The North Hoosick Fire Department is sponsoring a lip sync contest at its regular kids’ dance on Friday, March 1, at the Fire Station. The contest will begin at 7 pm and continue through 8 pm. Students participating in the contest are advised to arrive early. Prizes will be based on attendance.
The dance will continue to 10 pm. All students ages 9 to 15 who attend Hoosick Falls Central, Berlin Central, Cambridge Central or St. Mary’s Academy are invited for this night of fun.
Veterans of Stephentown Texas Hold’em
The Veterans of Stephentown will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, March 2, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located at 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp.
A free buffet will be served at the first break.
No advance registration is required, and a donation of $35 per player will be accepted. Players can make an additional $10 donation at the door for 1,000 extra chips. This tournament will pay one place for every ten players with a minimum of four places and a maximum of nine places.
For further information, please call Tom McVeigh at 518-658 2448.
Women’s Journaling Circle At The HAYC3 Armory
Explore yourself through writing. Examine your issues in a freshly rational light, not rehearsing, regurgitating and repeating but shifting perspective. We’ll share if we like in a no-pressure atmosphere. We’ll also discuss writing tips and work on writing exercises. Whatever your genre, be it poetry, memoir or fiction, journaling can be its backbone. We aim to discover what out writing tells about our inmost selves.
This experience will be run by Megan Randall (P.S. MFA in Creative Writing). This six week class will start on March 6 at 6 pm. The cost for HAYC3 members is $30, $75 for non-members. Please contact HAYC3 for more information at 686-9050.
Ray L. Darling, Sr.
Grafton – Ray L. Darling, Sr., 68, Grafton Town Supervisor, died at Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY, on Friday, February 22, 2013.
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John Hickey
Hoosick Falls – John “Ersel” Hickey, 70, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2013, at his residence surrounded by his family. He had resided on McCaffery Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, with his wife Sue (Harrington) Hickey.
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Ruth Marie Riley
Hoosick Falls – Ruth Marie Riley, 81, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2013, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She was the wife of the late John Riley, who died in 2006.
Born on May 20, 1931, in Hoosick Falls, NY, Ruth was the daughter of the late Paul and Catherine (Fennessey) Lavin. She was educated at schools in Troy, NY, and Hoosick Falls. Ruth had been employed at Stanley Tools in Shaftsbury, VT. She enjoyed spending time with her family, her grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Ruth liked cooking, baking and knitting, and she also loved her home in Groveside.
Survivors include her daughters, Kathy Riley of Bennington, VT, Trish Bossong and husband Jim of North Bennington, VT, her sons, Jack Riley and wife Laurie of South Lima, NY, and Tom Riley and wife Kristee of Groveside, NY. Ruth is also survived by her sister, Margaret Cottrell, her grandchildren, Meghann Rose, Patrick Riley, Nancy Mock, Melissa and Adam Frechette, John Riley, Jenna Green, Jamie and Meredith Lampman and Brendon, Brody, McKendrick and Abriel Bossong, her ten great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Ruth is pre-deceased by a sister, Vi Carelli, and brothers, John and Robert Ellis, Paul, George, Ned and Bill Lavin.
A Mass of Christian Burial is being offered on Friday, March 1, at 10 am from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial will follow the Mass at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hoosick Falls.
Relatives and friends may call at the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to either the Activity Center at the Danforth Adult Home or the Hoosick Falls Senior Citizen Center through the funeral home.
Catherine Relihan
Eagle Bridge – Catherine Relihan, 99, of Eagle Bridge, NY, died on February 22, 2013, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT, after a brief illness.
Born on October 31, 1913, she was the youngest child of Sarah McAllen Relihan and Edward Relihan. She is pre-deceased by her parents, her brothers, Tom and Neil and his wife Margaret, her sisters, Agnes Relihan and Sara Relihan Meagher and husband Jack, and her niece, Margaret (Marie) Relihan.
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Harriet Hannon
Berlin – Harriet Gorton McCumber Hannon, of Urbanna VA, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on February 19, 2013. Born on December 14, 1935, in Bronxville, NY, Harriet was the daughter of Paul and Bridget (McGrath) Gorton.
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Erika Bain
Hoosick – Erika Bain, 68, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY. She had resided on South Street in Hoosick, NY, with her husband Paul Bain.
Erika was born on January 18, 1945, in Munich, Germany. She was educated at schools in Germany. Erika was employed at the St. Dominic Home in the Bronx, NY, as a social services coordinator. Erika was a people person; she enjoyed helping people at the Hoosick Falls Health Center and making people laugh. She was a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Survivors, other than her husband Paul, include her daughters, Lisa Mendez of Hoosick and Kimberly Dooley and husband William of Hoosick Falls, and her son, Christopher Edgar and wife Elizabeth of Newburgh, NY. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Ariel, Kayla, Alissa, Mitchell, Alex, Erika, Christopher Jr. and Christiana, her great-grandchildren, Alyanna and Aurora, and her dog, Bear. She is pre-deceased by a brother, Henry Migdal.
Funeral services will be Saturday, March 2, at 2 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Burial will follow at Hoosick Rural Cemetery in Hoosick. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 1 to 2 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad through the funeral home.
The Life Of George Holcomb – Mysterious Medical Procedures
Saturday, Sept. 30, 1826: Today I took the single wagon and carried my daughter Charlotte E to Doctor Graves and had her leiterised in her head for deafness. I left her there and went on to a number of places to get a girl to come and do housework. At last I got Caroline Humphrey.
Sunday: This morning I paid Eliza Egleston 44 cts for her part of a week work for the time she agreed to stay and today she went home.
Monday: Today I carried Charlotte E my oldest daughter to Doctor Graves and had her lecter shocked (?)
Tuesday: Today I and Wm peddled to what is called general training in our own town to Allen’s tavern, but the training was broke up for the Colonel did not give out the orders time enough.
Wednesday: Today Wm and I took the double wagon and went to Pittsfield peddling to cattle show. We took Bull’s cake and our own cider to peddle.
Thursday: We peddled and at night we came home. We called to J. Bull and paid for the cake and took another chest of cake to fetch along. I cleared about seven dollars both days and I guess that Wm did about the same.
Friday: Today I peddled in our own town to Allen’s Tavern. There was a caravan of live animals such as lions and elephant and others today. I cleared about four dollars and fifty cents. One Mr. Tabor rode home with me and stayed all night and I made him welcome. Said Tabor travels with said animals to sport at dice.
Thursday, October 12: We dug one load of potatoes on the Rodgers farm and gathered one load of apples on said farm. This afternoon some rainy. This evening I went to school meeting. We put in three new trustees – Simeon Wylie, Elder Jones, and brother Wm. I paid my summer schooling for my two girls going 119 days. It was one dollar and 17 cts. I paid it to J. B. Maxon the old trustee, and Wm paid his, which was nearly two dollars. Tonight Wm and I borrowed 7 lbs of fresh pork of Sylvester.