The Hoosick Falls High School Educational Trip to Hawaii is having a tag sale on Saturday and Sunday, August 16 and 17, at 5032 Rt. 67, Hoosick, near the entrance to the Battlefield, from 10 am to 4 pm. Baked goods and fresh squeezed lemonade will also be available.
Local News
Local Students Named To The Spring 2014 Dean’s List At The College Of Saint Rose
The College of Saint Rose in Albany has announced that 779 students have been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester. Full time students who complete a minimum of 12 credit hours and achieve a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 with no grades of D, F, Incomplete or Pass/Fail are eligible for the Dean’s List.
Students from this area who are on the Dean’s List are:
Katherine Bakaitis of Petersburgh;
Chantel Bink of Petersburgh;
Tyler Pomakoy of Stephentown, and
Sonja Stewart of Petersburgh.
Berlin United Methodist Church Tag Sale
submitted by Judy Patsos
Franky and Lorelai Goodermote, ages 10 and 8, conducted a tag sale at the United Methodist Church in Berlin which raised $620 for Heifer International. [Read more…] about Berlin United Methodist Church Tag Sale
Maryclare C. McGovern
Hoosick Falls – Maryclare C. McGovern, 78, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2014, at the Centers for Living & Rehabilitation in Bennington, VT. She had resided on Classic Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, with her husband, William McGovern. They moved to Hoosick Falls in 1978.
Born on March 6, 1936, in Queens, NY, Maryclare was the daughter of the late William and Clara (Stebe) Bowler. She was educated at the Katharine Gibbs School and received her Masters Degree in teaching from St. John’s University in New York City in 1968. Maryclare taught at Kings Park Elementary School on Long Island. She enjoyed playing piano, sewing, cooking and baking. She was a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls. Maryclare was proud of her German heritage and enjoyed the October Fest every year.
Survivors, other than her husband William, include their sons, James McGovern and his fiance Cathy Bucci of Latham, NY, John and wife Meagan McGovern of Rexford, NY, Lawrence McGovern of Rochester, NY, Daniel McGovern and Edward McGovern, both of Hoosick Falls, and three grandchildren, Declan and Riley McGovern and Anthony Bucci. She is pre-deceased by a sister, Dorothy Winters.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Thursday, August 14, at 10 am from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. There were no calling hours. Burial followed the Mass at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hoosick Falls.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hoosick Area Food Pantry through the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, which is handling the arrangements.
The Eyes Have It!
Big Moose Gets Bigger
by Bea Peterson
Call it garish, cluttered, distracting or whatever you like. The best words to describe it are tourist stop and moneymaker. Emil Baker’s Big Moose Deli and Country Store on NY Route 7 in Hoosick has won area newspaper awards for the best deli around and, most recently, made The New York Times Sunday, May 18, 2014, issue with a sketch of the building as part of a portrait of “Classic American Journeys By Road.”
River Street Bridge To Be Repaired
by Bea Peterson
According to a release from the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), the Hoosick Falls Route 22 River Street bridge is scheduled to be repaired starting in the fall of 2014. [Read more…] about River Street Bridge To Be Repaired
Behold! New Lebanon
by Thaddeus Flint
A lot of people seem to think there isn’t too much going on in a small town. These little places along the road are seen as sleepy, quiet, even boring. And whatever is going on in them couldn’t be all that interesting, could it?
A new museum opening in New Lebanon at the end of August is going to try to show otherwise.
Behold! New Lebanon describes itself as “the nation’s first living museum of contemporary rural American life.”
A Collaborative Petersburgh Youth Program
submitted by Sherry Bowman-Kluck
The Petersburgh Youth Program ended on Friday, August 4. Many new, younger children attended this year making for a very high, energetic atmosphere.
The first three weeks involved a busy recreational program for 37 youth participants, this year slightly exceeding the typical previous years of 28 to 35 enrollees. [Read more…] about A Collaborative Petersburgh Youth Program
Complimentary Dinner For Veterans
by Bea Peterson
On Tuesday evening, August 5, about 50 veterans and their spouses enjoyed a professionally catered dinner, compliments of the Brunswick Elks. Veteran and Brunswick Elks Exalted Ruler Paul Greenberg made it all possible, and in short order.