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Let Luminaries Light The Season

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As plans continue to take shape to make the Hoosic River Greenway along the Hoosic River a reality, funds are being raised to help light the greenway for night use. Members of the Greenway committee are selling luminary kits to create a festive atmosphere along our community’s sidewalks and driveways at nightfall this Christmas Eve. [Read more…] about Let Luminaries Light The Season

St. Mary’s Academy Holiday Cabaret

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On Friday, December 3, St. Mary’s Academy will host its Eighth Annual Holiday Cabaret; when the Fort Salem Theater presents The Singing Anchors. In alphabetical order, Channel 6’s Jerry Gretzinger, joins forces with News Channel 13’s Jessica Layton and Benita Zahn for an evening of song and banter. Although the anchors are sometimes direct competitors in their newscasts, this is a rare opportunity to see these three broadcasters joining together in perfect harmony. Fort Salem Theater presents The Singing Anchors was created and shaped by the performers in creative consultation with Fort Salem’s Artistic Director Jay Kerr, who arranged the music and accompanies the singers on keyboard.
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Eighth Annual North Hoosick Fire Dept. Free Christmas Bazaar – Help Put A Smile On A Child’s Face This Christmas

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The North Hoosick Fire Department will sponsor its eighth annual free Christmas Bazaar which will be held on Saturday, December 18, from 9 am to 1 pm at the fire station on Rt. 22. This year the Fire Department is asking area businesses and individuals to donate new or like new items for this bazaar. [Read more…] about Eighth Annual North Hoosick Fire Dept. Free Christmas Bazaar – Help Put A Smile On A Child’s Face This Christmas

Liesel Nussbaum Gottschalk

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Hoosick Falls – Liesel Nussbaum Gottschalk, age 90, of Niskayuna, NY, succumbed to cancer on Friday, November 5, 2010.
Born in Germany during November 1919, Liesel Gottschalk grew up living above the retail fabric and clothing store owned and operated by her parents in Neustadt, Germany. In 1938, Liesel fled alone to Manchester, England, to live with relatives and escape from the Nazis until she was allowed to immigrate to the US in 1940.
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Hoosick Falls Landlords Fuming Over Water Rates

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by Bea Peterson
Three landlords attended the Hoosick Falls Village Board meeting on Tuesday, November 9. They were furious over the rates they are being charged for water and sewer. Now that water meters are in and working they are seeing a big difference in the amount of water they are being billed for and the amount of water their tenants use. In some instances the tenants are using one third to one half of what the building owners are being billed. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Landlords Fuming Over Water Rates