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In Remembrance September 11, 2001 – Hoosick Falls Rescue Tech Brian Rousseau

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Reprinted from September 2001, This is the story a local man who experienced “Ground Zero” in person in the days immediately following the 9-11 attack – with an update 10 years later.

by Bea Peterson
On September 11, while most of us sat stunned in front of our television sets, Hoosick Falls resident Brian Rousseau went into action. Rousseau is a Leader of the Capital District Regional Urban/Technical Search and Rescue Response Team (U/TSAR), which is an elite group of rescue specialists. Within hours his team of 100 and their fleet of five trucks had left their headquarters in Albany and were at Ground Zero, where the team remained for the next 16 days.
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In Remembrance September 11, 2001 – Hoosick Falls Guardsman Paul O’Malley

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Reprinted from September 2001, This is the story a local man who experienced “Ground Zero” in person in the days immediately following the 9-11 attack.

by Bea Peterson
National Guard SSG Paul O’Malley of Hoosick Falls was at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center on Wednesday, September 12, one day after the horrendous tragedy occurred.
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Hoosick And Hoosick Falls Mostly Spared By Hurricane Irene

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by Bea Peterson
Residents of the Town of Hoosick and the Village of Hoosick Falls are counting their blessings after Hurricane Irene. Compared to neighboring communities such as Petersburgh, Grafton, Bennington and Troy, the Town and Village were relatively unscathed. Rain from the west fell in Hoosick on and off late Saturday afternoon and evening, then stopped. Sometime after midnight the steady rain from Irene began and was continuous until late Sunday evening. When the rain stopped, the winds picked up, though they were not as severe as anticipated.
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Friends Of The Cheney Library To Meet September 6

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For many years, the Board of Directors of the Cheney Library in Hoosick Falls has wanted to have a Friends of the Library group.  The good news is – it’s going to happen!  The role of the group would be to support and encourage library use through programming, fund raising, volunteering and advertising.
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Katherine Stevenson Graduates From Cedar Crest College

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Cedar Crest College in Allentown, PA, held commencement exercises for approximately 430 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree recipients on May 14. Graduates included students from the traditional women’s college as well as men and women from the School of Adult and Graduate Education. Katherine E. Stevenson of Hoosick Falls graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education.

Learn To Clog

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Come, have fun and learn clogging with the Hill Country Cloggers of Hoosick beginning Tuesday, September 20, at 7 pm at the Hoosick Falls Central School, Route 22, Hoosick Falls, or at the Brittonkill Central School in Brunswick. For more information, call Margaret Pine at 686-7769.