Search for Missing Good Citizens
Astenrogen Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award chairman, Elizabeth Goebel Mosher, is researching LFHS past Good Citizen Award winners. Records are currently missing award winners for the following years: 1941, 1944 and 1971. If you are or know a winner or someone…
High Five Fridays!
In September of 2022, Class of 1990’s Alumni Tracy Young Scarano shared a video with Little Falls City School District’s principals and superintendent in which a school in South Carolina had their upperclassmen visit the elementary schools on Fridays to start their day off with…
Introducing Benton Hall Academy’s Engineering By Design Program
Little Falls High School’s Class of 1990’s Alumni, Tracy Scarano Young, recently shared with us a new opportunity she has created for the children of Benton Hall Academy called Engineering by Design (EbD) College Road Trips. Engineering by Design is collaborating with Utica University, Herkimer…
Class of 1963 Prepares for its 60 Year Reunion!
Dear Friends of the Class of 1963 – Happy New Year 2023! We hope that all of you and your families are doing well and continue to remain healthy and safe. It is now time to prepare for our upcoming 60th Reunion. Our gathering will…
This Week in History – Week of Jan. 23
Jan. 23rd 1937 St. Joseph’s parish, made up of Italian immigrants, had been formed in 1923 and a wood-frame church was soon built at the corner of East John and South Mary streets. On this evening, the church was destroyed by fire. Jan. 24th 1833…
Class of 1974 – 50 Year Reunion Meeting
The Class of 1974 will be hosting a 50 Year Reunion Planning meeting on January 30th at 5:30PM at the Little Falls Public Library. Come one, come all to help be a part of planning a great event!
This Week in History – Week of Jan. 16th
Jan. 16th 1890 Olga, young daughter and only child of Dr. and Mrs. K. A. Bushnell, died at her home of malignant measles. An immense, beautiful monument, fashioned after a recent photo of Olga and her dog, adorns the family burial plot in Church Street…
This Week in History – Week of Jan. 9th
Jan. 9th 1804 In a letter to William Alexander, James Murdock stated “Little Falls in itself from its command of water must eventually grow, and grow fast. Indeed there is no saying what it may be in time. One improvement gives birth and strength to…
This Week in History – Week of Jan. 2nd
Jan. 3rd 1913 The three month long strike in the Little Falls textile mills is over. The workers will receive 60 hours of pay for a 54 hour week, and increases in the rate for piecework ranging from 8 to about 15 percent. All employees…
This Week in History – Week of Dec. 26th
Dec. 26th 1911 The Greek Catholic Association has purchased from the Titus Sheard estate for $375, a plot of land on Furnace Street, opposite the Sheard dam, as a site for a new Greek Catholic church. There are about 200 members of the church in…