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Second Screen Planned For Hoosick Drive In

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by Bea Peterson

After eight Zoning Board and Planning Board meetings and a Public Hearing, Duane Greenawalt, owner of Hathaway’s Drive In on Route 67 in Hoosick finally received approval from the ZBA to put up a second screen. “The approval is contingent on my putting trees behind the screen to hide it from the neighbor’s view,” he said. He has changed the screen placement three times to make it less visible outside the Drive In. “I plan to place it in front of a big maple tree and plant other 10 foot deciduous and good sized evergreen trees, he said. “And the ZBA understands the trees may take a while to grow,” he added. Some of the trees will be fast growing, while others will take longer to mature. Greenawalt has also selected a smaller screen, though it will be 30 feet by 60 feet in size. [Read more…] about Second Screen Planned For Hoosick Drive In

Resounding Opposition In Stephentown To Kinder Morgan Pipeline

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by David Flint

A Town Board public hearing on the proposed Kinder Morgan proposed Northeast Direct Pipeline drew a maximum crowd to the Stephentown Fire Hall Monday evening. When 256 people had entered the hall, the doors were closed. About a dozen more were allowed to enter later as the same number exited early. About 65 people spoke, almost all from Stephentown, and all in opposition to the proposed pipeline. Applause broke out from the audience after each person had spoken their piece.  [Read more…] about Resounding Opposition In Stephentown To Kinder Morgan Pipeline

Election Decided By 57 Votes

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by Bea Peterson

The Village election on Wednesday, March 18, held no surprises. All the candidates, Mayor David Borge and Trustees Ric DiDonato, Kevin O’Malley, Bob Ryan and Karen Sprague, were running unopposed. More residents signed the petitions to get them on the ballot than turned out to vote! Actually 47 people came to the polls  and 10 people cast absentee ballots. The vote for each candidate varied from 51 to 55 votes each. [Read more…] about Election Decided By 57 Votes

Hoosick Falls Girls Basketball Falls In State Final

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A Great Season Comes Up One Game Short

Susquehanna Valley Comes Out On Top, 51 – 45

by Steve Bradley

The Panther Ladies celebrated a win Friday afternoon after they won the state semifinal game. That win put the Ladies in a position to bring home a state title the next day.. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Girls Basketball Falls In State Final

Semi-Final Game – A Shooting Exhibition

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by Steve Bradley

Early Friday afternoon, the Lady Panthers put on a memorable shooting exhibition. Playing Irvington, the number one ranked team in NYS Class B, in the state semifinals at Hudson Valley Community College, the Panthers played well in the first half, holding a slim 20 – 17 lead at the end of the second quarter. [Read more…] about Semi-Final Game – A Shooting Exhibition

Tribute Flag Liberty Going To Hawaii

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by Bea Peterson

The upcoming trip to Hawaii for students at Hoosick Falls Central School is exciting. Some of them have never been in a plane. Others have never been out of the continental United States. Others have barely traveled at all. They are anxious to see everything there is to see and everything there is to do. They want to try snorkeling and surfing, among other things. But most of all they are pleased to be bringing the Town of Hoosick Tribute Flag “Liberty” with them and to see it flown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl Crater in Honolulu. [Read more…] about Tribute Flag Liberty Going To Hawaii

State Aid Mystery Hampers Budget Process

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by Alex Brooks

HFCS Business Manager Pam Hatfield said the budget proposed for next year has not changed much since last month because the District has still not received any State aid runs. School Superintendent Ken Facin explained that the budget is normally done based on state aid estimates derived from the Governor’s proposed budget, released in January. But this year the Governor will not say what he is recommending for state aid until the legislature agrees to his ideas on educational policy, and no information has been released to school districts about what they can expect in state aid. Hatfield said because of the lack of information about the District’s revenue for next year, “everything is at a standstill.” [Read more…] about State Aid Mystery Hampers Budget Process

BEHOLD! New Lebanon Names Caitlin Coad To New Position as Folklorist And Program Director

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Museum of Contemporary Rural American Life

Documents the Experiences of Small-Town America

 BEHOLD! New Lebanon, the new living museum that introduces visitors to contemporary rural American life, has named Caitlin Coad to the position of folklorist and program director. In her position, a new one for the organization, Coad will work with more than 50 Rural Guides to capture and document their personal histories and other aspects of small-town living in Columbia County. [Read more…] about BEHOLD! New Lebanon Names Caitlin Coad To New Position as Folklorist And Program Director