Hoosick Grange had a great fun night on August 8. We started out with a covered dish supper with hot dogs and corn on the cob and finished it off with Marion Cipperly chocolate cake with boiled frosting. Delicious! Then it was game time. We played Bingo with lots of prizes until we finished filling the card for fun. Then we had a balloon bust race, ring toss, peanut game and spoon tennis ball contest. The men and women playing did a terrific job, both winning games. We sang some rounds and had some jokes. The Lecturer thanked them for being such good sports.
Our next meeting is on August 22 and is election of officers. The refreshment Committee is C.F.A.
Hoosick
HAYC3 Road Race And Zombie Fun Run
The Pumpkinpalooza 5k Road Race will begin and end at Wood Memorial Park at 9 am on Saturday, September 29. The course weaves through the Village of Hoosick Falls and includes small hills, straightaways and few turns, as well as a nice stretch along the Hoosic River.
The first 50 registrants will receive an official Pumpkinpalooza T-shirt. [Read more…] about HAYC3 Road Race And Zombie Fun Run
The Magic Flute Is First-Rate Opera
review by Alex Brooks
Hubbard Hall has opened a production of The Magic Flute, Mozart’s last opera.
This is an amazingly ambitious and successful production, with a 19 piece live orchestra and a cast of 28. It’s full of laughs and great music and a wacky plot which is entertaining if confusing, and also often stirring. Somehow the whole package works, and it drew an extended standing ovation on opening night.
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Hoosick ZBA Approves Recycling Plant; Planning Board Next
by Bea Peterson
The Town of Hoosick Zoning Board of Appeals held a Public Hearing on Monday evening, August 6, on the establishment of a metal recycling facility in the former Bennington Paperboard buildings and the construction of a pole barn warehouse on property on Hill Road belonging to artist Jenny Holzer. The room was filled with people interested to hear about the two projects. After listening to a description of the work and the public comments regarding the projects, the Board approved them. Chairman of the Board Jim Hoag said all the information they have received regarding the two proposals will be passed on to the Hoosick Planning Board, which will meet on Monday, August 20.
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A Hot Time At Hoosick Hometown Days
by Bea Peterson
Hot, hot, hot! At 11:45 am Saturday, August 4, the temperature on the new clock and thermometer at the Trustco Bank on Main Street in Hoosick Falls read 101 degrees! With low attendance, the Hoosick Hometown all day events at the Hoosick Soccer Field stopped at 1:30 pm. [Read more…] about A Hot Time At Hoosick Hometown Days
HACA Back-To-School Boost!
Help kids learn by purchasing school supplies. Again this year the Hoosick Area Church Association is collecting school supplies and back packs to distribute to children who need them at St. Mary’s Academy and Hoosick Falls Central School.
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Shawnee Webster Receives Honors At Southern Vermont College
Shawnee Webster of Hoosick received the Academic Excellence Award in Criminal Justice and the Estelle B. Atwood Scholarship at Southern Vermont College’s Honors Convocation this spring in Bennington, VT. She also received the Women’s Soccer Player of the Year Award at the College’s athletic banquet this spring.
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Almost There!! Help Us Reach Our Goal!!
In December of 2008 the Board of Directors of HACA (Hoosick Area Church Association) approved the purchase of the former Falls Federal Credit Union with no inkling of the impending economic downturn. Now, less than four years later, thanks to the generosity and support of the community, we enter the final fund raising drive to retire the mortgage by the end of August with only $1,500 to go. [Read more…] about Almost There!! Help Us Reach Our Goal!!
A Huge Turnout For The Annual Hoosick Youth Wrestling Tournament
by Bea Peterson
Mike LaPorte, assisted by Chris Marsh and a big crew of volunteers, had a busy weekend on July 28 and 29. They hosted the third Annual Hoosick Youth Wrestling Tournament. Twelve teams of 16 youngsters each, ages 14 and under competed. The teams participated in eight matches over the two days. [Read more…] about A Huge Turnout For The Annual Hoosick Youth Wrestling Tournament
Pink Fashion Rocks
by Bea Peterson
Like all the nearby communities, Hoosick and Hoosick Falls residents and businesses are extremely generous. Almost every week or every other week there is one fund raiser or another. And people respond! Most fund raisers are annual events run by the same folks year after year. Pink Fashion Rocks had a different twist. It was run completely by young folks in their late teens and early twenties. They are to be congratulated. They should be congratulated first for continuing the strong community ethic of giving back and secondly for pulling off a successful event.
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