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For the 11th year the Hoosick Area Church Association will be collecting school supplies for Back 2 School Boost. Sign-up sheets are available at the HACA Food Pantry at 26 John Street, as well as all HACA churches, Hoosick Falls Central School and St. Mary’s Academy. [Read more…] about HACA Collecting Supplies For Back-2-School Boost
Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site, located on Route 67, North Hoosick, NY will host a commemoration of the Battle of Bennington on Tuesday, August 16, at 7 pm. [Read more…] about Commemoration To Mark The 239th Anniversary Of The Battle Of Bennington
St. Mary’s Academy’s beloved Miss Joan Nolan has decided to retire. [Read more…] about Beloved St. Mary’s Academy Teacher Retires
On Monday, August 8, Hoosick Falls Community Alliance Church, 484 Hill Road, will sponsor a Red Cross Blood Drive from 1 to 6 pm. [Read more…] about Red Cross Blood Drive Monday, August 8
by Alex Brooks
DEC has released PFOA data from the Petersburgh landfill and from the surface waters into which the leachate is flowing, with more extensive sampling results than those reported last week. They sampled groundwater [Read more…] about DEC Releases PFOA Data For Little Hoosic River
by Alex Brooks
A bill sponsored by State Senator Kathy Marchione revising statute of limitation law relating to “toxic torts” was signed by Governor Cuomo on July 21. The intent of this bill is simple – to preserve the right of people who have been sick [Read more…] about Marchione’s Statute Of Limitations Bill Regarding Claims Against Toxic Polluters Is Signed By Governor Cuomo
By Doug La Rocque
At Monday evening’s special meeting of the Grafton Town Board, Supervisor Ingrid Gundrum delivered news about the long anticipated ambulance grant that no one in the room wanted to hear. Gundrum said she had spoken with [Read more…] about Future Of Grafton’s $150,000 Ambulance Grant Now In Question
by Alex Brooks
This picture of the Iron Coffee logo superimposed on the new Parson’s Corner building was circulating on social media on Tuesday, and Hoosick Falls Mayor [Read more…] about Coffee Roaster Coming To Parsons Corner
submitted by Diane Hosterman
[private]On Thursday evening, July 21, the members of the Board of Directors of the Reynolds Foundation, made up of Norma Brenenstuhl, James Monahan, [Read more…] about Reynolds Foundation Gives Grants
A few of the contributers of the “Remembrances of the Old Families of Petersburgh” gathered for a group picture: Sandra Davis, David Hewitt, Jane and Daniel McCumber,
[Read more…] about Remembering The Old Families Of Petersburgh
