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Love Your Village Spring Clean Up Shows Community Spirit In Hoosick Falls

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submitted by Deb Alter

HAYC3 and the Village of Hoosick Falls would like to thank everyone who pitched in to make Love Your Village Spring Clean Up Day this past Saturday another huge success.

It was pretty cold for a May day, and drizzly off-and-on, but about 200 volunteers came out anyway to help spruce up the Village. They got 50 Church Street, the Kid’s Community Garden, ready for planting, cleaned up and weeded in Wood Park and at The Wood Block, around our churches and more. They also helped out some of our senior residents.

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Hoosical Furnishings At The HAYC3 Armory This Saturday Promises Art And Auction Excitement

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submitted by Deb Alter

Looking for a special piece of furniture for that special spot in your house? Want to get your mother something different for Mother’s Day? Looking for something out of the ordinary to do this Saturday evening? Then come to the Hoosical Furnishings Auction, a celebration of community and art, this Saturday, May 10, at the HAYC3 Armory in Hoosick Falls. [Read more…] about Hoosical Furnishings At The HAYC3 Armory This Saturday Promises Art And Auction Excitement

Hoosick Youth Baseball And Softball Opening Day

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submitted by Sherry Bowman-Kluck

Rain, rain, go away! Rain forced the Hoosick Youth Baseball and Softball League to reschedule its original Opening Day from Saturday, April 26, to Sunday, April 27 – no small feat considering there are 221 league players this year. It was unavoidable, however. The field was under several inches of water following the previous evening’s heavy rainstorm. Many people from within the League helped dry fields and made phone calls to alert families to the existing conditions and change in schedule.

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Hoosick Seeks To Restore Legendary Cigar Store Indian Chief Poke In The Nose

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submitted by Kevin O’Malley

For over 70 years, a cigar store Indian stood guard in the Village of Hoosick Falls. He was affectionately called Chief Poke in the Nose due to a missing nose after an unfortunate fall. The Chief was a nod to the area’s Native American past (Hoosick means “place of stones” in Algonquian) and a celebrated mascot. Over the years, people traveling through town would stop and take pictures of the Chief, and he became a celebrated Village attraction. He was also recognized and featured in several high profile magazines and newspapers like Sunset and The Boston Globe.

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HFCS Senior Awards Night Is Coming

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Hoosick Falls Junior/Senior High School will be holding its annual Senior Awards Night for our graduating seniors. Senior Awards Night will be held on Thursday, June 26, at 7 pm in the Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium.

If you are interested in giving a new award or if you would like to attend to present your current award, please contact the Counseling Center at 518-686-7321 ext. 1510 by June 2.

Elks Drug Awareness Poster Contest Winners

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Bennington Elks #567 is pleased to announce the names of two local winners in our NY State Drug Awareness Poster Contest! Hoosick Falls Central School fourth-grader Ethan Yonconish won a bicycle for his “Down With Drugs-Up With Awareness” poster! St. Mary’s Academy fifth-grader Kate Lockett won a $30 gift card for her “Drugs Are Bad! Up With Awareness-Down With Drugs!” poster.

Congratulations to all who entered and who are helping to spread the word!