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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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The Panther Bowlers End Season

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 submitted by Bob Lang
After the Hoosick Falls bowling team won the Section II C-D bowling tournament with a score of 5,822 pins, the Panthers had to wait until the seventeen A schools and twenty B schools bowled to see if they would have the highest overall total and go on and bowl at the New York State Bowling Tournament in Syracuse on March 2.  [Read more…] about The Panther Bowlers End Season

HFCS Drama Club To Perform Disney’s Beauty And The Beast

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In just four weeks, the Hoosick Falls Central School’s Drama Club will be performing Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” and like many musicals in the past, it is offered as free entertainment to people of all ages. The performances are on Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23, beginning at 7 pm, with the final performance on Sunday, March 24, at 2 pm. Food and beverages will be available for purchase during the intermission in the cafeteria.
The movie and musical have won many awards and have several unforgettable songs and moments.  Lumiere (the candelabra) sings the show-stopping “Be Our Guest” and Mrs. Potts sings the eternal and Oscar winning “Beauty and the Beast” while Belle and Beast dance together.  The music is wonderful, and the performance promises to be full of laughs and tears. This promises to be an enormous show, with over 60 middle and high school students involved in the production, along with several elementary students as well.
Program Advertising
Local businesses or friends and families are invited to financially support the Drama Club by purchasing advertisement space in the program and placing either a message or information about your business (or both).
If you are interested, please contact Rob Allen through email at hfdrama@gmail.com or by phone at 686-7321 x1106.

Annual Pre-Musical Spaghetti Supper

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On Saturday, March 16, the Berlin Class of 2013 will be serving spaghetti, meatballs, salad, bread and butter, beverages and dessert in the MS/HS cafeteria from 4:30 until 7 pm. The cost of the dinner is $5 for adults and $3 for children 10 and under and senior citizens. Come for dinner and stay to see this year’s High School Drama Club production of The Wizard of Oz.

HFCS PTA Bingo

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 “Say it loud, Say it often!”
The HFCS PTA is pleased to host its annual “fun for the whole family” Family Fun Bingo on Saturday, March 9,  from 9  to 11:30  am in the Hoosick Falls Junior-Senior High School cafeteria. Come one, come all – kids with their moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas join the fun. Play Bingo with your family and friends and win great prizes donated by many local vendors!
The PTA is pleased to have Jim Martinez, returning as Bingo caller at this increasingly popular event. Snacks and beverages will be served, and school spirit items will be for sale. Folks are also welcome to participate in the raffles. Don’t forget to bring your Box Tops for Education labels that help the school purchase supplies and equipment.
For more information about Family Fun Bingo, please contact Sarah Bushey, Chair, at 518-686-9492 ext.1010 or busheys@hoosickfallscsd.org.

Next ADAPT Meeting

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Parents/guardians of HFCS juniors interested in joining ADAPT – the alcohol and drug-abuse prevention team responsible for planning and hosting a safe, substance-free, after-prom activity for the HFCS junior class and their guests – are encouraged to attend the next meeting on Monday, March 11, at 6:30 pm, in the HFCS Elementary School Library. Many hands make light work!

Weierbach Crowned State Champ; First Title In HF Wrestling History

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by Ryan Mosher
Saturday mornings at the New York State Wrestling Championships is one of the most intense times of the high school wrestling season in the Empire State. One hundred twenty of the states best wrestlers in each division face off for their chance to go into the final round and a chance at one of the coveted fifteen State championships in each division. By this point the cream of the crop has risen to the top, and every match ended with celebrations of joy and tears of agony.
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Contracts Awarded For BES Phase 1 Project

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by Thaddeus Flint
Even as the Berlin School Board failed, once again, to get a needed two-thirds super-majority vote that would allow the District to largely renovate the Berlin Elementary School, Phase 1 of a scaled down project is proceeding apace. Two contracts, one for window replacement and one for lead and asbestos abatement, were awarded at Tuesday’s monthly meeting with only Board Members John Nash and Alan Webster Jr. voting against the project. Nash and Webster Jr. also voted against the Bond Authorization that would have financed the full plan. Board Member Bev Stewart was absent.
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