Each year during the months of April and November a general cleanup is conducted within the St. Mary’s Cemetery. We wish to remind lot owners and visitors of their responsibility for removing any and all decorations on the lot, especially any they may wish to save, prior to Monday, November 5.
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Hoosick Falls
Anna LaFlure
Hoosick Falls – Anna Philips Slocum LaFlure, 94, died peacefully on October 28, 2012, at her daughter’s home in Wauseon, OH, after a brief illness. She was a popular resident at the Fulton Suites in Wauseon, where she had resided since 2007. Prior to her move north she resided in Largo, FL.
Ann was born on October 22, 1918, at home in Easton, NY, the second of three girls born to Alex and Lillian Surdam Slocum. After graduating from the Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls, NY, she attended Green Mountain College, Class of ’39, in Poultney, VT, and studied business. Ann married William (Bill) R. LaFlure at her parents’ home in Hoosick Falls on April 19, 1941, and they remained happily married for 47 years until his death in 1989.
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Hoosick Falls Police Key Topic In Village Dissolution Hearing
by Bea Peterson
The hot topic at the second public hearing on the Village of Hoosick Falls Dissolution Study, held at the Senior Center on Thursday, October 18, was the Police Department. At the opening of the meeting Paul Bishop from the Center for Governmental Research, the company performing the study, reviewed the three options before the Village. He reminded everyone that the options affect only 28 percent of their tax bill, the Village portion. The remainder is controlled by the State, the County, the Town, the Fire Districts and, a very small portion, by the Cheney Library.
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The Cheney Library Festival Of Wreathes
The Cheney Library Festival of Wreathes is on November 3. Forty wreathes will be auctioned. A preview hour begins in the Immaculate Conception Church hall on Main Street at 6:30 and the auction will start at 7:30 pm.
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Flu Shot Clinic In Hoosick Falls
There will be a flu shot clinic at the Hoosick Falls Senior Center on November 9 at 11 am. Call the Center to sign up at 686-7561.
Calling All Ghosts, Ghouls And Goblins
Gather your wigs, capes, horns and broomsticks because HAYC3 and the Town of Hoosick will be hosting the annual Halloween Parade on October 30. The parade will start at 6 pm at Wood Park. Prizes will be awarded to the scariest, funniest, cutest and most original costumes. Please call HAYC3 at 686-9050 with any questions.
Thrift Store Opens Next Week In Hoosick Falls
The local Thrift Store has a large collection of clothes for all seasons, all ages, and all shapes and sizes – men, women and children! And all are priced extremely reasonably. Prices range from $.25 (children’s clothing) to $1 for men’s and women’s tops, pants and skirts and $3 for adult jackets and suits. Or, shoppers can fill a provided shopping bag for $3. Only cash will be accepted for purchases.
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HAYC3 Is Open For Basketball Season!
Registration is now open for the HAYC3 basketball program. This fun, recreational program geared toward improving skills and teamwork through weekly practices and league games is open to youth from kindergarten through eighth grade.
The program for children in grades 3 to 8 begins with mandatory clinics on Saturday, November 3 and 10. The season for kindergarten through second grade starts on Saturday, December 1. The boys’ seventh and eighth grade travel team skills development, practices and games will begin on Saturday, December 1.
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Texas Hold’em Tournament In Hoosick Falls
During the “fall-in @ the armory” all day celebration outside and in the Hoosick Falls Armory on October 27 there will be a Texas Hold’em Tournament. The doors for the Tournament open at 6 pm and the play starts at 6:30. The donation is $35 (unlimited re-buys until the break), and the high hand is $5. There will be a beginners table for those interested in learning the game.
Refreshments will be served.
All proceeds from the event will be used to assist the Thayne family with medical expenses.
Holiday Dried Flower Designs To Benefit Scholarship Fund
by Gail Turi
Members of the Cambridge Area Branch of the Woman’s National Farm and Garden Association held a floral design workshop on Thursday, October 11. Several members gathered at the Wood Park meeting room to create designs using dried plant material. These arrangements, created for the fall and winter holiday season, will be sold at a Silent Auction at the Cambridge Branch of the Glens Falls National Bank. The proceeds will benefit the Branch’s Scholarship Fund.
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