Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
Panthers Stop Millbrook In Their Tracks, 29 – 0
by Steve Bradley
The Hoosick Falls Panthers headed down the Thruway last Saturday with the thoughts of a real struggle to earn the right to advance to the State championship game in Syracuse. This year they were playing a new opponent, the Millbrook Blazers, in the semifinal game at Kingston. [Read more…] about We’re Going To The Dome!
by Mary Young
On October 25, 2014 our kindergarten class of 1959 had a 55 year class reunion. [Read more…] about Then And Now
by Alex Brooks
The Grafton Town Board held a budget workshop on Thursday November 20, but it didn’t last long. Councilman Rick Ungaro presented a series of changes to the budget and made a motion, seconded by Councilman Mike Crandall, to adopt these changes to the budget . The vote was 2-2, so the motion did not pass. Town Supervisor Frank Higgins then made a motion, seconded by Councilwoman Barbara Messenger, to adopt the Preliminary Budget as the Final Budget. This also resulted in a 2-2 vote, so that motion did not pass either. But apparently it didn’t need to.
by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board held a relatively brief meeting on Monday, November 24. Neither Superintendent Ken Facin nor the two principals were present.
Board President Greg Laurin happily announced that all five of the fall sports teams had achieved “Scholar-Athlete” status, keeping grade point averages above 90.
by Sherry Bowman-Kluck
The Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center hosted its annual Veterans Potluck Dinner on Tuesday, November 11. The hall was bursting with approximately 150 community members, young and old, all focused on one common goal – the distinctive opportunity of coming together to celebrate those Petersburgh veterans who have given us the gift of freedom and way of life.
submitted by Gail Smith
As a result of the situation in Buffalo, the Red Cross needs to collect around 1,000 units of blood every day in New York and Pennsylvania to keep hospitals stocked. With western New York snowed in, the organization is calling on other areas to step up. Thirty blood drives had to be cancelled resulting in the loss of over 860 units.
[Read more…] about 1,000 Units Of Blood Needed A Day In NY To Meet The Need
Daughters of the American Revolution National Society
[Read more…] about Berlin High School Announces Award Winners
Hoosick – Vera A. (Cipperly) Griswold, 91, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014, at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY. She had resided on Cipperly Road in Breese Hollow in Hoosick, NY. Vera was the wife of the late Ralph D. Griswold, whom she married on June 13, 1948.
Born on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1922, in Hoosick Falls, NY, Vera was the daughter of the late Harry and Alice (Webster) Cipperly. Vera was a graduate of Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls. She was a member of the All Saints Church in Hoosick and a longtime member of the Hoosick Grange. Vera was an avid card player. She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her daughter, Kathy Bailey and husband Russell of Amenia, NY, two sons, Donn Griswold and wife Donna of Arlington, VT, and Jerry Griswold and wife Geri of Bennington, VT. She is also survived by eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren as well as a sister, Betty Kipp of Hoosick Falls, a brother, Robert Cipperly of Eagle Mills, NY, and many in-laws, nieces, nephews, godchildren, neighbors and friends. She is pre-deceased by five sisters, Ethel Sherin, Blanch Cipperly, Eleanor Lohnes, Helen Cloke and Doris Kipp, and six brothers, George, Dean, Waldo, William, Frank and Paul Cipperly.
The funeral service was held on Monday, November 24, at 5:30 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Relatives and friends called at the funeral home on Monday from 3 pm until the time of the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad or the Ronald McDonald House of Albany, NY, through the funeral home.
