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Wilhelmina Elizabeth Hall

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Hoosick Falls – Wilhelmina Elizabeth (Billie) Hall passed into the arms of her Lord on April 16, 2014, surrounded by her children at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hoosick Falls, NY. Billie was born March 21, 1928, to William and Rose English Tschumi of Raymertown, NY. She graduated from Troy High School in 1946 and Troy Business College in 1947.

Billie met Bob, the love of her life Robert C. Hall of Valley Falls, NY, at the Durkeetown Square Dances just outside of Fort Edward, NY. Billie and Bob married on September 30, 1950. They made their home on River Road in Hoosick Falls. They had four children. Billie was a stay at home mom.

Billie and Bob traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada. Billie was the trip planner and navigator. She guided her family through museums, national parks, caverns, beaches and mountains. Billie was the most supportive wife and mother. She was a PTA mom and the “cookie mom” for Girl Scouts. She was a very active member of her churches, where she taught Sunday School and was a member of the TC Class. Billie was a wonderful mother, devoted wife and a fun loving, funny lady. She was a deeply caring individual.

Billie is pre-deceased by her parents, her husband, her sisters, May, wife of James Monahan, and Evelyn, wife of Hayner Bornt, and her son-in-law Edward Carknard. Billie is survived by her children, Chuck Hall (Robert, Jr.) and his wife Cathy of Woodsville, NH, Karen and husband Mike Otero of Greenwich, NY, Kathi Carknard of Hoosick Falls and Brian Hall and wife Pam of Cambridge, NY, and her sister, Elaine Kostenblatt of Troy, NY. She has seven grandchildren, Eric, Emily and husband Ken Rodriguez, John McLucas, Brian McLucas, Ian Carknard, Carly and Brian Hall, and a great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Rodriguez.

Funeral services were Friday, April 18, at 4 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Burial followed at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Hoosick Falls. Relatives and friends called at the funeral home from 2 pm until the start of the service. Donations in Billie’s name may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation through the funeral home.

Town Hall Event On Heroin And Drug Abuse

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submitted by Deb Alter

On Wednesday, April 23, at 7 pm, the HAYC3 Community Coalition will hold an important Town Hall Meeting at the HAYC3 Armory in Hoosick Falls regarding the recent rise in heroin, prescription drug and other substance abuse in our community. Parents, youth, community leaders and members are invited to attend and become better informed about the current trends in the existence and usage of illegal substances right here at home.

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Gasland Part II At HFCS

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In celebration of Earth Day 2014, the Hoosick Falls High School Earth Club is sponsoring a community viewing of the award winning documentary Gasland Part II on Tuesday, April 22, at 6:30 pm in the High School Auditorium.  Admission is free, and the community is invited to attend.

Gasland Part II, which premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, takes a broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil, now occurring on a global level in 32 countries worldwide.  Fracking is one of the most important environmental issues facing our nation today.

Hoosick Falls High School is located at 21187 New York 22, Hoosick. For more information, please contact Deborah Mabey at 518-686-7321 x 2221.

New Art Exhibit At The 120gallery90 At The Armory

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Maggi Randall is a Bennington artist who works in a wide variety of mediums, including ceramics, wood, fabric, oil paint and pastels. She describes her work as “darkly humorous… an expression of how strange it feels to live in such tumultuous times.”

In exploring ideas like climate change, surveillance and the global arms market, she searches for the “balance between angst and humor.” Much of her work is in clay. She says it “connects me to one of the oldest artistic mediums.” In her figurative work, she creates both tension and harmony between believable anatomy and distortion to evoke a sense of “the forces tugging us through the universe without our volition.” She finds her imagery in her subconscious and childhood dreams. In all of her art, Randall visualizes a response to the world that is both critical and optimistic.

Maggi’s work has been exhibited in both group and one-woman shows in a number of galleries in and around New York City, including the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Manhattan. Her artwork can be found in private collections as well, including a wooden alter piece commissioned by an Episcopal Church in New York and a fabric creation purchased for the Fermi Labs Art Gallery in Chicago.

Hoosick Artist Guild Exhibiting “The Metamorphosis Of Seven Chairs”

Members of the Hoosick Artist Guild have taken seven matching chairs and transformed them in imaginative and creative ways. The artists have painted them and added things to them, deconstructed them and used the parts to create works of art unrelated to chairs or made a different kind of furniture out of it. Some hang from the ceiling or the wall, or sit on the floor or a pedestal. The show is a creative exploration of form and function, definitely a different kind of artistic experience.

The opening reception for both of these exhibitions is Friday, April 25, from 6 to 8 pm. Both the art show and the musical performance are free and open to the public.

At The Owls Nest

Performing live downstairs in The Owls Nest from 7 to 8 pm that same evening will be members of the Hoosick Falls High School Senior Chorus. Bill Brown will accompany them on keyboard and Martha von Schilgen will play the violin. HFCS Chorus Director, Ambigay Yudkoff, will conduct the group.

The Village Of Hoosick Falls Adopts Budget With .5% Tax Increase

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by Bea Peterson

In addressing those attending the Village of Hoosick Falls Board meeting on Tuesday, April 8, Mayor David Borge said, “The 2014-2015 budget is a lean budget, but it is a fair budget.” He said, though details are not available, the Village, the Town and the County and the Associations of Towns and Counties are looking at ways to share services as a means to reduce costs. [Read more…] about The Village Of Hoosick Falls Adopts Budget With .5% Tax Increase

Berlin’s Elm Street Bridge Replacement Ready To Go

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by Kieron Kramer

Four resolutions relating to the project for the replacement of the bridge on County Road 38, Elm Street in Berlin, over the Little Hoosic River were passed unanimously at the regular meeting of the Rensselaer County Legislature on Tuesday. The bridge replacement is eligible for funding that calls for the apportionment of the costs to be borne at the ratio of eighty percent in Federal funds and twenty percent in non-Federal funds, in this case State funds. The appropriation for this project was authorized by the Legislature in 2011. Three of the resolutions Tuesday authorized payment for the work on the project, and one resolution authorized the arrangement for reimbursement to the County by the Town of Berlin for the substitution of a 10 inch water main across the bridge to replace the 6 inch main. Construction is expected to begin this June.

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Hoosick Falls Fire Department Open House

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by Bea Peterson

Imagine your house was on fire and there were no volunteer firefighters to put out the flames and the fire spread throughout the neighborhood. Imagine you were in an accident, trapped in your car and there were no volunteer firefighters with the Jaws of Life to get you out of that car. In many places, including Hoosick Falls, it is getting more difficult to recruit volunteers for the Fire Department and the nearby Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad all the time. Volunteers make a gigantic difference. What would happen if the Town and/or Village had to have paid Rescue and Fire personnel? What would taxes be then?

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