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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Village Of Hoosick Falls Board Action – Final Stretch Of Greenway Purchased

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by Bea Peterson

At the meeting of the Hoosick Falls Village Board on Tuesday, August 12, Margaret Casey and Paula Kamperman of the Hoosic River Greenway Committee requested that the Village purchase one and a quarter acres of land from the PanAm Railroad at the very northern end of the Greenway. The purchase and the closing costs are covered under a Greenway grant and will be no expense to the Village. [Read more…] about Village Of Hoosick Falls Board Action – Final Stretch Of Greenway Purchased

Rensselaer County Legislature – Commending The Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation On Its 100th Anniversary

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by Kieron Kramer

Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Rensselaer County Legislature was full of business pertaining to the Eastwick area – from the memorializing of John Greaney of Berlin to the awarding of funds to area youth programs, from the purchase of highway equipment in Stephentown to the commendation to the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls for its 100th anniversary.

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Hoosick Town Board Action – Info Panels In Place For Battle Site

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by Bea Peterson

A letter from Andrew Alberti of Lakes to Locks Passage was read at the Town of Hoosick Board meeting on Monday evening, August 11. Alberti thanked Town Supervisor Mark Surdam, Councilman Dave Sutton and Highway Superintendent Bill Shiland and his son Bill for volunteering their time to install the Lakes to Locks information panels at the Stewart’s at the intersection of Routes 22 and 67. [Read more…] about Hoosick Town Board Action – Info Panels In Place For Battle Site

Reynolds Foundation Gives $12,000 To Community Organizations

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by Bea Peterson

On Monday, August 4, Reynolds Foundation Board Members Norma Brenenstuhl, Robert Becker, James Monahan, Armand Rousseau and William Shiland presented checks amounting to $12,000 to the Town of Hoosick Community Band, the Town of Hoosick Historical Society, the Hoosick Area Church Association Food Pantry, the Hoosick Falls Girl Scout Service Program, the Hoosick Falls Day Camp, the Cheney Library Children’s Reading Program, the Wood Park Residents Association and to the Reynolds Foundation in reserve for later disbursement.

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29th Annual Run For The Roses

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submitted by Liz Wagner, Park Naturalist

Sunshine and beautiful weather greeted this year’s participants for the 29th Annual Run for the Roses. The Grafton Community Library and Grafton Lakes State Park were happy to host 154 runners for this year’s event on the 5k course that is renowned for being “up hill the whole way.”

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Brown’s To Open Walloomsac Brewery To Public

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On Wednesday, August 27, from 6 to 9 pm Brown’s Brewing Company, 50 Factory Hill Road, Hoosick, will host “Wild BBQ”, a special evening featuring a meet and greet with the stars of the hit National Geographic show Building Wild. “Wild BBQ” will also feature a chicken barbecue, live music from local Northern American Rockers “Eastbound Jesus” and a live auction called by Ron and Kyle Seifert who appeared on an episode of the History Channel’s “American Pickers” this year. The event will be hosted in Brown’s Walloomsac production brewery’s retail space in Hoosick. [Read more…] about Brown’s To Open Walloomsac Brewery To Public

Maryclare C. McGovern

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Hoosick Falls – Maryclare C. McGovern, 78, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2014, at the Centers for Living & Rehabilitation in Bennington, VT. She had resided on Classic Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, with her husband, William McGovern. They moved to Hoosick Falls in 1978.

Born on March 6, 1936, in Queens, NY, Maryclare was the daughter of the late William and Clara (Stebe) Bowler. She was educated at the Katharine Gibbs School and received her Masters Degree in teaching from St. John’s University in New York City in 1968. Maryclare taught at Kings Park Elementary School on Long Island. She enjoyed playing piano, sewing, cooking and baking. She was a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls. Maryclare was proud of her German heritage and enjoyed the October Fest every year.

Survivors, other than her husband William, include their sons, James McGovern and his fiance Cathy Bucci of Latham, NY, John and wife Meagan McGovern of Rexford, NY, Lawrence McGovern of Rochester, NY, Daniel McGovern and Edward McGovern, both of Hoosick Falls, and three grandchildren, Declan and Riley McGovern and Anthony Bucci. She is pre-deceased by a sister, Dorothy Winters.

A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Thursday, August 14, at 10 am from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. There were no calling hours. Burial followed the Mass at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hoosick Falls.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Hoosick Area Food Pantry through the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, which is handling the arrangements.

Big Moose Gets Bigger

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by Bea Peterson

Call it garish, cluttered, distracting or whatever you like. The best words to describe it are tourist stop and moneymaker. Emil Baker’s Big Moose Deli and Country Store on NY Route 7 in Hoosick has won area newspaper awards for the best deli around and, most recently, made The New York Times Sunday, May 18, 2014, issue with a sketch of the building as part of a portrait of “Classic American Journeys By Road.”

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