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County Approves Takeover Of Village Dispatch

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by Kieron Kramer
At its regular meeting on Tuesday, November 9, the County Legislature passed unanimously a resolution  authorizing the County Executive to execute a public safety dispatching agreement with the Village of Hoosick Falls. At a September 20 meeting the Village of Hoosick Falls decided, in a 4-3 vote after much discussion and a series of public hearings, to join the County Dispatch system and to deactivate its own dispatch system. At present the emergency service calls, for fire and ambulance, go through the County 911 Dispatch and are forwarded to the Hoosick Falls center to be dispatched locally while the Police calls are handled solely by the Hoosick Falls Dispatch.
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Changing America In Stephentown

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by David Flint
Beacon Power’s frequency regulation plant in Stephentown has been included on a White House list of 100 Recovery Act Projects that are Changing America. Releasing the report, Vice President Joe Biden said, “With [American Reinvestment and] Recovery Act projects like these, we’re starting to turn the page on a decade of failed economic policies and rebuild our economy on a new foundation that creates good middle class jobs for American families, and we’re not engineering this transformation alone – Recovery Act projects are drawing billions in private capital off the sidelines to help recharge our economy.”
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Hoosick Town Board Unhappy About Route 7/22 Intersection

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by Bea Peterson
Board members expressed their frustration after a meeting with the NYS DOT regarding the roadway changes at the intersection of Routes 7 and 22 that resulted from the construction of the new bridge. The intersection has already been changed once, with some improvement. However, there are times when cars wanting to turn “toward Bennington” will have to be extremely watchful for cars turning “toward Hoosick Falls” and cars continuing on Rt. 7 passing the cars waiting to turn off, etc.
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Hoosick Falls Landlords Fuming Over Water Rates

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by Bea Peterson
Three landlords attended the Hoosick Falls Village Board meeting on Tuesday, November 9. They were furious over the rates they are being charged for water and sewer. Now that water meters are in and working they are seeing a big difference in the amount of water they are being billed for and the amount of water their tenants use. In some instances the tenants are using one third to one half of what the building owners are being billed. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Landlords Fuming Over Water Rates

Annual Veterans Day Program At HFCS

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by Bea Peterson
As usual, the very moving Veterans Day program at Hoosick Falls Central School began with the entire Elementary School standing and singing “God Bless America” as students carrying American flags were followed into the high school auditorium by the Veterans to be honored. This year those veterans were active duty National Guard members and Afghanistan and Iraq veterans Matthew Sagendorf, Kevin Miller and Patrick Kelly. Sagendorf served in Iraq and Miller and Kelly served together in Afghanistan. Miller and Kelly were later introduced to the audience by their children, who attend the school at HFCS.
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BCS Students Receive Invention Grant

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Berlin M.S./H.S. was recently awarded a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant in the amount of $4,305 to create a device for the deaf and hearing impaired that would alert them to oncoming traffic while participating in a sporting activity. BCS is one of 14 high schools nationwide to be selected as an InvenTeam this year.
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Henrietta Luke Celebrates Her 100th Birthday

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by Bea Peterson
Henrietta Luke celebrated her 100th birthday on Thursday, November 4, at the Danforth Adult Care Center in Hoosick Falls. Staff and residents, along with her lifelong friend Luceil Eddy and long time friends Marge and Norman Lane, joined in the party.
Henrietta was born in Eagle Bridge at Posts Corners. She lived in that area most of her life. She went to school and high school in Cambridge. She was born Henrietta Bullard and married Mr. Luke late in her life. He passed away in the early 1980s.
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