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Panther Football Wins Class C North Title; Sectional Game Friday

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by Gary Danforth
Last Friday night, October 16, Ron Jones’ Hoosick Falls Central School Panther football team took the long trek to Corinth Central School and beat the Tomahawks 21-7 to finish unbeaten in Class C Northern division, Section II play. HFCS won at least a share of a division crown for the fifth time in the past seven seasons. [Read more…] about Panther Football Wins Class C North Title; Sectional Game Friday

Desperate Hours For Two Grafton Hikers

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by John Leahy

The author and his mother, Katherine (Kay) Frey, are both Grafton residents and members of the Friends of Grafton Lakes State Park.

As all experienced outdoors enthusiasts are aware, the power of nature is always to be respected and a careless mistake can suddenly change a comfortable recreational activity into a desperate life and death struggle. [Read more…] about Desperate Hours For Two Grafton Hikers

Man Fined For Stephentown Wildlife Violations

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The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation announced that James H. Connors, III, 55, of Pittsfield, MA, pleaded guilty to four violations of Environmental Conservation Law in Stephentown Town Court on October 3 – hunting deer over bait, hunting turkey over bait, taking protected birds and the illegal hunting of fisher. Connors was fined $250 for each violation for a total $1,000 fine.
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Football Homecoming: It Doesn’t Get Any Better

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HFCS senior football players and senior cheerleaders were honored with their parents before the homecoming game for the Ken Baker Jug on Friday against Cambridge. (Bea Peterson photo)
HFCS senior football players and senior cheerleaders were honored with their parents before the homecoming game for the Ken Baker Jug on Friday against Cambridge. (Bea Peterson photo)

by Bea Peterson
Football doesn’t get any more exciting than last Friday’s homecoming game between HFCS and Cambridge HS for the Ken Baker Jug. Excitement built up through the week as everyone talked about the upcoming event. It was the game not to be missed by folks in either community. The late Ken Baker taught and coached at HF and Cambridge Schools. He was loved and respected by everyone who knew him. He produced championship teams at both schools. Possession of the Ken Baker Jug is a matter of pride, no doubt. Many of his former players were there to cheer on their teams.
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Panther Football Wins Battle Of The Undefeateds

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by Gary Danforth
Coach Ken Baker would have been very proud. Last Friday night, October 9, on a wet,  foggy Ken Baker Field, the unbeaten Hoosick Falls Central School football team outlasted an unbeaten, error prone Cambridge Central School team 21-19 in a Class C Northern division showdown in the second annual Ken Baker Jug Game. [Read more…] about Panther Football Wins Battle Of The Undefeateds

Lady Tigers And Lady Mountaineers Agree To A Tie

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by Erin Hogan
The New Lebanon and Berlin girls varsity soccer teams battled for third place in Saturday’s New Lebanon Soccer Tournament on rainy, muddy fields. It was an even match, going back and forth for most of the first half. Wide shots and saves were the name of the game for Berlin and New Lebanon.
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