The Veterans of Stephentown will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, April 9, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located on Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp.
A free buffet will be served at the first break.
No advance registration is required, and a donation of $35 per player is accepted. Players can make an additional $10 donation at the door for 1,000 extra chips. This tournament will pay one place for every ten players with a minimum of four places.
For more information, please call Tom McVeigh at 518-658 2448.
Garfield Cemetery Clean-Up Day
The Garfield Cemetery Association plans a spring clean-up day on Saturday, April 16, at 9 am at which time all remaining Christmas/winter decorations will be removed. All cemetery plot owners, their families or friends are invited to help on this clean-up day.
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Richard C. von Schilgen
Berlin – Richard C. von Schilgen of Berlin, NY, passed away after a brief illness on Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY. Born on October 14, 1953, in New Rochelle, NY, he spent much of his childhood in Bronxville, NY. His parents, Anne and Robert von Schilgen, moved their family home to Petersburgh, NY, when he was fifteen years old.
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Anna Hoffman
Hoosick Falls – Anna Hoffman, 95, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center, where she had resided since 2008. Anna was the wife of the late Ralph Hoffman, who died in 1984.
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Arlene T. Chittenden
Stephentown – Arlene T. Yerke “Tootles” Chittenden, 72, of Route 43, Stephentown, NY, died at her residence, surrounded by her loving family, on Saturday, March 27, 2011, after a long illness, under the care of Community Hospice of Rensselaer County .
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A. Warren Church
New Lebanon – A. Warren Church, 76, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, March 28, 2011, surrounded by his family.
Warren was a 1953 graduate of the New Lebanon High School where he excelled in sports. Upon graduation he served his country proudly in the United States Marine Corps. For 32 years, he was employed by the New Lebanon School District. He was a member of the LVPA and the American Legion Post #1236.
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Rose Willard
Bennington – Rose Willard, 86, died March 16, 2011, after a brief illness. Born in Troy, NY, on April 15, 1924, she was the daughter of Anthony and Lena Carelli and grew up in Hoosick Falls, NY. She married Bob Willard on October 14, 1948.
Mrs. Willard was the bookkeeper for two family businesses, Bennington Lanes and Bennington Drive-in Theater. In retirement she became a master gardener and started a perennial flower business.
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The Pearl of Great Price: A Fundraising Concert
A special piano concert will be held on Saturday, April 9, at 7 pm at the Petersburgh Baptist Church to benefit the mission work of the Hodges family to the poor in Tororo, Uganda. Paul Hodges grew up in the area and is a graduate of Berlin High School. [Read more…] about The Pearl of Great Price: A Fundraising Concert
George’s Last Birthday – He Turns 64
Thursday, June 7, 1855: Quite a rainy day. Today my two sons washed their sheep, Geo P. and hired man Edward Manning and John F. hired man Patrick Rafferty washed said sheep and John F. and hired boy Allen Smith put them in the water and then John F. put his sheep in the widow Freelove Wylie’s pasture near Sq Leland Sheldon’s, he had bargained with James M. Glass for to hire said pasture, they washed sheep in the river that Adams Mill stands on near.
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Questions And Answers In Grafton
by Kieron Kramer
When about fifty people show up at a Town Board meeting, something is definitely afoot. Such was the case on Thursday, March 17, when the Grafton Town Board met for its regular meeting which had been rescheduled from March 10. Most of the people in attendance were there to go on the public record that they are dissatisfied with Town government. [Read more…] about Questions And Answers In Grafton