St. Mary’s Academy middle school students in Grades 5 – 8 recently held elections to select Student Council Board members to represent them during the 2012/2013 school year. [Read more…] about St. Mary’s Academy Student Council Election Results
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Fill The Bus – October 5-7 In Hoosick Falls
A Hoosick Falls Central School big yellow school bus will be collecting food instead of kids October 5-7. Everyone is encouraged to bring a nonperishable food item to the HFCS Homecoming Football game and activities surrounding the game on Friday, October 5. On Sunday, October 7, the bus will be on Main Street from 9 am until noon, parked in the drive of the Robson-Reinfurt Funeral Home. Then you can find it at the St. Mary’s Cow Plop until 4 pm.
This annual food drive is to benefit the Hoosick Falls Food Pantry. The food pantry is in great need of pastas, peanut butter, jelly, boxed macaroni and cheese, canned fruit, jello, pudding and toiletries.
Win A Turkey
Enjoy a little competition? Join the Petersburgh Rod & Gun Club on September 30 and October 7 at noon for a turkey shoot. Now is your chance to show your neighbor up with shot guns or rifles – no 10 gauge shot guns. This year we are also sponsoring a pistol shoot – you provide your own ammunition for the pistols. Good food will be available – hot dogs, sausage, hamburgers, baked beans and homemade pies.
So bring your family, enjoy the afternoon and win a turkey! A summer-long 50/50 raffle is also being held in addition to various raffles. The Petersburgh Rod & Gun Club is located on Scriven Road.
HAYC3 Decks The Streets With Painted Pumpkins – Fa La La La La, La La, La, La!
In preparation for Pumpkinpalooza 4, set for September 29, pumpkins were painted in storefront windows along the main streets in Hoosick Falls last week. Pumpkin flags are also flying along Main Street, John Street and Church Street and signs are being placed in the outskirts of the Town announcing this community celebration.
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Petersburgh Library News
The Petersburgh Public Library invites everyone to a visual presentation by Randy Kneer on the firetower in Grafton on Saturday, Setember 22, at 10 am. Kneer has written the book I Remember When: the Untold Story of Helen Ellett. This is the story of a courageous woman who devoted a great part of her life to observing at the Dickinson Hill Fire Tower located in Grafton and the wonderful life she led and devoted to many others.
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Basket Weaving Workshop In Grafton
The Grafton Community Library presents two Introduction to Basket Weaving workshops as part of the Grafton Community Arts Program that has been awarded grant funding from The Arts Center of the Capital Region. Students will learn basic basket-making techniques and weave a useful market basket with a wooden handle. An example of the basket is on display at the Grafton Community Library.
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Fall Story Time For Preschool Children At The Cheney Library
The Cheney Library in Hoosick Falls will be having a Fall Story Time for preschool children and their caregivers. The story time will start on October 2 at 10 am in the children’s section of the Library. This fall we will be reading about animals; all kinds of animals. We will do some exciting rhymes and finger plays and sing some songs. We will have a craft to go with the story, and, of course, we will have snacks – the high point of the story time.
Please join us for Fall Story Time. The Cheney Library is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 1 to 8 pm, Tuesday 10 am to 5 pm, Friday 11 am to 4 pm and Saturday 8 am to 1 pm. The Library phone number is 518-686-9401.
Berlin Fall Rabies Clinic
A Rabies Clinic will be held on Thursday, October 25, at the Berlin Highway Garage on Route 22 in Berlin. All rabies vaccines, dog-DHLPP vaccines and cat-FURCP vaccines cost $10 each; cash only! Cats will be treated from 6 to 7 pm, dogs from 7 to 8 pm. Call Doug Goodermote at 658-3308 if you have questions.
Book Sale At Grafton Library
The Grafton Community Library is holding a book sale on Saturday, September 29, from 8 am until 1 pm. Stock up on books at bargain prices. Hardcover books are one dollar, and paperbacks are fifty cents. You never know what you’ll find, including plenty of puzzles. Any remaining VHS tapes are free. The Library is located at 2455 NY Route 2. Visit www.graftoncommunitylibrary.org for more Library news or call 279-0580.
Pumpkinpalooza Pet Parade
The second annual pet parade will take place at HAYC3’s fourth annual Pumpkinpalooza. Owners of any and all pet types are welcome to participate in this fun event for a chance to win one of several pet prizes. Participants are welcome to register at the HAYC3 welcome station at the Athletic Field beginning at 10:30 am on Saturday, September 29.
The parade will step off at 11 am and proceed from the tennis courts, down Main Street to Wood Park. Judges will review the entries during the parade and select the winners. An award presentation will take place at the Wood Park Gazebo at 11:30 am.
Costumes are encouraged and prizes will be awarded for the funniest, cutest and most original costume.