Hoosick Falls News

A man charged in connection with the killing of a horse in December 2008 rejected a plea deal in court on Wednesday.

While the weather kept graduates and their families inside for the Hoosick Falls Central School's 136th annual commencement, spirits were not dampened.

Seniors at the Hoosick Falls Central School and Cambridge Central School will receive their diplomas Friday.

After more than three years of stops, starts and delays, construction of a replacement bridge on Route 7 above the Hoosic River is finally set to begin on Thursday, June 11.

A number of residents addressed the Town Board at Monday's meeting with concerns about how the board has handled the situation with former Dog Control Officer Matthew Beck.

These are two components that Hoosick Falls Central School Superintendent Ken Facin stressed when talking about the district's new Web site, just unveiled this week to the public.

Area police agencies are citing the swift exchange of information for a major drug bust in Hoosick Falls and Bennington, Vt., after police responded to a 911 call early Wednesday morning about a drug overdose.

Police from New York and Vermont have arrested five people in connection with a burglary last week at O'Hearn's Pharmacy during which $60,000 in drugs were stolen, authorities said.

State officials are warning consumers not to drink "unpasteurized" raw milk from a dairy in upstate New York because of possible Listeria contamination.

Hundreds lined Church Street in the village on Monday morning as bands, fire trucks and most importantly, veterans, marched in the annual Memorial Day parade.

The Cambridge and Hoosick Falls school districts held their annual budget votes Tuesday, with voters overwhemingly approving spending plans for the next school year.

The Wood Brook culvert that runs under Hall Street and Main Street has serious problems, according to local officials.

Word of a rare Frederic Church painting is heightening anticipation in the May 20th American Paintings sale scheduled to take place at the New York galleries of international auctioneers, Bonhams .

Today, residents of the Hoosick Falls Central School District will vote on a $20.7 million fiscal year 2009-10 budget.

And on Friday, the other shoe dropped - for GM dealers. One day after Chrysler LLC released a list of 789 dealerships nationwide - including three in the Capital Region - that will be closed as part of its bankruptcy reorganization, General Motors Corp.

A former Rensselaer County man faces two felony charges for allegedly stealing $78,000 worth of farm equipment from a White Creek business, police said.

A 22-year-old Hoosick Falls man was reportedly trying to ride on the roof of a car Sunday when he fell forward and was run over by the same vehicle.

Updated New York state District Report Cards were released last week. They show areas wheredistricts haveimproved over the past three years, and where improvement can be made.

An executive order issued Monday by N.Y. Governor David Paterson would require a cost-benefit analysis for state mandates before passing them.

Kevin McLucas, 51, of Hoosick Falls, was arrested Sunday for driving his motorcycle 115 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone heading south along Route 22.