, knowledge and purpose not only to do great things Ð but extraordinary things.
Alex Lilac On Dean’s List At SUNY Cortland
Alex Lilac has been named to the Dean’s List at SUNY College of Cortland for the Fall 2012 semester. He is the son of Mike and Katy Lilac of Hoosick Falls.
Nicole Hensler Named To The University Of Rhode Island Dean’s List
The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce that 4,199 undergraduates have qualified for the Fall 2012 Dean’s List. The students represent nearly all of Rhode Island’s cities and towns, all six New England states, New York and New Jersey, and many other states and nations.
Nicole Breanne Hensler of Petersburgh was named to the Dean’s List.
To be included on the Dean’s List, students must have completed 12 or more credits during a semester for letter grades with at least a 3.30 quality point average. Part-time students qualify with the accumulation of 12 credits with a 3.30 quality point average.
Hoosick Falls Resident Joseph Nusca On Lasell College Dean’s List
Joseph Nusca of Hoosick Falls has earned Dean’s List status for the 2012 Fall semester at Lasell College. A member of the Class of 2014, Nusca is majoring in Criminal Justice.
An innovative educational institution for over 160 years, Lasell College combines the best of the classroom and the real world to offer Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees on a 50 acre campus eight miles from downtown Boston.
Berlin Fire Department Breakfast
On Sunday, February 3, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its fresh, hot off the griddle, monthly breakfast. For your eating pleasure we include all-you-can-eat pancakes, French toast and biscuits for our homemade sausage gravy, sausage and bacon, toast, home fries and eggs (scrambled, sunny side, over easy or over hard). Beverage choices include coffee, tea, (both decaf available), hot chocolate, milk and orange juice.
Prices are $7 for adults, $4 for kids 5-10 and free for kids under 5. Please join us before church, grocery run or whatever you may be doing for the day and have a great start to the morning.
Johnsonville Rescue Squad Breakfast
The Johnsonville Rescue Squad located at 4 River Road is holding its monthly breakfast on Sunday, February 3, from 7:30 to 11 am. Please note the new hours.
The cost for adults is $6, $3 for children. The menu consists of eggs, French toast, pancakes, sausage, omelets, hash browns, juice, fruit and coffee.
This is a good time to drop off your bottle and can returns and see if you can help by becoming a volunteer. For more information call 753-9549
Veterans of Stephentown Texas Hold’em
The Veterans of Stephentown will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, February 9, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located at 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp.
A free buffet will be served at the first break.
No advance registration is required, and a donation of $35 per player will be accepted. Players can make an additional $10 donation at the door for 1,000 extra chips. This tournament will pay one place for every ten players with a minimum of four places and a maximum of nine places.
For further information, please call Tom McVeigh at 518-658 2448.


