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Dramatic Pin Gives Panthers Ken Baker Classic WASAREN League Title

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by Ryan Mosher
In a full day of wrestling between 11 teams and over 100 wrestlers, what are the chances that the team championship would come down to one match towards the end of the finals. Well that is just what happened Saturday at the Wasaren League Ken Baker Classic at Hoosick Falls.
Hoosick Falls and Salem, who had a great dual meet just a couple weeks ago, each sent five wrestlers into the finals and matched up head to head in two of those matches. [Read more…] about Dramatic Pin Gives Panthers Ken Baker Classic WASAREN League Title

Lilac Ties School Record On A Career Performance

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by Ryan Mosher
Tuesday night was a very special night for Alex Lilac. Hoosick Falls’ senior point guard was getting his one and only opportunity to play on the basketball court at Stillwater, which was named for his grandfather, Hall of Fame coach Mike Lilac. It was also an opportunity for Lilac and his teammates to make their final push to win another Wasaren League title. The SUNY Cortland bound senior rose to the occasion and put on a show for everyone.
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HFCS Bowlers Win Adirondack League Tournament; Beat Archrivals

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On Tuesday, January 31, the Hoosick Falls bowling team won the Adirondack League Tournament by beating its archrival, Fort Edward, at the Broadway Lanes in Fort Edward with a total pin count of 3,077 for five bowlers.  Fort Edward placed second with a total of 2,995, and Schuylerville finished third with a total pin count of 2,627. [Read more…] about HFCS Bowlers Win Adirondack League Tournament; Beat Archrivals

Second Half Surge Carry Panthers Past Cambridge

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by Ryan Mosher
The Hoosick Falls boys basketball team ran into one of their toughest games of the year last Friday night against an unlikely opponent. Cambridge has had a less than stellar season thus far, having just one victory over Tamarac to their credit. On Friday the two rival schools faced off and, for almost three quarters, played a game that did not have the feel of the top and bottom teams in the standings.
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Hoosick Falls Elementary School Registration For September 2012 Kindergarten Class

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Hoosick Falls Elementary School has started the process of creating a registry/mailing list of new students for the September 2012 kindergarten class.
If you have a child who will be five years old by December 1, 2012, please call the Elementary School office as soon as possible at 686-9492 to ensure that your child’s name is placed on our mailing list. Registration packets will be handed out to parents on an information night which has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 7.
Kindergarten screening will occur during the week of June 18.

Hoosick Falls Police Blotter – January 22 to 28, 2012

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• Sunday, January 22 – EMS at Woodbridge Heights Apts.
Investigation of Harassment on High Street
• Tuesday, January 24 – Repossession of a vehicle on Fifth Street
Investigation of individuals selling without a permit on Second Street. The individuals were attempting to sell stone from their pick-up truck.
Investigation of a Suspicious Vehicle at the sewer plant.
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HACA Free Tax Service Opens

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The Hoosick Area Church Association (HACA), for the eighth year, is offering free assistance to the public in preparing income tax returns through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance or VITA program. The VITA site will be located at the HACA Center at 26 John Street, Hoosick Falls. The office will be open each Saturday beginning February 4, from 10 am to 3 pm and on Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 pm through February.  In March and April, the office will be open on Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm, and on Thursdays by appointment. Office hours have been scheduled for evenings and weekends to accommodate people who find it difficult to take time off from work.  The service is free and is provided by IRS Certified VITA/TCE volunteer preparers.
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Ties To The Land

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A facilitated workshop on succession planning to help keep family forests and farms in the family will be held on February 11, from 9 am to 4:30 pm at the Petersburgh Veteran’s Memorial Community Center, 71 Main Street, Petersburgh.
Few challenges that family forestland owners, farmers, ranchers and other land-based family businesses face are more important than the issue of passing the land and its responsibilities on to the next generation. Many small landowners want to preserve their family lands but don’t know how to involve family members in ownership and operation of their land.
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