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Hoosick Town Board Action – Town Pays Rent And Provides Funds To HAYC3

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by Bea Peterson
On Monday, April 8, at its regular monthly meeting, and before a capacity crowd of HFCS students, Village and Town residents, the Hoosick Town Board agreed to pay $9,000 in rent due to HAYC3 since November 2012. The rate is $1,500 a month and covers November through April. The Board also agreed to give HAYC3 $10,000 this year to be used toward setting up the food co-op that had been planned.
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HFCS Accepting Universal Pre-Kindergarten Applications

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The Hoosick Falls Central School District is currently looking for the Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) class of 2013-2014.  UPK is a special program established by the State Education Department to provide an early learning experience for the children of eligible families.  Eligible families are defined as those who live in the Hoosick Falls School District and have children who will be four years old on or before December 1, 2013.
HFCS will be running UPK classes during the 2013-2014 school year at sites to be determined and will accept the applications, verify eligibility, and place children as slots are available. Parents/Guardians will be notified of the status of their child once slots have been filled. If more requests are made than can be placed, a random lottery will be used to select children for the program. Application and registration packets can be obtained at the Elementary School Office beginning on Monday, April 15.
The completed registration forms and the Universal Pre-Kindergarten application must be returned by 3 pm on Friday, June 7, to Amy Netti, Elementary Principal, HFCS, Universal Pre-K Program, P.O. Box 192, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090.

Earth Day Natural History Walks In Hoosick Falls

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On Saturday, April 20, the Friends of the Hoosic River Greenway will lead guided walks focusing on the plants and animals of the Hoosic River Greenway in Hoosick Falls, NY. Meet at the old water works off Carey Avenue at 9 am for your own guided tour to early songbirds or waterfowl or common early wildflowers, shrubs and trees. The plant walk will include an introduction to wild edibles and samples of dishes made from one or two wild edible invasive species. Bring binoculars if you have them. Some hand lenses will be provided for would be botanists. The event is free and open to everyone.
For more information, contact the Hoosic River Watershed Association at 413-458-2742 or office@hoorwa.org.

Big City Jazz In Cambridge

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a review by Alex Brooks
Hubbard Hall welcomed the Lande/Williamson Jazz Quartet to the Hall last Friday, which was attended by a very enthusiastic audience.
Art Lande and Bruce Williamson started their collaboration as young musicians in San Francisco in the 1970s, and they have played together regularly for 40 years. All four members of the current quartet have played with each other a lot, but never until this tour has this particular quartet played together. They are doing four dates. The first was at Bucknell in central Pennsylvania, the second in New Paltz, NY, then Hubbard Hall and a final date in New York City.
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Regina Hubbard

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Hoosick – Regina (Jeanie) Hubbard, 81, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013, at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, NY. She was the wife of the late Richard Hubbard, who died in 1994. Jeanie resided in the Town of Hoosick, NY.
Born on September 5, 1931, in Cambridge, NY, she was the daughter of the late John and Teresa (Rimkunas) Wirmusky. She graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls, NY. Jeanie and her husband Dick, along with her family, owned and operated the American House in Hoosick Falls for many years until its closing in 2001. It was there she welcomed, enjoyed and touched so many lives.
Survivors include her daughter, Teresa and husband Jim Brennan and grandson Christopher Brennan, all of Watervliet, NY, her nephews, A.J., Richard, Frank and Peter Wirmusky, and her dear friend, Nancy Martelle. She is pre-deceased by a sister, Helen Van Estline, a brother, Anthony Wirmusky, and a nephew, Stephen Wirmusky.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Wednesday, April 10, from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial followed the Mass in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hoosick Falls.
Relatives and friends called at the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, on Tuesday from 5 to 8 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary’s Academy through the funeral home.
The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to the doctors and staff at St. Peters Hospital Cardiac and Vascular Center for their compassion and care for Jeanie.