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HF Cumby Presents Check To Varsity Club

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by Bea Peterson
During a break in the HFCS Ken Baker Classic Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, January 28, Cumberland Farms District Manager Jim Long and Hoosick Falls Store Manager Kristi Hebert presented a check for $2,337 to members of the HFCS Varsity Club. The check was the result of a month long promotion by Cumberland Farms to celebrate the upgrading of the Hoosick Falls store. For a month Cumberland Farms donated 20 cents from every Chill Zone beverage, iced tea and coffee (iced or hot) and several other items to the Varsity Club. Cumberland Farms guaranteed the Club $1,000. The drive far exceeded that goal.
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Sheriff Cites 28 Teens At New Lebanon Drinking Party

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by Thaddeus Flint
A January 23 Columbia County Sheriff’s raid on a drinking party at the New Lebanon residence of New Lebanon Town Supervisor Mike Benson on County Route 5 resulted in the arrest of 28 teens.
Twenty-seven teens were cited by Sheriff’s Deputies Hofstetter and Madison for underage drinking. Another teen was cited for possessing marijuana. All of the teens cited were from counties other than Columbia County except one.
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The Stephentown Memorial LibraryGets Grant For New Books For Children And Young Adults

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Stephentown Memorial Library recently received 82 new books for children and young adults thanks to The Libri Foundation “Books for Children” Grant. The Library was also selected to receive $350 worth of math and science books. The total amount of donated books is valued at over $1,400. Libraries may apply to the Libri Foundation grant every three years. This is the third time the Stephentown Memorial Library has received this generous grant.
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Troop 65 Sells Chili To Raise Money For The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

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Once again Boy Scouts from Troop 65 will be selling their homemade chili in front of the Grand Union in Hoosick from 10 am to 2 pm on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5. Treat yourself to a fresh bowl of chili complete with cornbread and all the fixin’s for only $7. All proceeds will be donated to the Northeastern NY Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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Hoosick Falls Police Blotter – January 22 to 28, 2012

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• Sunday, January 22 – EMS at Woodbridge Heights Apts.
Investigation of Harassment on High Street
• Tuesday, January 24 – Repossession of a vehicle on Fifth Street
Investigation of individuals selling without a permit on Second Street. The individuals were attempting to sell stone from their pick-up truck.
Investigation of a Suspicious Vehicle at the sewer plant.
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HACA Free Tax Service Opens

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The Hoosick Area Church Association (HACA), for the eighth year, is offering free assistance to the public in preparing income tax returns through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance or VITA program. The VITA site will be located at the HACA Center at 26 John Street, Hoosick Falls. The office will be open each Saturday beginning February 4, from 10 am to 3 pm and on Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 pm through February.  In March and April, the office will be open on Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm, and on Thursdays by appointment. Office hours have been scheduled for evenings and weekends to accommodate people who find it difficult to take time off from work.  The service is free and is provided by IRS Certified VITA/TCE volunteer preparers.
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Ties To The Land

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A facilitated workshop on succession planning to help keep family forests and farms in the family will be held on February 11, from 9 am to 4:30 pm at the Petersburgh Veteran’s Memorial Community Center, 71 Main Street, Petersburgh.
Few challenges that family forestland owners, farmers, ranchers and other land-based family businesses face are more important than the issue of passing the land and its responsibilities on to the next generation. Many small landowners want to preserve their family lands but don’t know how to involve family members in ownership and operation of their land.
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