content: UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
  
                                 FORM 8-K
  
             Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 26, 2006
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                TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
          (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  
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                Delaware                0-20303             13-2846796
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     (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission        (I.R.S. employer
           of incorporation)          file number)       identification no.)
  
  
         4 Hardscrabble Heights
             P.O. Box 382
             Brewster, NY                                      10509
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         (Address of principal                               (Zip Code)
           executive offices)
  
  
     Registrant's telephone number, including area codes: (845) 277-8100
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                                NOT APPLICABLE
  
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  
        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
  the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2 below):
  
  
  [  ]    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
          Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  
  [  ]    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
          Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  ITEM 5.02.  DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS;
              ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
  
        (c)   Effective June 26, 2006, Touchstone Applied Science
  Associates, Inc. (the "Company") announced the appointment of
  Mr. James Williams as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  of the Company.  A copy of this press release is attached as
  Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein
  by reference.  The Company entered into an employment agreement
  with Mr. Williams for an initial two-year term.  Pursuant to the
  employment agreement, Mr. Williams will be paid an annual base
  salary of $250,000, receive a bonus of $50,000 payable at the
  end of the Company's 2006 fiscal year, and was granted 50,000
  options to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock
  pursuant to the Company's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended,
  at an exercise price of $4.50 per share, subject to vesting in
  equal annual one-third installments, commencing June 26, 2007.
  
         Mr. Williams has more than 20 years of experience in
  financial and operational management positions.  Prior to
  his employment by the Company, Mr. Williams spent the past
  five years with Office Depot, holding senior roles in one
  of its major subsidiaries, Tech Depot.  Prior to his
  employment with Office Depot, Mr. Williams was the Chief
  Financial Officer for 4SURE.com, a privately held
  organization specializing in the sale of technology
  products to businesses and public institutions.  Mr.
  Williams holds a degree in Accounting from Pace University
  and is a certified public accountant with memberships in
  the New York State Society Certified Public Accountants and
  the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
  
  ITEM 9.01(d).  EXHIBITS.
  
        The following Exhibit is filed as part of this Report:
  
  
        Exhibit 99.1    Press release dated June 26, 2006.
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
                                SIGNATURES
                                ----------
  
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
                                         TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE
                                         ASSOCIATES, INC.
  Date:  June 29, 2006
  
  
                                         By: /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
                                             --------------------
                                             Andrew L. Simon
                                             President and Chief
                                             Executive Officer and
                                             Chief Financial Officer
  
  <PAGE>
  
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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  Exhibit
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    99.1              Press release dated June 26, 2006.
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text: UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                 FORM 8-K
  
             Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 26, 2006
                                                     -------------
  
                TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
          (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
               -----------------------------------------------
  
                Delaware                0-20303             13-2846796
                --------                -------             ----------
     (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission        (I.R.S. employer
           of incorporation)          file number)       identification no.)
  
         4 Hardscrabble Heights
             P.O. Box 382
             Brewster, NY                                      10509
         ----------------------                                -----
         (Address of principal                               (Zip Code)
           executive offices)
  
     Registrant's telephone number, including area codes: (845) 277-8100
                                                          --------------
  
                                NOT APPLICABLE
  
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
  the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2 below):
  
  [  ]    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
          Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  
  [  ]    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
          Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  ITEM 5.02.  DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS;
              ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
  
        (c)   Effective June 26, 2006, Touchstone Applied Science
  Associates, Inc. (the "Company") announced the appointment of
  Mr. James Williams as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  of the Company.  A copy of this press release is attached as
  Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein
  by reference.  The Company entered into an employment agreement
  with Mr. Williams for an initial two-year term.  Pursuant to the
  employment agreement, Mr. Williams will be paid an annual base
  salary of $250,000, receive a bonus of $50,000 payable at the
  end of the Company's 2006 fiscal year, and was granted 50,000
  options to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock
  pursuant to the Company's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended,
  at an exercise price of $4.50 per share, subject to vesting in
  equal annual one-third installments, commencing June 26, 2007.
  
         Mr. Williams has more than 20 years of experience in
  financial and operational management positions.  Prior to
  his employment by the Company, Mr. Williams spent the past
  five years with Office Depot, holding senior roles in one
  of its major subsidiaries, Tech Depot.  Prior to his
  employment with Office Depot, Mr. Williams was the Chief
  Financial Officer for 4SURE.com, a privately held
  organization specializing in the sale of technology
  products to businesses and public institutions.  Mr.
  Williams holds a degree in Accounting from Pace University
  and is a certified public accountant with memberships in
  the New York State Society Certified Public Accountants and
  the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
  
  ITEM 9.01(d).  EXHIBITS.
  
        The following Exhibit is filed as part of this Report:
  
        Exhibit 99.1    Press release dated June 26, 2006.
  SIGNATURES
                                ----------
  
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                         TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE
                                         ASSOCIATES, INC.
  Date:  June 29, 2006
  
                                         By: /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
                                             --------------------
                                             Andrew L. Simon
                                             President and Chief
                                             Executive Officer and
                                             Chief Financial Officer
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                               -----------------
  
  Exhibit
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    99.1              Press release dated June 26, 2006.