Hoosick Falls – Helen Loretta (Minsky) Taylor, 91, passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at the Danforth Adult Home in Hoosick Falls, NY. She was the wife of the late Carl A. Taylor, who died in 2005. They were married for sixty-three years.
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Hoosick Falls Water Plant Wins Award
by Bea Peterson
At the regular meeting of the Hoosick Falls Village Board on Tuesday, March 9, Mayor Matt Monahan announced that Hoosick Falls has been honored for having the Water Treatment Plant Project of the Year from Eastern New York State. Plant Operator Jim Hurlburt was commended for the fine work he has been doing at the Plant.
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Hoosick Falls St. Patrick’s Day Parade And Irish Fest Is This Weekend
The Parade will begin at 1 pm in Wood Park, go down Main St., John St., Church St., Willard St. and back down Main.
Line Up At 12:15 pm
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Hoosick Falls Election March 16
by Bea Peterson
Hoosick Falls Village Trustees Ann Marie Bornt, Robert Downing and Michael Hickey are running unopposed for re-election on Tuesday, March 16. Though they are running unopposed it is important that Village residents show their support for these dedicated individuals by voting for them on election day.
Ward 1 will be voting at the CEO building on River Road. Wards 2, 3 and 4 will be voting in the Municipal Building on Main Street. The polls will be open from noon to 9 pm.
American Diabetes Alert Day
The Bennington Health and Rehabilitation Center will host a free talk for caregivers, patients with diabetes and health care professionals on Friday, March 19, at 2 pm, presented by Deborah Henley, MD. Topics include diabetic foot problems, foot care, neuropathy and preventions and treatments. If you have any questions regarding to this event or to RSVP please contact Rhonda Hickey at 802-753-5000. Bennington Health & Rehab is located at 2 Blackberry Lane (off of Dewey Street).
Herbert Little
Hoosick Falls – Herbert Edward Little passed away on Monday, March 8, 2010, surrounded by his family at his residence on Saratoga Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, which he shared with his wife of 54 years, Lauraine Duby Little.
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Dorothy A. Watson
Hoosick Falls – Dorothy A. Watson died Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY. She had resided on Wall Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, and formerly on Tory Hill Road in Hoosick, NY. She was the daughter of the late William and Irene (Jackson) Gibbons.
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St. Pat’s Parade Grand Marshals Are Chosen
submitted by Kevin O’Malley
Three 1952 St. Mary’s Academy graduates will be the Grand Marshals of the Hoosick Falls St. Patrick’s Day Parade this year. Patricia Carknard, Nancy McCabe and Margaret O’Malley, all raised in the village by Irish mothers, will all celebrate their 75th birthdays this year. They attended St. Mary’s Academy, and in the seventh grade their Irish teacher, Sister St. Gerard, made sure they all learned how to do the Irish Jig before they left her class. [Read more…] about St. Pat’s Parade Grand Marshals Are Chosen
Dispatch Dilemma
by Bea Peterson
About sixty Hoosick Falls Village and Hoosick Town residents, Dispatch personnel, Rensselaer County 911 people and a large number of volunteer firefighters attended the Wednesday evening Public Hearing regarding the Village’s Dispatch service held at St. Mary’s Academy.
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Ladies Night Out
by Bea Peterson
The weather wasn’t the least bit cooperative last Thursday for Ladies Night Out at the Hoosick Community Youth Center. Many women braved the elements to have a massage or a manicure or a free soothing hand waxing treatment. [Read more…] about Ladies Night Out