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West Hoosick FD Pancake Breakfast

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The West Hoosick Fire Department announces an All You Can Eat Breakfast at the firehouse on Sunday, April 21, from 7:30 to 11 am. The menu includes pancakes, French toast, eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, juice, coffee, tea and hot chocolate. The local girl scouts will be on hand to collect food for the Hoosick Area Food Pantry. This is part of their annual girl scout food drive so please bring your non-perishables when you come to the breakfast.
The firehouse is located on Pine Valley Road near the intersection of County Routes 109 and 103. Please call the firehouse at 686-1814 with any questions.

The 15th Annual SVFD Roast Beef Dinner Is April 20

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The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department will hold an all you can eat Roast Beef Dinner on Saturday, April 20, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 4 pm and close at 7 pm.
Adult, all you can eat dinners cost $12, dinners for children age 6-10 cost $7 and youth ages 5 and under eat free.  No advance registration is required. Take out dinners will be available for $10 each.

Brunswick Grange Tailgate Sale

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On Sunday, May 5, the Brunswick Grange will hold its Annual Spring Agricultural Tailgate Sale at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds, Routes 67 & 40, Schaghticoke, from 8 am to 12:30 pm. More than 50 vendors will have various varieties of chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, vegetables, plants, flowers and other agricultural items. Absolutely no dogs, cats, puppys or kittens will be allowed  for  sale. A donation of $15 per vendor will be charged.
The event will be held rain or shine. Refreshments will be available. For more information, please call 279-9113.

Perennial Sale At Hubbard Hall

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It’s time to give Spring a push start and what better way than with the Hubbard Hall Annual Perennial Sale! This year’s sale takes place on Saturday, April 27 from 9 am until noon (or until everything is sold!). Expert gardeners on hand will help you choose what works best for your garden location.
You’ll find lots of healthy divisions of perennials, some common old workhorses for the garden as well as some rare and special.
Donate and shop early! Contribute plants, tools, garden decor, etc. to the sale and you may begin shopping as early as 7 am. Donations may be dropped off behind Hubbard Hall anytime on April 26 or 27.  Shop early! Most items sell out by 11 am so don’t dally! It’s a great way for enthusiastic gardeners to exchange choice plants while supporting Hubbard Hall at the same time!
You may also arrange to have your donations picked up prior to the sale day by calling Bliss McIntosh at 518-677-3151.
It is not necessary to pot up your divisions if they are taken soon before the sale; just wrap the roots in damp newspaper and place them in plastic bags. We do ask you to label them accurately and clearly if possible.
Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge, NY.  For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, please visit our website at www.hubbardhall.org or call 518-677-2495.

Voice Of A Vet

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by Bea Peterson
Gail Smith reported some interesting statistics at the Hoosick Falls Community Alliance Church Veterans Breakfast on Saturday, April 13. Hoosick Falls has 333 veterans, or about ten percent of its population. That is a large percentage compared to other County towns. Yet the majority of veterans services are located on the other side of the County.
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Edward A. Hanselman

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Hoosick – Edward A. Hanselman, 88, of Bovie Hill Road, Hoosick, NY, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Bennington, VT. He was the husband of the late Jane (Lovell) Hanselman; they were married in 1945.
Born on September 10, 1924, Edward was the youngest child of William Hanselman Sr. and Regina (La Madeline) Hanselman. He was educated in Hoosick Falls schools. Edward enlisted in the Army Corps of Engineers in 1942 and spent twenty-two months 120 miles above the Artic Circle in Greenland with an engineer company assigned to the Air Force. He obtained the rank of Technical Staff Sergeant.
After discharge he was employed at the Noble & Wood Machine Company in Hoosick Falls, NY, and became a journeyman wood patternmaker. In 1958 he went to Eddy Valve in Waterford, NY, working as a patternmaker. By 1961 he was working for the original Dodge Fibers Company on John Street in Hoosick Falls. He stayed with the company until 1967 when he went to work for Dodge Machine Company. While there Ed, Ken Gifford, a company engineer, and the concept originator, John O’Rear, received a U.S. patent for the Aerovane.
In 1973 he was back to Oak Industries in Hoosick Falls and became Manager of the Extruded Tapes Department at Liberty Street. After seven years as Manager he returned to Dodge Machine as a design draftsman working on safety equipment until he retired in 1986.
Survivors include his children, Linda Horstmyer of Schenectady, NY, Caroline Hanselman of New Orleans, LA, and Michael Hanselman and his wife Priscilla and William Hanselman and his wife Mary Ann, all of Hoosick Falls, as well as eleven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He is pre-deceased by a sister, Mary D’Jneres, and two brothers, Henry and William Hanselman Jr.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, April 19, at 10 am from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Relatives and friends may call at the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society in Shaftsbury, VT, through the funeral home.

Theresa Sica

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Stephentown – Theresa Sica, 77, of Route 22, Stephentown, NY, died suddenly at her residence of natural causes on Sunday, April 14, 2013.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, on April 16, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Frances Chippone DeSetto. She was the loving wife of the late John J. Sica, who died on December 10, 1995. They were married in Brooklyn on February 2, 1958. She had been a full time resident of Stephentown since 1993 and was of the Roman Catholic faith. A very religious person, Terry collected Native American artifacts. She ran a little knick-knack shop at her home called “3G’s” (think good, feel good, do good). She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who devoted her life to her family and to her God.
Survivors include her daughters, Deborah Sica, and Brian Carney, of New Ashford, MA, and Patricia and husband Dean Stangas of Islip Terrace, NY, and a grandson, Michael D’Amico Jr. of Long Island, NY.
A Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial will be celebrated by Rev. John Close on Friday, April 19, at 1 pm in St. Joseph’s Church, Route 43, Stephentown. Cremation will follow.
Relatives and friends are invited to visitation at the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, 457 NY 43, Stephentown, on Friday from 10 am to 12:30 pm.
Memorial contributions may be made to either the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (where a child is never denied), 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, or to the Eleanor Sonsini Animal Shelter, 63 Downing Parkway, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, in loving memory of Theresa Sica.