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Angels and Silver Linings: Caring Volunteers Step Up To Deliver Water To The Home Bound

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Hoosick Falls’ Strong Sense Of Community Shines Through At Difficult Times

by Deb Alter

The Hoosick Falls Water Distribution Volunteers is an independent group of individual volunteers who have organized with the goal of making sure that people who cannot get to Tops can get bottled drinking water. [Read more…] about Angels and Silver Linings: Caring Volunteers Step Up To Deliver Water To The Home Bound

EPA, NYSDOH And Village All OnThe Same Page: Don’t Drink The Hoosick Falls Water

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by Deb Alter

The EPA has finally definitively advised residents of Hoosick Falls not to drink or cook with Village water. It is safe for showering and bathing. The statement, dated December 17, has been supported by the Village and posted on its website: www.villageofhoosickfalls.com. [Read more…] about EPA, NYSDOH And Village All OnThe Same Page: Don’t Drink The Hoosick Falls Water

Hoosick Falls High School Students Have Record-Breaking Christmas Wish Year

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submitted by Brian Bushner

Students across the high school worked together to make the 2015 Christmas Wish the most successful ever. Members of the Phillip Leonard Chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) collected $6,109.65 during their homeroom collection drive. The money is used to shop for clothing for 62 children in our community.  [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls High School Students Have Record-Breaking Christmas Wish Year

Hoosick’s Learn-to-Skate Program Registration On January 9

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The Hoosick Friends of Skating Club has now become the Town of Hoosick Learn-to-Skate Program, under the direction of Kaila Matatt and the Town of Hoosick.

Skating lesson registration is on Saturday, January 9, 2016 from 9 am to 1 pm at the Reynolds-Gilchrest Skating Rink on Barton Avenue in Hoosick Falls.

The program offers eight half-hour lessons in figure and hockey skating fundamentals following the United States Figure Skating Association’s Basic Skills Program. Individuals must be five years of age or older as of January 1, 2016 in order to participate.  Classes will be held Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings, beginning January 16, and continuing until February 10.

The cost for all eight lessons is $50 for Town of Hoosick residents and $60 for non-residents.  Payment is due at registration.  There will be a $10 discount for families with three or more registrants. A $10 late fee will be charged for all registrations after January 16.

For more information, please contact Kaila Matatt, Recreation Director, at KLMatatt@gmail.com or 518-265-2038. For general information regarding the upcoming skating season at the Reynolds-Gilchrest Skating Rink, please visit www.hoosickrecreation.com.