The Berlin Community Cemetery meeting will be held on Monday, June 13, at 7 pm at the cemetery land. All lot owners are welcome to attend.
Pink Lady Slipper
Pre-Season Bathing At Cherry Plain Park
Elsie Stevens
North Hoosick – Elsie Stevens, 71, passed away on May 19, 2011, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA. She had formerly resided in North Hoosick, NY. She is pre-deceased by her loving husband of forty-five years Seymour Stevens Sr., who died in 2006.
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Committal Services For Almira Maynard Stark
Committal services for Almira Maynard Stark will take place at the Berlin Community Cemetery, NY Route 22, Berlin, NY, at 2:30 pm on Saturday, June 11. Almira passed away on February 10, 2011, in Philadelphia, PA. After the ceremony there will be a gathering for family and friends at Michael Maynard’s home, 2 Joseph Court in Schaghticoke, NY.
Taconic Hiking Club Schedule
Saturday, June 4: THC Annual Potluck Picnic at Grafton Lakes State Park, Grafton. The GLSP opens at 9 am and closes at dusk for hiking, boating and swimming. We are once again at the Amphitheater Pavilion (by the beach). Our activities for the day are:
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St. Mary’s Academy May Crowning
Trying To Fix The Cider House
Saturday, September 29, 1855: This forenoon John F. fetched two horse wagon loads pumpkins from the Rogers farm, and this afternoon he went with my horse and wagon onto the Fairbanks lot to see to the sheep and drove them home, 12 of them, and one lost today.
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Alcohol And Drugs In The BCS District
by David Flint
During the tough budget talks last month, Berlin Interim Schools Superintendent Brian Howard pushed to use fund balance money to restore some of the proposed cuts. One of those was Jill Augustine’s position of Student Assistance Counselor, also known as the Substance Abuse Counselor. Howard alluded to surveys that found Berlin Central School to have, “a very significant, the most pronounced, the most severe problem with drug and alcohol abuse of the rural schools…in fact it may be even the highest of the urban schools of the county.” In the end, the School Board did restore some of the cuts, including JV sports and Augustine’s position.
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Hoosick Town Hall And Domes
by Bea Peterson
Since tax grievance day was underway in the Hoosick meeting room the Town of Hoosick Board workshop meeting was held in the cavernous armory gym. Discussions at the Tuesday evening, May 24, workshop focused on two topics. The first was where shall the Town Hall be when the Armory closes and the second was where to put a domed sports complex in the Town. [Read more…] about Hoosick Town Hall And Domes