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HFCS Sets Tax Rates

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by Alex Brooks
Tax rates for the 2012-13 school year were set at the Hoosick Falls School Board meeting this month. The overall tax levy increased by 2% to $8,915,218.  The tax rate on true value is $17.52 per $1,000 of value across all the towns, but the tax rates on assessed value are different for each town. Hoosick’s tax rate was up 3.79% to $66.60 per thousand. All the other towns tax rates are down. Grafton’s is down 3.57% to $213.27 per thousand; Petersburgh’s is down 3.88% to 30.78 per thousand; Pittstown’s is down 4.36% to $27.37 per thousand, and White Creek’s is down 2.79% to $28.22 per thousand.
The tax levy has increased by a total of 8% over the last five years in an era of falling State aid. In the last four years State operating aid to the Hoosick Falls District has been reduced by a total of over 16%.
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Inebriated Man Not On Track

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a release from the Hoosick Falls Police Department
On Thursday, August 16, the Hoosick Falls Police Department investigated an incident, at about 12 pm, in which a male subject had climbed on top of the railroad trestle on Mechanic Street in the Village of Hoosick Falls. It appeared to witnesses that the subject was about to jump on the tracks, causing the train to stop.
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Letter To The Editor – A Clarification On Assessor Law

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To the editor:
During the local elections in the Town in 2011, one of the primary planks of the Democratic and Grafton Citizens Party platform was a promise to attempt to amend Local Law # 1 of 2010, to allow for a permissive referendum on the questions of an appointed versus elected assessor(s). After a significant amount of research into the matter, it is now clear that this is legally not possible. A number of State laws dating back as far as 1970 have led the NYS Office of the Comptroller to put out a legal opinion to towns that have made such a switch and have attempted to reconsider, that no provisions exist to allow for this to legally be done.
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Hoosick Falls Central School Opens Thursday, September 6

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Tuesday, September 4,  and Wednesday, September 5, are Superintendent Conference Days – no students.
Tuesday, September 4 – Open House for Grades Universal Pre-k through Grade Two (6 – 7:30 pm).
Thursday, September 6 – Open House for Grades Three through Grade Six (6 – 7:30 pm).
Students in grades Universal Pre-k – 12 will begin with a full day of instruction on Thursday, September 6. Breakfast and lunch will be provided as usual. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Central School Opens Thursday, September 6

HFCS Golf Team In Full Swing

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by Bea Peterson
The Hoosick Falls Central School Golf Team has had three matches so far this week. They play again on Thursday, August 23, and the following Monday.
On Wednesday, August 22, the Team played Greenwich on their home course – the Battenkill. HF lost 1½ to 3½. Coach Pam Hatfield said, “The good news is that Andrew Hoag was the medalist. Also, Hoag and Josh Reveal both shot sectional scores, which is 8 or less over par. Congrats to these two players!”
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