Stand Up And Be Counted
What do highway construction funding, Medicare and Medicaid funding, school breakfast/lunch program funding and congressional representation have in common? [Read more…] about A Letter To The Editor
Hoosick Falls
State of Emergency Is Continued
Mayor Robert Allen has signed an Executive Order that extends the State of Emergency in the Village of Hoosick Falls for five additional days. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls
GLSP Earth Day Events Postponed
All Earth Day events that were scheduled to take place at the Grafton Lakes State Parks have been postponed to tentatively the first week of June. [Read more…] about GLSP Earth Day Events Postponed
Grafton
Area Food Pantry Extending Hours
As Food Pantries experience a 40% increase in demand, The Grafton Area Food Pantry at Our Lady of Snow Church will be opened to all in need on Wednesday from 9 to 11 am and will continue to be available on Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm. [Read more…] about Grafton
Jack A. Wysocki
Bennington, VT – Jack Alden Wysocki, 79, lifetime resident of Hoosick Falls passed away at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in the presence of his family on March 19, 2020 after a brief illness. [Read more…] about Jack A. Wysocki
Thomas C. Wysocki
Hoosick Falls – Thomas C. Wysocki, Sr., 86, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away Friday, March 27 at Albany Medical Center. He was born June 10, 1933 in Hoosick Falls, NY to the late Lucy Wysocki Bedard. [Read more…] about Thomas C. Wysocki
The Life Of George Holcomb
A New Tenant For George’s House
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Thursday, December 9, 1847: Today I and Geo P. went with the one horse wagon uptown to the vendue to sell the property of the deceased Aaron Wood. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
Rensselaer County Battles COVID-19 Head On
By Doug La Rocque
With states of emergency declared in many towns, the Village of Hoosick Falls, the City of Troy and the County itself, the citizens of Rensselaer County are doing their best to fight back at this global pandemic. [Read more…] about Rensselaer County Battles COVID-19 Head On
Petersburgh
Veterans Banners Program Marches On
Petersburgh’s Veterans’ Banner program is progressing nicely. [Read more…] about Petersburgh
Outdoors With Trix
Together Again
Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) were actively breeding in a vernal pool in the upper Petersburgh woods from Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon, before the cold forced them to seek cover. [Read more…] about Outdoors With Trix