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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Cheney Library Picks Of The Month

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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Philip Caputo’s 10,000 Days of Thunder, written for young readers (grades 5 and up), explains the first stirrings of unrest in Vietnam to the intervention of the United States of America. Follow him to the battle of Hamburger Hill, to the Tet Offensive and to the fall of Saigon. Included are personal anecdotes from soldiers and civilians and photographs.
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Service Of Thanksgiving And Praise

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by Bea Peterson
Dottie Cross, Organist and Choir Director of the Christ United Methodist Church in Johnsonville and the West Hoosick Baptist Church combined those choirs with guest singers from ten additional churches to present an outstanding musical program with almost 50 voices on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, November 17 and 18. On Saturday the Welcome Blend was a part of the program, and on Sunday Harmony of Faith performed.
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Biotech Company May Provide Up To 300 County Jobs

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by Kieron Kramer
Good news percolated at the Rensselaer County Legislature’s meeting on Tuesday, November 13, because of the happy convergence of State and County Government of both parties and private enterprise. Earlier in the day New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the largest expansion in New York State’s biotech industry this year which will, it is hoped, create as many as 300 new, high paying jobs in the Capital Region. [Read more…] about Biotech Company May Provide Up To 300 County Jobs

Forty-Five New Names Added To The Veterans Wall

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submitted by Phil Leonard
The Hoosick Falls Veterans Wall Committee is happy to announce that 45 new veterans names have been added to the wall.  The new names were collected by Phil Leonard and the Historical Society.  A plaque containing the names of the major contributors has been added to the sitting wheel in front of the wall.
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First Girl Born To Local Family In Over 60 Years – Phoebe Jane Ziehm

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submitted by Jessica Ziehm
The Ziehm Family is proud to announce the arrival of Phoebe Jane Ziehm, the first girl born to the family in 63 years.  Born to Stuart and Jessica Ziehm of Buskirk, and her big brother, Franklin, Phoebe arrived on October 17, 2012 at 8:04 am at the Burdett Care Center in Troy.
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HooRWA Turkey Trot

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On Saturday, November 24, at 10 am there will be a Turkey Trot, or Take-a-Walk, on the Hoosic River Greenway in Hoosick Falls for young, for old, for families, for everyone! Walk off that Thanksgiving dinner and explore the Hoosic River Greenway, including its newly resurfaced southern section, and the nearby Hoosic River. Meet at the old Water Works off Carey Avenue in Hoosick Falls at 10 am. Really wet weather will cancel the event. This event is sponsored by the Hoosic River Watershed Association and the Village of Hoosick Falls.