Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
submitted by Brian Bushner
A student with ambitions for a career in the medical field was featured as a “Kids Who Care’ on WNYT-TV 13. Junior Anna Brewer was visited by WNYT Meteorologist Bob Kovachick last week and interviewed by him for the segment. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls High School Student Chosen For WNYT-TV’s “Kids Who Care”
by Deb Alter
The second draft of the 2016-2017 Hoosick Falls Central School District Budget was presented and discussed at the March 17 Board meeting. There were presentations about BOCES services, athletics, technology, buildings and grounds, transportation and debt service. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Central School Releases Second Draft Of 2016-17 Budget
The Hoosick Falls Central School District is taking a proactive, preemptive action to protect the water on the school campus and will be installing a carbon filtration system at the end of March. [Read more…] about HFCSD Will Install Water Filtration System
by Deb Alter
Seven students from Jason Jansen’s printmaking class at Hoosac School entered artwork in the Capital Rep’s “Reach for the Stars” Exhibition inspired by The Blue Sky Boys at the Capital Rep. All of the seven students’ work was accepted. [Read more…] about Hoosac Students’ Artwork Chosen For Juried Albany Exhibition
by Deb Alter
Evan Douglis, Dean of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s School of Architecture, invited Hoosac School Art and Design students to an informational event about Architecture on February 11. [Read more…] about Hoosac Art and Design Students Visit RPI
by Steve Bradley
The Wasaren League recently announced its selections for boys and girls basketball.
HFCS senior Megan Flynn was selected as league Most Valuable Player. HFCS junior Kelly Pine was selected for the first team with junior Lizza Ryan being selected for the second team. [Read more…] about Wasaren League Announces MVPs And All-Stars
By Doug La Rocque
The Berlin High School’s reentry into the sport of wrestling was a year marked by growing pains. When the season started with their first scrimmage at Hoosick Falls, they had nearly a full team and high hopes. By season’s end, they were down to just a few wrestlers, most having dropped out along the way. Now coach D.J. Connally and supporters are hoping to create a groundswell of support, between the Berlin and New Lebanon communities. [Read more…] about Two Communities Joining Together To Re-Establish High School Wrestling In The Taconic Valley
On Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19, the Berlin Dramateers are proud to present this year’s high school musical, “The Wiz”. [Read more…] about Berlin Dramateers Present “The Wiz”
by Deb Alter
The first draft of the 2016-2017 budget was presented at the February 25 Board Meeting. Business Administrator Pam Hatfield emphasized that it is just the initial rollout, and the budget is still being developed. Many variables beyond the control of the District are still in question, the biggest of them being state aid. The State budget is due on April 1, so more solid information will become available by then. Hatfield said that a simple rollover of the budget with a few tweaks would be a 4.5% budget-to-budget increase. This would be a little over a million additional dollars, of which so far additional State operating aid has promised to cover only about $160,000. [Read more…] about First Draft Of 2016-2017 Hoosick Falls School Budget Rolled Out; Superintendent Facin Calls For 0% Increase
submitted by Carolyn Barie
A team of young inventors from Berlin High School is the recipient of a grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program. On October 14, Lemelson-MIT announced Berlin was one of only fourteen schools nationwide that would receive up to $10,000 each in grant funding as part of its 2015–2016 InvenTeam™ initiative to inspire young people to solve real-world problems through invention. [Read more…] about Berlin InvenTeam Completes Mid-Grant Technical Review
