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Hoosick Rescue Squad Volunteers Answer The Call

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by Bea Peterson
In a time when the country is woefully lacking in volunteers, the Town of Hoosick Volunteer Rescue Squad managed to respond to 687 calls in 2011. That is 1.88 calls a day! With just two dozen members and extra volunteer drivers, they were called away on Sundays and holidays, at dinner time and in the middle of the night. [Read more…] about Hoosick Rescue Squad Volunteers Answer The Call

Stephentown To Present Plan To Take Over Elementary School

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by David Flint
The Stephentown Town Board has accepted the offer from the Berlin School Board to present a proposal for assuming ownership of the now vacant Stephentown Elementary School property. The School Board last month voted to request both the Stephentown Board and the Grafton Fire District to submit tentative plans by March 6 for the properties of the vacant elementary school properties in their respective towns. [Read more…] about Stephentown To Present Plan To Take Over Elementary School

HFCS To Appeal Disqualification Of Bowling Team From State Tournament

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by Bea Peterson
On Friday, February 17, the Times Union reported that the Hoosick Falls Bowling Team had been stripped of its Section II Class C-D Bowling Championship and its place in the March State Tournament because it did not complete the paperwork required when seventh or eighth grade students compete in a varsity sport.
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Petersburgh Town Board Action – To Secede Or Not To Secede

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by Alex Brooks
At the Petersburgh Town Board Meeting this week, Kurt Klein presented a petition signed by about 75 Petersburgh residents asking to have a referendum on whether the Town should secede from the Berlin School District. He said he had not been able to talk with everyone by any means but he had spent a few Saturdays going door to door to talk with people about the School District. He said about 80% of the people he talked to signed the petition.
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Demolition Of The Union Free School Building Begins; Bell Tower To Be Saved

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by Thaddeus Flint
With the word out that the historic Union Free School building in New Lebanon is to be demolished this week, many from the Town and the surrounding areas have been coming by to take one last look at the structure which has been a part of the Town’s personality for 99 years.
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HFCS Presents First Draft Of Budget

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by Alex Brooks
The first draft of the Hoosick Falls School District budget was presented last week. Superintendent Ken Facin called the situation “challenging,” but he set a goal of developing a budget that does not exceed a 2% tax levy increase, with minimal impact on staffing and student programming. He said, “We have some work to do, but we will find a way to reach our goal.”
The budget as presented showed a tax levy increase of 8.19%, but no one expects it to stay that high. The Board’s intention is to work that down to 2% or less before it adopts a budget on April 19.
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Rensselaer County Legislature – HFCS Girls Rule

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by Kieron Kramer
While their parents, relatives and friends filled the gallery of the Legislative Chamber during the presentation period of the Rensselaer County Legislature’s regular meeting on Tuesday, February 14, the Hoosick Falls State Class C Co-Championship Girls Soccer Team entered the well of the Legislature with their coach to receive copies of the resolution passed in December honoring their season’s achievements. Legislators Brownell and Goodermote made the presentation to the 17 members of the team present on Tuesday.
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Village of Hoosick Falls Board Meeting – The Rest Of The Story

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by Bea Peterson
The Village of Hoosick Falls Board met on Tuesday, February 14. Last week’s Eastwick Press briefly discussed the presentation by the HAYC3 Youth Impact, Jr. team encouraging the Board and those attending the meeting to  shop locally and the Boards announcement to hire CGR (Center for Government Research) to do a Dissolution Study, Here is the rest of the story.
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