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HFCS Budget May Suffer From Evaporating State Money

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by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School District has been informed that under the Governor’s recently released budget, State operating aid for the District would go up by about $200,000. This is about 1% of the District’s total budget. It would be an increase in State operating aid of a little over 2%. If the District’s annual health insurance cost were to increase by 5%, that would eat up all of this proposed State aid increase. In fact, health insurance costs have usually gone up by more than 5% annually.
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Town Of Hoosick Organizational Meeting

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The Hoosick Town Board met before their regular meeting on Monday, January 9, to hold the Organizational Meeting. They adopted the following:
Meeting Date: second Monday of the month at 7 pm
Bank: Key Bank and Pioneer Commercial Bank
Official Newspaper: The Cambridge Eagle; Alternate: Troy Record
Appointments And Annual Salaries
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The Friends Of The Cheney Library Are Hard At Work

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At the Friends of the Cheney Library January meeting a report was given on the recent Dine Out to Help Out fund-raiser at the Falls Diner. A Book Fair is planned for March. Monies raised will be used to support the local library and promote new programming. This winter the Library is offering a multicultural program for elementary students called “Stories Around the World.” [Read more…] about The Friends Of The Cheney Library Are Hard At Work

Local Farms Receive Farmland Protection

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Members of the Rensselaer County Legislature welcomed the completion of three farmland protection projects, with more than 1,200 acres combined protected for future generations, Majority Leader Ken Herrington and Legislator Alex Shannon announced.
The farmland protection efforts include farms in the towns of Pittstown, Hoosick and Petersburgh, along with some acreage in the Washington County town of Jackson. State, County and local officials joined representatives from the Agricultural Stewardship Association today in announcing completion of the lengthy process required to protect properties.
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St. Mary’s Academy Holds “In-Session” Open House

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Drop By And See Why Small Is Really BIG!
submitted by Margaret Merwin
To welcome members of the surrounding communities in to celebrate Catholic Schools Week, St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls will be hosting a “Drop By and See Us” Open House the week of January 30 through Friday, February 3. Parents and students in pre-k and third through seventh grade are welcome to visit anytime between 8:30 am and 2 pm Monday through Thursday and between 8:30 and 11 am on Friday. The school will also hold an Open House on Sunday, January 29, from 10 am to noon. [Read more…] about St. Mary’s Academy Holds “In-Session” Open House