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US Senator Schumer Visits Brown’s Brewery

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by Bea Peterson
On Tuesday, February 22, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer visited Brown’s Brewery in Troy to announce his support of a bill to reduce by fifty percent the excise tax charged small breweries. For Brown’s Brewery owners and Hoosick residents Garry and Kelly Brown, such a tax reduction couldn’t come at a better time. After almost four years, they finally have all the federal and state permits they need to expand their beer brewing into the former Flowmatic Valve building on the Walloomsac River in North Hoosick.
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Gearing Up For St. Paddy’s Day

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submitted by Kevin O’Malley
The Town of Hoosick is gearing up for the 20th annual Hoosick Falls St. Patrick’s Parade and Irish Festival on March 12. This year the parade will feature marching bands including Capitol Brass Drum Corps, Excelsior Drum Corps, Fyfes and Drums of Olde Saratoga, Galloway Gaelic Pipes and Drums, the Hoosick Falls High School Band and the Taconic Pipe Band. The parade, which will begin at 1 pm, will also feature floats, antique cars and marchers.
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March Is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month – Free Screenings

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No Insurance? No Problem! Cancer Screenings will be offered at no charge for Men 50+ and Women 40+ without health insurance on the following dates:
• March 4 at Kennedy Towers, 2100 6th Avenue in Troy – distribution day for “Fit Kits” (for home testing),10 am – 2 pm;
• March 10 at Hoosick Falls Family Health Center, 16 Danforth St. in Hoosick Falls – Fit Kit Distribution Day – 12 – 2 pm;
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Girl Scouts Cookies Are On The Move

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Girl Scout Cookies arrived in Hoosick Falls on February 19 and individual scouts began contacting their customers. Did you miss out on ordering cookies from an individual scout or do you wish you ordered more? Don’t fret – local scouts will be selling at Stewart’s in Hoosick (corner of Routes 22 and 7) on Fridays from 4 to 9 pm and Sundays from 1 to 6 pm from until March 27, with the exception of March 20.
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Hoosick Falls Spring Rec Soccer Registration

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The Hoosick Falls Soccer Club is now accepting online registrations for Rec Spring Soccer for students in grades k-6. Log on to www.hoosickfallssoccer.org now to register. Coaches and players are needed. Register to head coach a team, and you may waive your youngest player’s registration fee for the season.
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Cans For Cancer

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Please help us help a great cause! Donate your redeemable bottles and cans to the Hoosier Hopefuls Relay For Life Team for the American Cancer Society.  Simply bring the cans and bottles to the Nickelback Redemption Center on lower Carey Avenue in Hoosick Falls or call Terri Burdick (686-7851) for pick-up. When redeeming your own, think about throwing a few to our cause.