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Hoosick Falls

K Of C Breakfast

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The Knights of Columbus Buffet breakfast  is Sunday, December 5, from  8 to 11 am at the Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls. Breakfast includes eggs, pancakes, French toast, sausage, home fries, muffins, orange juice, etc. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under.

One Week – Two Fires

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by Bea Peterson
A fire on Spicer Road in Hoosick, in a building that houses Hardesty Waste Removal and RM Bacon Construction, was started when sparks from a grinding machine accidentally ignited flammable material nearby. According to Hoosick Fire Chief Bill Rifenburgh, Fire Departments from Hoosick, Hoosick Falls, West Hoosick, North Hoosick and Pittstown responded to the 12:37 pm call on Monday, November 22. [Read more…] about One Week – Two Fires

Volunteers Make A Difference At The HACA Food Pantry

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Volunteers made the difference in preparing for Thanksgiving at the HACA Food Pantry. Employees of St. Gobain filled the Pantry freezer with turkeys for the Thanksgiving boxes. Food Pantry volunteers unloaded and stocked over 6,000 pounds of food from the Regional Food Bank of NENY. Members of the HF Republican Committee and the Hoosick Rescue Squad assisted in assembling boxes on Thursday evening and returning on Friday evening to bag potatoes and fill and stack boxes. The potatoes were donated by Moses Vegetable Stand. Other volunteers will pick up pies and turkeys on Monday in time for distribution in the evening.
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The Colors of the Rainbow: Girl Scouts Come Together

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On Friday, November 5, more than 65 Girl Scouts, ranging in age from 5 to 17, and many of their leaders and mothers, came together in a burst of color for their annual “lock-in” sleepover at St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls. This year’s theme of Colors of the Rainbow gave girls an opportunity to show their differences in ages, shapes, sizes, colors, backgrounds, personalities and interests while also representing their unity and the bright futures that Girl Scouts is helping them to achieve.
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Gingerbread Competition At The Cheney Library

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Get ready for the first Gingerbread Competition at Cheney Library in Hoosick Falls. In this free gingerbread competition you may have a building from a favorite picture book or you may want to build a representation of a building in the Hoosick Falls area. Competitors are welcome to design unique buildings.
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Hoosick Falls Extra Helpings!

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Join Extra Helpings and save money on your food bill. Extra Helpings is a community food buying club with no age limits or income limits. Now there are more choices and better quality.
The December choices which can be ordered then are:  $21 basic bundle: 3.75 lb. avg. wt. Bavarian holiday ham half, 1 lb. pkg. chicken patties, 1 lb. pkg. hamburger (90/10), 1 lb. pkg. all beef hot dogs, a 20 oz. bag of peeled butternut squash and a 1 lb. bag of baby carrots.
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Good Bye Mister Chick

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by Kieron Kramer
A resolution commending Ron Cicchinelli upon his retirement from Troy High School was passed in October by the Rensselaer County Legislature, and the presentation was made before the regular meeting on Tuesday, November 9.
Ron Cicchinelli is retiring from Troy High School as an American History teacher. He was originally from Waterford and attended Siena College as well as Russell Sage College. Cicchinelli, known to most of his students as Mr. Chick, began his teaching and coaching career nearly four decades ago and retired with many fond memories throughout his career from Keveny, Catholic Central High School, Rensselaer, Hoosick Falls Central School, Bishop Gibbons and most recently Troy High School.
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