Tag: Hoosick Falls

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    Fresh fruit of the fungi – Family farm makes the most of mushrooms

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      Jeff Killenberger of 518 Farms stands in an indoor growing room where he raises several varieties of mushrooms under controlled light and humidity. The farm in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., which also raises some varieties outdoors, grows mushrooms for gourmet cooking and medicinal preparations. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HOOSICK FALLS, read more

    Fresh fruit of the fungi – Family farm makes the most of mushrooms
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    Is Hoosick Falls seeing a rebirth fueled by food?

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    An eclectic dining scene reflects broader changes in a former industrial hub   A sign beckons visitors to Byte, a pizzeria with a Turkish flair on John Street in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. photo by Joan K. Lentini   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. On a Friday afternoon in early May, the heart of read more

    Is Hoosick Falls seeing a rebirth fueled by food?
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    State’s claims on cancer belied by new PFOA study

    When Michael Hickey, a former village trustee in Hoosick Falls, decided to have his tap water tested for perfluorooctanoic acid in 2014, he was searching for an explanation for what he and others believed was a high local incidence of cancer. Hickey’s father, who had worked at a local factory that used PFOA, died of read more

    State’s claims on cancer belied by new PFOA study
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    Trading old hazards for new? — Mystery shrouds chemicals that replaced PFOA

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    The Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant on McCaffrey Street in Hoosick Falls is blamed for contaminating the village’s drinking water wells with perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA. The chemical has been phased out of production, raising questions about what industries like Saint-Gobain are using in its place. Joan K. Lentini photo   By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer HOOSICK FALLS, read more

    Trading old hazards for new? — Mystery shrouds chemicals that replaced PFOA
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    State line sets sharp contrasts in PFOA water crisis

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    Border makes for sharp contrasts in handling of tainted-water crisis By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y.   Downtown Hoosick Falls is seen from across the Hoosic River. The groundwater that supplies the village water system remains heavily contaminated, and a local manufacturing plant near the water supply was designated as a federal Superfund site read more

    State line sets sharp contrasts in PFOA water crisis
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    In water crisis, states reveal differing political cultures

    It hardly comes as a surprise that when faced with a crisis, Vermont’s state government would perform a whole lot better than New York’s. We already knew, from so many news stories over the years, that Vermont still functions as a representative democracy – and that New York has, well, Albany. But it’s still a read more

    In water crisis, states reveal differing political cultures
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    No apology, many excuses on village’s water crisis

    The hearing lasted nearly 10 hours, but on the questions that mattered most, it seems straight answers were in short supply. After nearly eight months in which local citizens had called for a state legislative inquiry into the handling of the Hoosick Falls water crisis, the moment of truth finally arrived. On the next-to-last day read more

    No apology, many excuses on village’s water crisis
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    Village in crisis over tainted water

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    In Hoosick Falls, contamination finding prompts fear, anger By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. For more than a year, some local citizens had been warning about the presence of a toxic chemical they’d found in samples collected from the Hoosick Falls water system, but state and local officials insisted the water was safe. Then read more

    Village in crisis over tainted water
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    Diamond in the rough? Village lays ground for rebirth

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    News Sept. 2014 In downtown Hoosick Falls, projects could set stage for rebirth By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. David Borge, the mayor of this village in northeastern Rensselaer County, acknowledged that its downtown looks “sad,” as he put it. Two- and three-story buildings from the 19th century, many vacant and decaying, are mixed read more

    Diamond in the rough? Village lays ground for rebirth