Local News

by Bea Peterson

 

“It’s been almost three years!” said Andra Erickson. “I’d like to have done it sooner!” Erickson’s building suffered smoke and water damage in the fire that destroyed Dougherty’s Restaurant

on the corner of Main and John Streets in March 2006. Upsy Daisy and the adjoining cafe were repaired, but the corner lot remains a pile of rubble and the Main St. building has been vacant all this time.

 

“I didn’t expect repairs to the wall to take nine months,” said Erickson. Once that was finished, work began on the building. She is pleased with the work so far. “I’m so happy with how beautifully they brought the bay window back,” she said. She believes they have a couple more months of work to do. “They are doing a good job,” she added. When the building is finished it will have furnished apartments for rent on the second and third floors and “downstairs will be open to whatever it will be.” 

Through it all, she said, the Village has been very cooperative. “We have applied for grants, but it takes time,” she added.

Erickson said she has no idea what is happening with the corner lot. “I am only interested in my property.”

Robert (Ski) and Phyllis Zakrzewski of Hoosick Falls celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Troy followed by a reception given by their children Karen and her husband Joseph Curran of Shaftsbury, VT, and Robert and Christine Zakrzewski, Jr. of Stillwater, NY, at the Elks Club in Troy.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Zakrzewski were married on October 25, 1958. They have five grandsons. Mr. Zakrzewski retired from the U.S. Navy in 1977 and the U.S. Postal Service in 2002. Mrs. Zakrzewski retired as a legal secretary from Holbrook and Johnston Law Office in Hoosick Falls in 2002.

The Hoosick Falls Health Center’s Annual Resident and Family Picnic was held recently with over 100 in attendance. The menu included, steamers with drawn butter, BBQ chicken, BBQ baby back ribs, smoky baked beans, fresh butter and sugar corn on the cob, a variety of homemade salads, chips, rolls and butter followed by a dessert of white and chocolate cake with icing. Entertainment was provided by Lou Gardner on the saxophone and Al Mosher on the keyboard.

 

 

 

The successful event was all made possible by Jane Richardson, Food Service Director, Jane Conte, Director of Nursing, Maureen Martinez, Director of Recreational Therapy, and Richard Springer, Director of Maintenance, and their staffs.

The annual picnic gives everyone a chance to meet and come together as a family.

The Hoosick Falls Health Center is an 82 bed not-for-profit skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility serving the area over 90 years.