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HFCS Sets Tax Rates

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by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board approved their tax warrant for 2011 in the amount of $8,740,410. This tax levy is about $213,000 higher than last year, an increase of 2.5%. State operational aid for this school year will be about $900,000 less than last year. The School District’s budget has been reduced by 3.7% from last year’s budget. The tax levy approved at this month’s meeting results in the following tax rates for the five towns that lie in the District:
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The Demise Of The Union Free School Building Delayed

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by Thaddeus Flint
The Union Free School building of New Lebanon has had its fate postponed yet once again, this time until August 31.
Bids have already been solicited for the demolition of the structure by the School Board of New Lebanon. The bids were to have been opened and considered at the August 17 meeting of the School Board, however this was put off after New Lebanon Town Supervisor Margaret Robertson appeared before the School Board with a resolution from the Town Board that the Union Free School be considered as a possible site for the Town’s next Town Hall.
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Authentic American Fare Finds A Home In Grafton

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submitted by Sal Sorbello
The J and J Café located at 2719 Route 2 in Grafton, formerly the site of Lena’s and then Rosie’s and then Chrissy’s Diner, celebrated its Grand Opening just over a month ago. In spite of the roadwork on Route 2 local residents and others continue to find ways to get to the café to savor the chef’s own recipes. From home made chips to savory sauces with the chef’s own mix, to crispy and sweet croûtons, to Venison Chili, everything that can be made special, is prepared from scratch, in a way that only the renowned Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park could teach and only a fine hand could create.
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Betty J. Adams

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Grafton – Betty J. Adams, 80, died on Thursday morning, August 18, 2011, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Born in Petersburgh, NY, on March 22, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Leslie and Lena Lackey Miller. She was the wife of the late Walter Adams, who died in 1986, and the late Leon “Red” Schnoop, who died in 1954.
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Pit Bulls Rampage In Berlin

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by Kieron Kramer
Berlin Dog Control Officer Doug Goodermote had a disturbing, grisly tale to tell at Thursday’s Town Board meeting about two separate pit bull attacks that occurred in Town during the last month. One involved a two year old girl who was attacked in her home by the family pet. The other involved a pair of pit bulls that killed one calf and wounded two others at the Mapledale Farm on Greene’s Brook Road.
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