by Ryan Mosher
With the Heatly Hornets already crowned CHVL champs, the final game of the season for both Berlin and the Hornets was more of a formality. The Mountaineers started strong [Read more…] about Mountaineers Stung By Hornets
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by Ryan Mosher
With the Heatly Hornets already crowned CHVL champs, the final game of the season for both Berlin and the Hornets was more of a formality. The Mountaineers started strong [Read more…] about Mountaineers Stung By Hornets

by Ryan Mosher
In the first game between the Waterford and Berlin boys basketball teams, the Mountaineers knocked off the Fordians by 15 points, 55-40, behind a dominating performance by Brent Demick in which he scored 13 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. In that game Berlin grabbed 44 rebounds despite being the smaller team. On Thursday the teams played again, on Berlin’s senior night, and both knew that whichever team won would probably get the higher seed in the upcoming sectional tournament.
The Counseling Center has scheduled an Eighth Grade Parent Night for our present eighth-graders on Tuesday, February 24, at 6 pm in the high school auditorium. The purpose of the meeting is to explain high school graduation requirements mandated for high school students. Courses will be discussed, and there will be time for questions. We hope you will make every effort to attend.
The Hoosick Falls Performing Arts Booster Club will present a Broadway Cabaret on February 28 at the Hoosick Falls High School cafeteria from 7 to 10 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Admission is $3 per person. Refreshments will be served. Come and enjoy our talented HFCS students.
by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls Central School Board of Education meeting had a much larger than usual audience this week because a first look at next year’s budget was on the agenda, and Superintendent Ken Facin has already said that the District is going to have to cut down the number of people it employs.
[Read more…] about In Striving For No Tax Levy Increase HFCS Must Reduce Employees

On Friday, February 6, the Hoosick Falls bowling team won the Section II C-D Bowling Tournament for the second time in three years. Their total pin count was 6,147 for five bowlers rolling six games each. [Read more…] about Panther Bowlers Win Sectionals

by Ryan Mosher
Last year at this time the Berlin and Germantown boys basketball teams met in Germantown with a share of the CHVL League title on the line. This year the battle on Tuesday night was for second place. [Read more…] about Mountaineers Lose Nailbiter To Clippers

by Ryan Mosher
The Berlin Lady Mountaineers played their final regular season home game on Wednesday night against Waterford, honoring their seniors at halftime. Erin Hogan, Lindsey DePaolis, Katlyn Willis and Angel Reed were the seniors playing on the team this year. [Read more…] about Lady Mountaineers Win On Senior Night

by Ryan Mosher
Playing two games against each other in less than a week’s time can sometimes be a problem for teams. It wasn’t this week as the Berlin boys basketball team took on Hawthorne twice in a four day span. [Read more…] about Mountaineers Thump Hawthorne
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Submitted by GLSP Due to warmer than usual temperatures, the 38th annual ice fishing contest at Grafton Lakes State Park has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 11, from 5:30 am to 2 pm. Join in on the fun as several-hundred anglers brave the cold temperatures for their chance to make a winning catch on several […]
On Tuesday, January 25, Cheney Library honored Ms. Deborah Tudor for her 12 years of service on the Cheney Library Board of Trustees. During her tenure as a trustee, Ms. Tudor made immense contributions to physical improvements of the library’s property. Some of these projects include the installation of a propane fireplace, creation of the […]
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At Inaugural NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational Submitted by BNL Varsity Wrestling Coach Wade Prather Tallulah Powers was runner-up at 165 pounds in the inaugural NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational held at Onondaga Community College. She was one of only three finalists from Section 2, and the only Runner Up. The meeting of 204 of the State’s top female […]
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