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Let Luminaries Light The Season

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As plans continue to take shape to make the Hoosic River Greenway along the Hoosic River a reality, funds are being raised to help light the greenway for night use. Members of the Greenway committee are selling luminary kits to create a festive atmosphere along our community’s sidewalks and driveways at nightfall this Christmas Eve. [Read more…] about Let Luminaries Light The Season

St. Mary’s Academy Holiday Cabaret

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On Friday, December 3, St. Mary’s Academy will host its Eighth Annual Holiday Cabaret; when the Fort Salem Theater presents The Singing Anchors. In alphabetical order, Channel 6’s Jerry Gretzinger, joins forces with News Channel 13’s Jessica Layton and Benita Zahn for an evening of song and banter. Although the anchors are sometimes direct competitors in their newscasts, this is a rare opportunity to see these three broadcasters joining together in perfect harmony. Fort Salem Theater presents The Singing Anchors was created and shaped by the performers in creative consultation with Fort Salem’s Artistic Director Jay Kerr, who arranged the music and accompanies the singers on keyboard.
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Berlin Community Family Photography Fund Raiser

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The Berlin Community Family Photography fund raiser will take place on Sunday, November 28, from 11 am to 7 pm at the Berlin Community Center, Seventh Day Baptist Church, North Main Street, Berlin.
This year the $20 session fee can be a donation to the Food Pantry, The Berlin Free Library or the local charity of your choice. [Read more…] about Berlin Community Family Photography Fund Raiser

Eighth Annual North Hoosick Fire Dept. Free Christmas Bazaar – Help Put A Smile On A Child’s Face This Christmas

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The North Hoosick Fire Department will sponsor its eighth annual free Christmas Bazaar which will be held on Saturday, December 18, from 9 am to 1 pm at the fire station on Rt. 22. This year the Fire Department is asking area businesses and individuals to donate new or like new items for this bazaar. [Read more…] about Eighth Annual North Hoosick Fire Dept. Free Christmas Bazaar – Help Put A Smile On A Child’s Face This Christmas

Calling All Knitters

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If you like to knit or would like to learn,  please join the knitters at Sit ‘n Knit the first and third Saturday of each month at the Everett Wagar Senior Center, 1 Roxborough Road, next to the Grafton Post office from 9 to 11 am, weather permitting.
Beginners, advanced and drop-in adult knitters are welcome to these relaxed and informal meetings. This is an opportunity to knit your own project at your own pace and visit and meet with other local knitters. Members share patterns, knowledge and ideas. There is no cost to attend the gatherings.
For more information please call 658-9761.

Lillis J. Bunce

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Grafton – Lillis J. Bunce died Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at Crofton Care and Rehabilitation Center in Crofton, MD, at the age of 90. Born Lillis Adele Jackson on August 5, 1920, in Greene, NY, she was the daughter of Harold Wallace Jackson and Theo Preston Jackson. She graduated from Auburn East High School, Auburn, NY, in 1938 and from St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, in 1942 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. She worked in a hospital laboratory in East Orange, NJ, until her marriage to Stanley Chalmers Bunce in 1944.
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