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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Cheryl Roberts Candidate For NYS Assembly

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by Bea Peterson
On Sunday, August 26, more than three dozen people had an opportunity to visit with Cheryl Roberts at a “meet and greet” in West Hoosick. Roberts is an attorney with 20 years of experience in environmental law and nearly a decade in municipal law, and she is a former Town Court Justice.
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Deadline Looms For HFCC Men’s Invitational Golf

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The Hoosick Falls Country Club Men’s Invitational Golf Tournament will be held on September 8 and 9. It is a 36 hole medal play tournament with a two day flighted skins game and team buys in each flight. The deadline is Monday, September 3. You will not officially be in the field until your fee is paid.
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Find The Gnome And Win $250

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Pumpkinpalooza 4 is adding “No Place Like Gnome” to Pumpkinpalooza 4. No Place Like Gnome is a two week gnome hunt in Hoosick. One bright orange gnome will be hidden in a secret location in the Hoosick Community. Each day a riddled clue pertaining to the gnome’s whereabouts will be posted on www.HAYC3.org. The first clue will be posted on September 15. The person who finds the No Place Like Gnome gnome will win $250. Check out Thorpe’s Pharmacy’s window for sneak peak of the Pumpkinpalooza gnome. Brush up on your local history, Hoosick geography and rhetoric.  September 15 is fast approaching!

The Cottrell Reunion

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The annual Cottrell Reunion was held Sunday August 5, at the home of Larry and Patti Baker on Eagle Bridge Road. About 60 descendants of Jonathan Cottrell of Wilson Hill Road attended. After a delicious picnic and several spirited games of volleyball, the day ended with the famous Cottrell bowl of ice cream with all the trimmings.
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Origami Accordion Book Workshop

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Create your own Origami Accordion Book,  a beautiful example of handmade “book art” that makes a treasured keepsake, diary or unique gift for holidays, weddings or birthdays at the workshop that will be taught by Donna Maria de Creeft on September 15, from 10 to 11:30 am. A fee of $25 per person includes materials. The workshop must have a minimum of ten participants and will be held at the HAYC3 Center.
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Ninth Annual Hoosick Republican Golf Tournament

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The Town of Hoosick Republican Party will host its Ninth Annual Golf Tournament on Saturday, September 15, at the Hoosick Falls Country Club with an 8:30 am shotgun start. The tournament will have a 4 man scramble format with 18 holes. Lunch will be served, and several prizes will be awarded. You can win $20,000 with a hole-in-one!
There are not many days left to golf before the leaves change color and the snow falls.  Sign up now – call Dave at 518-956-0803 to sign up your team and join in on the fun.

Learn To Clog

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Come have fun and learn clogging with the Hill Country Cloggers. Classes start in the Elementary School cafeteria at the Hoosick Falls Central School on September 11 at 6:30 pm. For more information, call Margaret Pine at 686-7767.