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The Life Of George Holcomb – George’s Son Becomes Ill

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compiled by Alex Brooks
Wednesday, July 5, 1820:  Tonight my son George J was taken quite unwell and Cousin Samuel Holcomb went after Doctor Graves but could not get him.  Said doctor sent some phthisic.  It set the child puking.
Thursday:  This morning I went after Doctor Graves.  I walked as far as Sylvester Pardies and he let me have a horse to ride.  Said doctor came and left medicine.  Today I tended still and we ran off one charger of cider.
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Stephentown Boards Have Differing Views As Motocross Jumps Another Hurdle

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Code Enforcement Officer Herrick Accused Of Bias
by David Flint
The Stephentown Zoning Board voted in a split decision last week to reject an appeal of a determination by the Code Enforcement Officer regarding an access road to Howard Commander’s proposed Motocross project. The Board’s 3-2 vote in effect also disregarded an advisory opinion issued the day before by the Planning Board. [Read more…] about Stephentown Boards Have Differing Views As Motocross Jumps Another Hurdle

Lack Of Trophy Doesn’t Diminish HFCS Bowlers’ Accomplishment

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by Bea Peterson
“Plaques or trophies don’t really matter; we know what we accomplished,” said HFCS Bowling Coach Bob Lang. Of course they matter, but he is also right. He and the team know what they accomplished. What the team did this season was win the Class C-D Division Bowling Championship for the fourth time in six years. As a matter of fact, in the Sectionals they bowled the highest score of all the Section II teams and earned the right to represent Section II in the State finals. It would have been the first time a Class C bowling team had ever competed in States.
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Woman Rescued From Walloomsac River

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by Bea Peterson
Deputy Matthew Trolio of the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at 2 am, Friday, March 2, and assisted in the rescue of a woman who had fallen into the Walloomsac River on Factory Hill Road in Hoosick. Her upper body lay on the bank while her lower body remained in the River. [Read more…] about Woman Rescued From Walloomsac River

HAYC3 To Investigate Armory Take-Over

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by Bea Peterson
At the start of a special Town of Hoosick Board meeting on February 29 Supervisor Keith Cipperly announced that the Hoosick Area Youth Center And Community Coalition (HAYC3) was willing to take over the Armory.
This week HAYC3 Executive Director Aelish Nealon said HAYC3 hasn’t met as a Board yet, but she believes there is interest in the building. “HAYC3 is a community driven organization,” she said. “It makes sense to ask us to investigate the idea, and we are happy to do so.” The full Board will meet on March 26. “We will take our time and do due diligence,” she added.
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Acceptance Of Non-Resident Students Approved By HFCS Board

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by Alex Brooks
At its meeting on Thursday, February 16, the Hoosick Falls Central School District Board gave unanimous final approval to a policy which allows the District to accept non-resident students on a tuition basis when it has the capacity in its existing programs to do so. Any requests from the parents of non-resident students under this policy will be handled on a case by case basis.
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Rose Hewitt Celebrates 100 Years

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by Bea Peterson
Nineteen twelve was a leap year. It was the year the Titanic sank and the year Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. It was the year the fifth renewed Olympic Games opened in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the year Danny Thomas, Jose Ferrer, Jackson Pollock, Brian Nelson, David Astor, Pat Nixon, Sonja Henie, Foster Brooks, Perry Como, Sam Snead, Woody Guthrie, Julia Child, Gene Kelly, Pope John Paul I, Barbara Hutton, Lady Bird Johnson and Rose Hewitt were born.
And on Tuesday Rose celebrated her 100th birthday!
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Taconic Valley Basketball Awards Night

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by Sherry Bowman-Kluck
The Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center was overflowing with the area’s aspiring basketball youth and their families on Tuesday night, March 6. It was the Awards Night and Pizza Party for the Taconic Valley Basketball Program. Approximately 90 young players were presented with trophies and pizza, not an easy task considering the PVMCC was packed with energetic and talkative families!
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