Calling all photographers! Do you have a great photograph taken at one of the previous Cambridge Valley Balloon Festivals? Does your photo highlight the beautiful Cambridge landscape or feature an interesting perspective of a balloon? Then we encourage you to submit it to the Cambridge Valley Chamber of Commerce Balloon Festival Photo Contest! CVCC is looking for eight photographs which will be printed as postcards that will be available as a set at the Balloon Festival this year and then sold in shops around Cambridge. We are looking for unique, beautiful images that show the natural beauty or unique architecture of Cambridge. Photos do not have to have hot air balloons in them, but the festival is certainly a theme we wish to highlight and will show preference for those images.
Professional and amateur photographers may enter. If chosen you will get photo credit whenever the image is used, however the rights of the photograph are given to CVCC. To enter please email your high resolution photograph (300 dpi or more) or mail a digital copy on a disc to CVCC Photo Contest, P.O. Box 405, Cambridge, NY, 12816. The deadline for submission is April 1, 2013. Please note that discs will not be returned.
Hoosick
HACA Officers Installed
St. Patrick’s Day In Hoosick Falls
by Bea Peterson
The temperature was only 30 degrees on Saturday, March 16, for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Hoosick Falls. That was at least 30 degrees cooler than it was a year ago. Since temperatures for March vary from year to year, folks just dressed warmer. Musicians, however, had a difficult time, with freezing cold, red fingers as they played fifes and bagpipes.
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Hoosick Town Pool Ideas
by Bea Peterson
After its workshop meeting on Tuesday evening, March 19, with Philip Koziol, PE, and Richard Laberge, PE, President of Laberge Group, the Town of Hoosick Board had a somewhat better picture of what it will take to maintain, improve or change the Town Pool. [Read more…] about Hoosick Town Pool Ideas
Town Of Hoosick Planning Board Action – Brimmer Farm Subdivision
by Bea Peterson
The March 18 meeting of the Planning Board began with a public hearing on the Brimmer Farm subdivision. The hearing lasted a half hour and no one appeared to comment on the plan. Board Chairman Jim Dunigan recused himself from the Board for the hearing and again after the opening of the meeting as the Board approved the four lot subdivision for the Brimmer Farm property in Hoosick, West of Route 22 in a residential and agricultural zone. The first lot contains a home with an existing driveway and 65 acres. The other lots are 35, 55 and 105 acres. Of the 510 total acres, 260 will be developed and 250 will remain undeveloped, encompassing 220 acres of forest and 30 acres agricultural.
Mattison Subdivision
Michael Mattison appeared before the Board with a request for a family subdivision of 3.1 acres of the land owned by Michael and Cindy Mattison on Wilson Hill Road. He will present the complete proposal to the Board at its April meeting.
HAYC3 Youth Welcome Their New Friends
Hollyann Devereese – Hoosick Rescue Squad Jr Member
Hollyann Devereese recently became a Jr Member of the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad. She rides on Team 5 with team co-captains, Bill Gaillard and Deb Lohnes, and long time squad member, Georgiana Parker.
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Benefit Spaghetti And Meatball Dinner
There will be a benefit spaghetti and meatball dinner for the family of North Hoosick Firefighter Michael Cottrell on Saturday, March 30, beginning at 4:30 pm at the North Hoosick Fire Station on Rt. 22. Mike passed away on Thursday, March 7. The family did not have insurance, therefore, the dinner is being held to help the family with funeral costs and other expenses.
Tickets for this benefit cost $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under. Anyone who would like to make a donation may do so through the Fire Department at the time of the event. Tickets may be purchased in advance by contacting Chief Alan Bornt at 378-4538 or Eric Amidon at 955-8206. Depending upon sales, tickets may be available at the door. Take-outs are also available.
A Chinese auction will also be held at this event. Any person or business that would like to donate an item for this event can contact Jackie Sullivan at 686-4187.
NHFD Donates To ADAPT
On Friday, March 15, the North Hoosick Fire Department held it’s annual ADAPT kids dance. This is the 12th year the Fire Dept. has donated to help the ADAPT committee. This committee raises money to help plan events for the after Jr. prom event.
Fire Chief Alan Bornt presented ADAPT Committee Member Terry Henry with a check for $1,000 from the kids dance fund. “This is the greatest way to be a part of keeping our children safe,” he said.
NHFD Texas Hold’em Tournament
The North Hoosick Fire Department will hold a Texas Hold’em tournament on Saturday, March 23, at 1 pm at the Fire Station on Rt. 22. Doors will open at 12:30. The cost of the tournament is $35. There will be unlimited re-buys until first break. This event is part of a fundraising effort for the family of Michael Cottrell to help pay for funeral expenses. For information on the tournament, contact Rick Ferrannini at 686-4728.