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Maggie’s Beauty Shop Doing Well

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by Bea Peterson
Maggie Kenney opened Maggie’s Beauty Shop on Main Street in Hoosick Falls in August. She has been very pleased with the results. “My schedule is full almost every week,” she said. Maggie is a licensed hairdresser with 25 years experience. She is a graduate of the Colonna Beauty School. The Shop is located next to the Post Office at 27 Main Street.
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Hoosick Grange News

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Hoosick Grange had a very busy meeting on January 9. There were lots of things to be discussed in regard to New York State Grange being held in Albany this year. After much discussion Master David Cornell said it was time for the Lecturer’s program.
It was Hoosick Grange’s 105th Anniversary. The Lecturer, Corinne Philpott, wished everyone a Happy New Year. She read a poem, “A New Chance.” She asked if anyone had made a New Year’s Resolution. She said many resolutions are on dieting. She quoted a little phrase – “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper.”
The Lecturer spoke on the subject of Christmas. She said it comes so fast we have hardly any time to reflect on it and its meaning. She read a short story on Christmas Eve in medieval times – how the bells in the churches and buildings, tolled mournfully and slowly for an hour before midnight. It was the annual celebration of the devil’s funeral. Then, just at the stroke of midnight, the bells rang out loudly, jubilantly, because it was believed that the devil died when Jesus was born. The Lecturer had a story on a little girl and her cat, reunited by the Christmas spirit. She read a great joke on lipstick, where young girls were kissing the mirrors at school, and how the principal took care of that.
In regard to the anniversary, the Lecturer reminded them how they painted and did the Grange Hall all over five years ago, on their 100th anniversary. It is now 105 years since Hoosick Grange started, in January 21, 1908, with 95 Charter members. She told how they met in the Odd Fellows Hall that is the top floor in the Thorpe’s building. They paid 5 dollars a night, that included lights and heat. That was some deal. In 1942 the Grange moved to All Saints Hall in Hoosick for 10 dollars each regular meeting, and special meetings and all rehearsals were to be prearranged. Their last move was to the new hall in Hoosick in 1960, 53 years ago. She read about the first meeting and the new elected officers.
The Lecturer had a poem, “Thanks Be To God,” and a closing thought. “A joy that is shared is a Joy made double.” – Mark Twain.
There will not be a meeting on January 23. The next meeting will be on February 13 if the weather is good. Program Chairman is Martha Babbitt. Refreshments were root beer floats and goodies.

New York State Awards Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon A $150,000 Grant To Expand Mount Lebanon Site

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The Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon is proud to announce that it has received a $150,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Fund of New York State to purchase an historic agricultural holding adjacent to the North Family called the North Pastures. The 61 acres of the North Pastures is currently in disuse and largely reforested. The Museum’s purchase of this land will expand the site to allow for better access, modern facilities and enhanced programming.
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HFCS Basketball Is Spellbound By Witches

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by Ben Gaines
The Greenwich Witches road into Hoosick Falls Friday evening to avenge the December 12 54-37 loss to the Panthers. But first, Greenwich Coach Duke Beck watched as the Panther JV worked their own magic to win 59-26.
In the varsity game from the opening tip, won by Greenwich, to the end of the first quarter the fans could tell this was a game they would not soon forget.  The first quarter ended 5 – 4 with the Witches up by 1.
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Berlin Students In The Green Mountain Youth Orchestra

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submitted by Jen Burhans
The Green Mountain Youth Orchestra combined with The Lakes Region Youth Orchestra to present a ” Night At The Movies” concert under the direction of Ellen Sager. Five students from Berlin auditioned and were selected for the GMYO for the 2012-2013 season. Once a year the two youth orchestras combine and present a series of concerts throughout the day for area school children from the three surrounding states. The orchestras finished the day with an evening performance for the public.
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The Funeral Of Abraham Lincoln As Seen Through The Camera Lens Of F. W. Ingmire At The Stephentown Historical Society

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Civil War researcher Lance Ingmire will give an illustrated talk entitled “The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln as seen through the camera lens of F. W. Ingmire,” at the Stephentown Historical Society meeting on Monday, February 4, at 7:30 pm. The meeting will be at the Stephentown Heritage Center on Garfield Road, Stephentown. It is free and open to the public. The building is handicapped accessible. For directions or information, phone 518-733-0010.
Lance Ingmire is President of the NYS Military Museum, Past President of the Friends of US Grant Cottage and NYS Chair of the Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee. He teaches and demonstrates the Civil War era. He is also the organizer of the Saratoga Springs Civil War Living History Encampment and speaks on Civil War research.
This talk is a tale of one man’s obsessive research on the Ingmire family of England and Albany and his family’s connection to our greatest President. Lance Ingmire will explain his research techniques and the long trail he took to uncover the numerous interesting Albany connections to our 19th century history. Many of his ancestors’ photographs which will be displayed have not seen the light of day for nearly 150 years. This talk will be a once in a lifetime chance to witness history unfold before your eyes while the tale of a family history is explained.
He will also show some artifacts from the Civil War period.

Hoosipalooza 2013 Is Bigger And Badder

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HAYC3 would like to thank the Society of St. Stanislaw for jump-starting Hoosipalooza again this year with $900 for the food pantry. The Hoosipalooza is on Saturday, February 2.
The HooOwl hunt has been creating a huge buzz in the community. The person to find the HAYC3 HooOwl will win $250. The first clue to the HooOwl’s whereabouts was released on the HAYC3 website on January 19. If you haven’t started the search yet, there is still time. Visit www.HAYC3.org to catch up on the clues.
Two new spaces have already opened at the Armory. At 9 am guided meditation will be offered for all ages and levels in the Boddhidharma Room located in the basement of the Armory – curious community members welcome. At 3 pm Honey Heart Holistic Health will give community members the opportunity to discuss ideas and strategies on reaching their nutritional goals. The Honey Heart Health office is located on the second floor of the Armory.
If you are out of town or not able to make it to Hoosipalooza this year and would like to contribute then the HFCS Elementary School has your solution. The HFCS Elementary School classes will be collecting “Pennies for the Pantry” the week leading up to Hoosipalooza. If you are passing by, but won’t be able to stop at one of the events that day then SMA will gladly take your bottles at 10am outside of St. Mark’s Church on Main Street to benefit the Food Pantry.
Keep looking for that HooOwl, grease up your bed for the bed race, put on your layers and get ready for good music and warm food and a day full of laughs to celebrate Hoosick while benefiting our local food pantry.