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Hoosick Falls

Dale Ninivaggi Honored As PTA Founders’ Day Award Winner

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The Hoosick Falls Central School PTA annually seeks nominations to honor community members who make outstanding contributions to the well being of children and youth. This year’s award recipient was Dale Ninivaggi, a fourth grade teacher who has taught at Hoosick Falls Central School for 23 years.
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Town Of Hoosick Baseball Camp

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The “Good Old Country Hardball” Baseball Camp will once again be held at the Hoosick Little League fields for those entering grades three through eight. The camp dates are July 5 through July 8, and each day and runs from 9 am to 3 pm.
Camp brochures can be picked up at the Hoosick Little League field snack bar or by calling Camp Director Mike Lilac at 686-7321 or 686-4320.

Town Of Hoosick Basketball Camp

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The Hoosier Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering grades three through eight will again be sponsored by the Town of Hoosick.  Camp dates are June 27 through June 30, and each day runs from 9 am to 3 pm. Camp brochures can be picked up at the Town Office in the Armory or by calling Camp Director Mike Lilac at 686-7321 or 686-4320.

Hoosick Falls Boy Scout Fundraiser

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Our  Boy Scout  Troop 64 of   Hoosick  Falls   is  trying  to  raise   money  for  boy scout  camp  in  July   and   we  are   having  a  bottle  drive  on July   1st. We  will  be at  Nickelback Redemption,  25 Carey  Avenue   Hoosick  Falls NY.   We  will  be  there to unload or  if  you want  us to  pick  up  just   give  us  a  call  518-892-6105.  Please  come  support  us!!

Class Of 1961 Gathers For Its 50th Reunion

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The last class to graduate from the Walter A. Wood High School, in June 1961, gathered at the Hoosick Falls Country Club for its 50th Class Reunion on Friday evening, June 10.  Reunion organizers, Patti Peereboom Neubauer, Brattleboro, VT, Ginny Cole Taylor, Alexandria, VA, and Jean Stacy Gore, Abilene, TX, reported the party was a great success.
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Soda Jerk And Ice Cream Scooper

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On Friday, July 1, from 3 to 6 pm Father Tom Zelker, pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church, will be the “Soda Jerk and Ice Cream Scooper” at O’Malley’s Ice Kreme Kafe on Main Street in Hoosick Falls.
Owners Karen and Kevin O’Malley will be donating half of any profits during these hours to the HACA Food Pantry on John Street. So come on over, enjoy the terrific ice cream, have some fun, experience a real old-time soda jerk and support a great local charity.
For more information contact the Ice Kreme Kafe at 518-686-3030.

Funeral Service For Wilbert J. Allard

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Hoosick Falls – A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, July 1, at 10 am from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, for Wilbert J. Allard, who passed away on May 29 at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. Burial will follow the Mass at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hoosick Falls. Relatives and friends may call at the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, on Thursday, June 30, from 5 to 7 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad through the funeral home.

Humphrey Family Impresses County Legislature

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by Kieron Kramer
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Rensselaer County Legislature thirteen members of the family of Fred A. Humphrey of Petersburgh gathered to receive copies of the resolution passed last month memorializing him. Humphrey died on April 14, 2011. Vice Chairman of the Legislature, Stan Brownell, who represents the towns of Petersburgh, Berlin, Stephentown, Grafton, Hoosick and the Village of Hoosick Falls, made the presentation accompanied by the other District Five Legislator Lester Goodermote.
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