The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Hoosick School Board Action – Positions Eliminated

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by Alex Brooks
At its April 22 meeting, the Hoosick Falls School Board voted to abolish the positions of two Special Education teachers, two Elementary Education teachers, two Reading teachers, one Home and Careers teacher, and ten Teaching Assistants. The vote on this motion was 6-0, with Rye Mausert abstaining. These staff reductions had previously been proposed and debated as part of the District’s budget deliberations, and this action is simply the final implementation.
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Baseball And Softball Season Opens In Hoosick Falls

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by Erin Hogan
It was a beautiful Saturday in gorgeous Hoosick Falls as the baseball and softball teams lined up for their annual parade. The Parade went from Wood Park to the baseball fields at the Water Works Road. Maggie McAuliffe, the President of the baseball club introduced the teams that are split up into mini-minors, 10 and under and 12 and under for softball; and t-ball, instructional majors and minors for baseball.
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Three Earn Black Belts In Stephentown

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by Erin Hogan
The mood in the room was long-awaited excitement as Cassandra Beattie, brown belt, Patricia Court, brown belt and Jess Court, black sash, took a seat in front of Sensei Fish and Third Degree Black belts Timothy Etman and Alex Bassallo (both of Grafton). These three students were going to finally receive their black belts after intense mind and body training.
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Arthur Wilson

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Committal services with Military Honors for Arthur Wilson will be held on Saturday, May 1, at 11 am at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hoosick Falls, NY. Mr. Wilson passed away on March 1, 2010. He was the husband of the late Catherine Wilson who passed away on September 7, 2009. Arrangements are under the care of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls.

Hilda G. Goyer

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Relatives and friends are invited to graveside services on Saturday, May 1, at 10 am in the Grafton Rural Cemetery, Route 2, Grafton, NY, for Hilda G. Goyer. Mrs. Goyer died on February 14, 2010 at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY.