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Dale Ninivaggi 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 Dale Ninivaggi, a fourth grade teacher who has taught at Hoosick Falls Central School for 23 years.
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Town Of Hoosick Baseball Camp

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The “Good Old Country Hardball” Baseball Camp will once again be held at the Hoosick Little League fields for those entering grades three through eight. The camp dates are July 5 through July 8, and each day and runs from 9 am to 3 pm.
Camp brochures can be picked up at the Hoosick Little League field snack bar or by calling Camp Director Mike Lilac at 686-7321 or 686-4320.

Town Of Hoosick Basketball Camp

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The Hoosier Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering grades three through eight will again be sponsored by the Town of Hoosick.  Camp dates are June 27 through June 30, and each day runs from 9 am to 3 pm. Camp brochures can be picked up at the Town Office in the Armory or by calling Camp Director Mike Lilac at 686-7321 or 686-4320.

Class Of 1961 Gathers For Its 50th Reunion

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The last class to graduate from the Walter A. Wood High School, in June 1961, gathered at the Hoosick Falls Country Club for its 50th Class Reunion on Friday evening, June 10.  Reunion organizers, Patti Peereboom Neubauer, Brattleboro, VT, Ginny Cole Taylor, Alexandria, VA, and Jean Stacy Gore, Abilene, TX, reported the party was a great success.
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Rensselaer Land Trust Hoosic River Paddle Trip

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Rensselaer Land Trust invites the public to paddle the Hoosic River on Saturday, July 9.  Bring your kayak or canoe and join us as we paddle eight miles of the Hoosic River. We’ll put in at the new NYSDEC public boat launch on the Rensselaer Land Trust’s property in Eagle Bridge and take out downstream just before the Johnsonville Dam. [Read more…] about Rensselaer Land Trust Hoosic River Paddle Trip

Funeral Service For Wilbert J. Allard

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Hoosick Falls – A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, July 1, at 10 am from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, for Wilbert J. Allard, who passed away on May 29 at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. Burial will follow the Mass at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hoosick Falls. Relatives and friends may call at the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, on Thursday, June 30, from 5 to 7 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad through the funeral home.

TV Icon Ed Dague At Hoosick Area Senior Center

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by Bea Peterson
For more than an hour on Thursday, June 9, former television news anchorman Ed Dague shared his experience as a television icon with the crowd at the Hoosick Senior Center. Dague was a newscaster in the Capital District for 40 years. He appeared on channels 10, 6 and 13 during his long career. [Read more…] about TV Icon Ed Dague At Hoosick Area Senior Center

Town Of Hoosick Lions Club Celebrates 50th Anniversary

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by Bea Peterson
On Saturday evening, June 4, the Town of Hoosick Lions Club celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a dinner dance at the Hoosick Falls Country Club. Members from the Albany/Troy, Watervliet, Amsterdam and Scotia/Glenville, NY Clubs, plus the Bennington, Norshaft (Norwich/Shaftsbury), Vermont Clubs, joined the celebration.
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