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Hoosick Falls Girl Scout Day Camp

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Any local Hoosick Falls girl in grades 1 through 6 in September are able to attend the Hoosick Falls Girl Scout Day Camp held August 5-9 at the Hoosac School Sports Center. Mystery Detectives is the theme this year. Crafts, games, hikes and singing are among the fun activities girls will experience. Camp hours are 9am to 3 pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. On Thursday a themed dinner is held for all campers with pick up at 6 pm. Girls in grades 4, 5 or 6 will enjoy an overnight camp out in the open fields, weather permitting. This day camp operates under Rensselaer County Health Dept. guidelines.
The cost is $50 per girl for the week. Registrations may be picked up at and returned to 63 Wilder Avenue, Hoosick Falls. Call Marion at 686-4576 with any questions.
All completed registrations are due by July 30 with payment.

North Hoosick FD Kids Pool Dance

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The North Hoosick Fire Department will be holding its Ninth Annual kids pool dance at the Town of Hoosick community pool on Barton Avenue in Hoosick Falls on Friday, July 12. Students ages 9 to 15 in the area schools are invited to attend the festivities which will begin at 7 pm. Students will be able to swim until dark and then dance to music until 10 pm. Tickets for the dance can be purchased at the door on the day of the event. A rain date of Saturday, July 13, has been set in case of inclement weather. Parents must sign their child out after the dance.

Rensselaer Land Trust’s Annual Hoosic River Paddle

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Canoeist and kayakers are invited to join the Rensselaer Land Trust (RLT) for a leisurely paddle through the calming waterways of the Hoosic River on Saturday, July 13, starting at 9 am. Participants will launch at the NYS DEC public boat launch on RLT property at Eagle Bridge and take out downstream just before the Johnsonville Dam. In the past eagles, great blue herons and green herons have been seen along this stretch of coves and marshy backwaters. [Read more…] about Rensselaer Land Trust’s Annual Hoosic River Paddle

Opening Reception At The Armory

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Meet the painter Alessandro Keegan and Hoosick Falls Artists Guild artists and view their work at the Opening Reception on Friday, July 12, from 6 to 8 pm downstairs at The Armory, 80 Church Street, Hoosick Falls. Music will be performed by The Brewsters in The Owls Nest at 7 pm.
The 120Gallery90 is showing recent landscape paintings by emerging New York artist Alessandro Keegan in Gallery90 and an exhibit called “Seeing Through,” works on beveled glass panes, by Hoosick Artist Guild artists in 120Gallery. This exhibition, the Gallery’s fourth, will run from July 12 to August 9.

Ethel Powers

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Hoosick – Ethel “Bonnie” Powers, 71, a resident of Hoosick, NY, passed away peacefully after a brief illness at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT, surrounded by her family.
Born in Troy, NY, Bonnie was the daughter of the late Clarence and Catherine (Carroll) Eldred. She grew up on the family farm on Warren Cemetery Road in Hoosick, NY, with eight sisters, Joan, Betty, Rita, Pat, Kay, Jerry, Judy and Barbara. She married the love of her life, Jim Powers Sr., on July 2, 1960. Together they raised four children, Donna, Joanne, Jim Jr. and Paul. Bonnie was also the proud grandmother of Daniel and Jeffrey Hammond and two great-grandchildren, Mathew and Zoey Hammond.
Bonnie was a homemaker most of her life, taking great joy in caring for her children and her many nieces and nephews. The family home was always full of laughing children, welcomed with a smile and great words of wisdom from “Aunt Bonnie.” Bonnie enjoyed the yearly family reunions at Squaw Valley along with camping and tag sales. She dedicated her whole life to her family. She was “Aunt Bonnie” to all who knew her.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Saturday, July 6, from the Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls, NY. Burial will be at the convenience of the family.
Relatives and friends called at the the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls on Friday, July 5, from 4 to 7 pm. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Powers family to help with medical expenses.

Town Of Hoosick Pays Armory Rent

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by Bea Peterson
After posting the proper notice, Hoosick Town Supervisor Keith Cipperly held a Special Board Meeting on Monday, June 17, at 3:30 pm.
The Supervisor introduced Resolution Number 48 of 2013 authorizing the payment of rent to HAYC3. The resolution reads that as the Town of Hoosick and HAYC3 are close to finalizing the terms of a lease agreement for the use of Town office space in the Armory for a monthly rent of $1,500, the Town agrees to continue to pay rent for the occupied space until a lease agreement is final.
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Knock Out Cancer Fashion Show Is A Big Hit For A Great Cause

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by Bea Peterson
Congratulations to Ashley Costantino and her dedicated crew for providing a fantastic evening for a great cause.
This is the second year Costantino has organized a dinner and fashion show to benefit the Karen McGovern Memorial Fund. This year folks pitched in to provide a delicious buffet dinner.
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An Artful Story: Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels And The Battle Of Gettysburg

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Michael Shaara wrote The Killer Angels, a novel that some consider the best fictional account of the Battle of Gettysburg ever written. How did Shaara become so interested in this battle and why did he write this novel? What books and historical events influenced him? Come to the Cheney Library in Hoosick Falls on Tuesday, July 9, at 7 pm to find out. Local Civil War historian and former Hoosick Falls Central School teacher, Michael Russert, will examine Shaara’s troubled life and his approach to teaching and writing. The program will also explore the differences between the actual battle and Shaara’s fictional treatment of the people and events that were part of the Battle of Gettysburg. The program is being offered as part of the Friends of the Cheney Library Love Your Library Series.
Although they were present, but not treated in Shaara’s book, the role of the local Civil War regiment, the 125th New York Volunteer Infantry and their involvement in the Battle of Gettysburg will be discussed. The evening will be both entertaining and informative.
Russert has a Master’s Degree plus sixty hours in Nineteenth Century American Studies. He is a member of the Company of Military Historians, a book reviewer on the staff of The Civil War News and has served as Coordinator of the New York State Veteran Oral History Program.