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Second Half Surge Carry Panthers Past Cambridge

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by Ryan Mosher
The Hoosick Falls boys basketball team ran into one of their toughest games of the year last Friday night against an unlikely opponent. Cambridge has had a less than stellar season thus far, having just one victory over Tamarac to their credit. On Friday the two rival schools faced off and, for almost three quarters, played a game that did not have the feel of the top and bottom teams in the standings.
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Hoosick Falls Elementary School Registration For September 2012 Kindergarten Class

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Hoosick Falls Elementary School has started the process of creating a registry/mailing list of new students for the September 2012 kindergarten class.
If you have a child who will be five years old by December 1, 2012, please call the Elementary School office as soon as possible at 686-9492 to ensure that your child’s name is placed on our mailing list. Registration packets will be handed out to parents on an information night which has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 7.
Kindergarten screening will occur during the week of June 18.

Nicole St. Onge Goes To Washington DC

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by Aelish Nealon and Bea Peterson
“It’s important that the voices of today’s teens are heard, and it’s even more important that we are given a chance to make a change in the world that we will eventually be taking care of. Beginning with Project Ignition and other youth-led programs, we are given an opportunity to improve our hometowns and the issues we can all relate to in one way or another, as well as a chance of making life safer for future generations, not just for our lives today.”
This is a quote from an essay written by Nicole St. Onge, a junior at HFCS, who represented NYS at a Project Ignition Conference held in Washington DC. [Read more…] about Nicole St. Onge Goes To Washington DC

HFCS Budget May Suffer From Evaporating State Money

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by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School District has been informed that under the Governor’s recently released budget, State operating aid for the District would go up by about $200,000. This is about 1% of the District’s total budget. It would be an increase in State operating aid of a little over 2%. If the District’s annual health insurance cost were to increase by 5%, that would eat up all of this proposed State aid increase. In fact, health insurance costs have usually gone up by more than 5% annually.
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St. Mary’s Academy Holds “In-Session” Open House

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Drop By And See Why Small Is Really BIG!
submitted by Margaret Merwin
To welcome members of the surrounding communities in to celebrate Catholic Schools Week, St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls will be hosting a “Drop By and See Us” Open House the week of January 30 through Friday, February 3. Parents and students in pre-k and third through seventh grade are welcome to visit anytime between 8:30 am and 2 pm Monday through Thursday and between 8:30 and 11 am on Friday. The school will also hold an Open House on Sunday, January 29, from 10 am to noon. [Read more…] about St. Mary’s Academy Holds “In-Session” Open House

HFCS Choir To Perform With Albany Pro Musica

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Hoosick Falls Central School Jr./Sr. Choir is on the road again. They will be performing for the second consecutive year at the Troy Savings Bank High School Choral Festival XII with Albany Pro Musica. This event delivers a delightful and inspiring afternoon of great choral music, featuring more than 250 students from seven area high schools. Each school performs its own set of musical offerings and then the entire group joins Albany Pro Musica on stage for a 300 voice finale.
The 2012 Choral Festival will be held on Sunday, February 12, at 4 pm. Tickets cost $10, and there is general seating.
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Panthers Avenge Loss To Stay On Top Of The Wasaren League

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by Ryan Mosher
Despite a slow start in Greenwich on Friday night, the Hoosick Falls boys basketball team avenged its only loss of the season thus far in convincing fashion, with a 62-48 win.
The game’s final score was actually closer than the game actually was, as the Witches’ Joe Estramonte went on a tear in the fourth quarter, trying to single-handedly bring his team back into the game. Estramonte scored 14 points, including a pair of long three-pointers in the final quarter. [Read more…] about Panthers Avenge Loss To Stay On Top Of The Wasaren League

Mountaineers Split Games With Heatly, Waterford

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by Ryan Mosher
This past week the Berlin boys basketball team split games with Heatly and Waterford in Central Hudson Valley League action. First, against Heatly, the Mountaineers came out charging, taking a 21-4 lead in the first quarter, one of their strongest individual quarters of the entire season.
The Mountaineers held off a charge by the Hornets in the second and third quarters, holding the lead the entire time. In the end, led by three players in double digits, Berlin won 58-42. Seth Hawk scored 15 points, Cullen O’Brien had 14 and Tyler Bacon had 13 points.
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Berlin CSD Annual Winter Clothing/Coat Drive

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The Berlin Central School District Forum on Winter is once more sponsoring the yearly Winter Clothing/Coat Drive on Friday, February 3, from 2 to 4 pm in the Berlin Middle/High School Cafeteria. Previously known as the “Clothing Swap,” this year’s Clothing/Coat Drive will continue the tradition of giving families access to new or gently worn clothing. [Read more…] about Berlin CSD Annual Winter Clothing/Coat Drive