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Over $10,000 Raised For Three Water Tanks

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submitted by Gail Smith

Through the generosity of the community, the Hoosick Falls Community Alliance Church has received the last of monies needed to purchase three rainwater collection tanks for Ugandan villages.
Christianity Today reported recently that “providing potable water has the greatest impact and cost effectiveness per dollar than any other poverty intervention.” Children in Uganda cannot attend school nor can mothers help support their families because they have to walk 2-5 miles, sometimes twice a day, to retrieve water, typically from a murky pond or river shared by livestock, wildlife or micro-organisms. Consuming this water leads to disease and often death.
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County Takes Over WCW Property In Hoosick Falls

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by Kieron Kramer
At the monthly meeting of the Rensselaer County Legislature on Tuesday, July 10,  a resolution was adopted unanimously authorizing acceptance by the County of a deed in lieu of in rem tax foreclosure from Four J’s One Mechanic Street, LLC. This LLC is the current owner of the WCW property at One Mechanic Street in Hoosick Falls, previously owned by JW Realty. Five years after purchasing the two parcels on Mechanic Street in 2006, and owing a tax obligation for those years to the Village, WCW moved its mattress manufacturing business to Manchester, Vermont, in 2011.
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Father Tom Zelker Honored As PTA Founders’ Day Award Winner

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The Hoosick Falls Central School PTA annually seeks nominations to honor community members who make outstanding contributions to the well being of children and youth. This year’s award recipient was Father Thomas Zelker, priest at Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls. He also serves as Sacramental Minister at St. Patrick’s Church in Cambridge.
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HAYC3 Gets The Armory For A Buck

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by Bea Peterson
It’s official. On Wednesday, June 20, the NYS Assembly approved a bill put forth by NYS Assemblyman Tony Jordan for the State to authorize the transfer of the Hoosick Falls Armory to the Hoosick Area Youth Center and Community Coalition (HAYC3) for the sum of $1. On Thursday, June 21, the NYS Senate approved a similar bill submitted by Senator Roy McDonald.
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Walter A. Wood Alumni Reunion 2012

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submitted by Janice Tate
Nearly 160 Alumni and guests attended the 2012 Annual Walter A. Wood High School (Hoosick Falls) Alumni Reunion on Saturday, June 9, at the Pittstown Volunteer Emergency Corps. Co-chairperson Janice Tate welcomed the group and led the Pledge of Allegiance, and Rev. Paul Mason, Class of 1955, delivered the Invocation.
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