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Documentary On Declining Honeybee Population To Be Screened At New Lebanon Library

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The New Lebanon Library will present the riveting film Vanishing of the Bees on Thursday, June 30, at 7 pm at the New Lebanon Library.
The film, which is narrated by Ellen Page, is an eye-opening account of the shocking truth behind the declining bee population, a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder. [Read more…] about Documentary On Declining Honeybee Population To Be Screened At New Lebanon Library

Class Of 1961 Gathers For Its 50th Reunion

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The last class to graduate from the Walter A. Wood High School, in June 1961, gathered at the Hoosick Falls Country Club for its 50th Class Reunion on Friday evening, June 10.  Reunion organizers, Patti Peereboom Neubauer, Brattleboro, VT, Ginny Cole Taylor, Alexandria, VA, and Jean Stacy Gore, Abilene, TX, reported the party was a great success.
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Soda Jerk And Ice Cream Scooper

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On Friday, July 1, from 3 to 6 pm Father Tom Zelker, pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church, will be the “Soda Jerk and Ice Cream Scooper” at O’Malley’s Ice Kreme Kafe on Main Street in Hoosick Falls.
Owners Karen and Kevin O’Malley will be donating half of any profits during these hours to the HACA Food Pantry on John Street. So come on over, enjoy the terrific ice cream, have some fun, experience a real old-time soda jerk and support a great local charity.
For more information contact the Ice Kreme Kafe at 518-686-3030.

Rensselaer Land Trust Hoosic River Paddle Trip

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Rensselaer Land Trust invites the public to paddle the Hoosic River on Saturday, July 9.  Bring your kayak or canoe and join us as we paddle eight miles of the Hoosic River. We’ll put in at the new NYSDEC public boat launch on the Rensselaer Land Trust’s property in Eagle Bridge and take out downstream just before the Johnsonville Dam. [Read more…] about Rensselaer Land Trust Hoosic River Paddle Trip

Funeral Service For Wilbert J. Allard

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Hoosick Falls – A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, July 1, at 10 am from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, for Wilbert J. Allard, who passed away on May 29 at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. Burial will follow the Mass at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hoosick Falls. Relatives and friends may call at the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, on Thursday, June 30, from 5 to 7 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad through the funeral home.

Kinn Leaves $30,000 To The Town Of Berlin

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by Kieron Kramer
Berliners received some news of great generosity at the Berlin Town Board meeting on June 9. Margaret Kinn, who lived next to the Town Hall, has left Berlin a total of $30,000 in her will, $25,000 for general use by the Town and $5,000 earmarked for the Youth Commission. Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger said that the money given to the Youth Commission would be booked in a separate budget line to keep the funds segregated for Youth Commission use only. It has not yet been determined how or when the $25,000 will be used. There will be some delay in obtaining the funds since the will must be probated. Margaret Kinn died on May 16, three weeks shy of her 101st birthday.
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Humphrey Family Impresses County Legislature

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by Kieron Kramer
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Rensselaer County Legislature thirteen members of the family of Fred A. Humphrey of Petersburgh gathered to receive copies of the resolution passed last month memorializing him. Humphrey died on April 14, 2011. Vice Chairman of the Legislature, Stan Brownell, who represents the towns of Petersburgh, Berlin, Stephentown, Grafton, Hoosick and the Village of Hoosick Falls, made the presentation accompanied by the other District Five Legislator Lester Goodermote.
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