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5th Annual Rock, Rattle And Drum Pow Wow And Spirit On The Mountain Music Festival

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Healing Winds is excited to present the 5th Annual Rock, Rattle & Drum Pow Wow and Spirit on the Mountain Music Festival, Saturday, August 14, and Sunday, August 15, at Gardner’s Field, 600 beautiful acres in Stephentown. The purpose of our pow wow is to honor and recognize the original people of this land by celebrating American Indian tradition, heritage, music, dance, community, friends and family. By participating in this pow wow we are all contributing to keeping the rich, spiritual Native American culture alive! [Read more…] about 5th Annual Rock, Rattle And Drum Pow Wow And Spirit On The Mountain Music Festival

Winter Coming On – Banking The House

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Friday, November 11, 1853: I carried Palmer Barnes three bushels turnips at 25 cts per and I reckoned with said Palmer Barnes and found that he owed me forty one cents and he gave me a due bill and receit. I took dinner with him and I carried the blacksmith Hines five bushel carrots and three bushels turnips and he credits me two dollars for the whole. I called to Russel Palmer’s to sell a beef but I did not see him.
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To Buy Or Not To Buy; Berliners Face An Important Choice

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by Kieron Kramer
On Monday, July 19, Berliners will go to the polls to vote on whether to authorize the Berlin Town Board to use up to $495,500 of the Capital Reserve Fund to purchase the Berlin Lumber property in Cherry Plain for use as a municipal center. In a similar referendum last December 14, Berliners rejected the Berlin Lumber purchase by a 210 to 131 vote. At that time the purchase price was $569,000. The price reduction of $73,5000, which would finance the lion’s share of the renovations needed at the site, prompted a petition with 106 signatures calling for another referendum which was presented to the Board at the May Town Board meeting.
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Hoosick Town Board Action – Dangerous Intersection In Hoosick

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by Bea Peterson
At the regular meeting of the Hoosick Town Board on Tuesday, July 12, Board members advised townspeople to be extremely careful at the intersection of Routes 7 and 22 as construction on the new bridge, and now the roadway, continues. Councilman Mark Surdam started the conversation and other members chimed in as they all related dangerous incidents that have already occurred. They said it is very difficult traveling from Route 22 onto Route 7 to see around the metal guardrails before making a turn. [Read more…] about Hoosick Town Board Action – Dangerous Intersection In Hoosick