Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Bea Peterson
Pharmacist Jim Monahan was made an Honorary Member of the Hoosick Rescue Squad at its Recognition Banquet on Sunday, February 23, and Squad member Rita Kittel was recipient of the first Joan Rogers Service Award.
[Read more…] about Monahan And Kittel Recognized At Hoosick Rescue Squad Banquet
by Alex Brooks
At the February 12 meeting of the Hoosick Falls School Board, a resolution was presented to grant tax exemptions from school taxes to war veterans as enabled by a State law passed in December of 2013, and it was passed by a vote of 6-0. It granted the maximum exemptions allowed by the State legislation.
[Read more…] about HFCS Board Grants Veterans Tax Exemptions
by Bea Peterson
National Geographic Television Channel’s weekly show “Building Wild” starring Hoosick’s Pat Bakaitis and television celebrity Paulie DiMeo as the Cabin Kings continues to highlight the local area. In the February 11 show, which was the building of a cabin for Patrick and Ryan Sweeney in Berlin, Paulie noted that he wanted some Brown’s Beer, which is brewed in Hoosick.
by Alex Brooks
On Saturday, February 22, pipes in the Petersburgh Water District pump house broke. The damage proved to be difficult to repair. After shutting off the system to clean out a chlorination line in the pump house that had become plugged, Water District Superintendent Ben Krahforst completed the job and re-opened the valves and turned the pumps back on. Then a severe water hammer occurred, which shattered the main line from Well #2 and damaged connections in the manifold.
[Read more…] about Pipes Break In Petersburgh Pump House; Flood Is Difficult To Control
by Thaddeus Flint
A January report by the New York State’s Comptroller Office which showed the Berlin School District as being “susceptible to fiscal stress” does not “necessarily reflect what is actuality in terms of school districts,” said the Berlin Central School District’s Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Stephen Young, at the February Board meeting Tuesday night.
[Read more…] about BCS Superintendent Of Schools Rebuts Fiscal Stress Rating
by Kieron Kramer
Ayla Senecal is a freshman at HFCS and skates and trains year round at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial rink in nearby North Adams, MA. Her mother, Sara Senecal, wrote in an email, “Ayla misses out on hanging out with friends and doing normal teenage things because of all of her traveling and training required, but all of that hard work paid off this past weekend.” [Read more…] about Ayla Senecal Wins Bronze At The Empire State Games
by David Flint
Kay was the glue that held this group together,” said Laurie Kimmelstiel. Apparently the glue was strong enough that the group, the Heritage Spinners and Knitters, is still thriving after the tragic death of Kay ten Kraft last June.
by Bea Peterson
The Valentine’s Day Birthday Celebration scheduled for February 14 at the Grafton Senior Center had to be postponed because of a snowstorm that made traveling almost impossible. The celebration was held on Friday, February 21, however, with balloons, a great dinner, birthday cake and table favors in honor of anyone celebrating a birthday in February. And there were plenty of folks celebrating February birthdays! Among them was Helen (Babcock) Ellett who is now 100 years old!
Hoosick Falls – Harold J. Jones, 56, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2013, at his residence after a brief illness. He was the husband of Cindy Lou (Wilson) Jones.
Born on May 14, 1957, in Cambridge, NY, Harold was the son of Howard B. and Blanche (Sherman) Jones of Buskirk, NY. He graduated from Cambridge Central School. Harold was employed by the Hoosick Falls Central School as a bus driver. He also drove bus for the Green Mountain Express and was formerly employed at Oak Mitsui in Hoosick Falls, NY. Harold was a member of the Vermont Army National Guard, the Cornerstone Fellowship Church and the North Hoosick Fire Department. He was a former member of the Hoosick Falls Fire Department and the Buskirk Fire Department. Harold enjoyed camping, Sunday rides with his wife Cindy and the time spent with family.
Survivors, other than his wife Cindy, include his daughter, Katrina Jones Inigo of Hoosick Falls, his sister, Lynn Jones of Buskirk, three brothers, Howard Jr. of Palatka, FL, Paul of Hoosick Falls and Doug of Stephens City, VA, three grandchildren, Jaylen Michael, Jenny Grace and Jane Addaline, his father and mother-in-law, Skip and Jackie Wilson, his sister-in-law, Bonnie Lee, his brothers-in-law, Clinton Jr., Wayne and Eric Wilson, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are on Thursday evening, February 27, at 7 pm from the North Hoosick Fire Department on Route 22, North Hoosick, NY. Relatives and friends may call at the Fire House on Thursday from 4 to 7 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the North Hoosick Fire Department. Arrangements are under the direction of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls.
Petersburgh/Grafton – Shirley Rena (Etman) Minkler, 78, a longtime resident of Grafton, NY, and recently Petersburgh, NY, died peacefully on Saturday, February 22, 2014, at her residence following a long illness with her family by her side.
