The HFCS PTA is pleased to host its annual “fun-for-the-whole-family” Family Fun Bingo on Saturday, March 20, from 9 to 11:30 am in the Hoosick Falls Junior-Senior High School Cafeteria. Come one, come all – kids with their moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas and more. Join the fun – play Bingo with your family and friends and win great prizes donated by many local vendors!
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New Lebanon Library Celebrates St. Pat’s
Shenanigans! Irish Folk and Fairy Tales with Diane Edgecomb will be presented at the New Lebanon Library on Wednesday, March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day) at 7 pm. There will be plenty of laughter and delight in this animated retelling of Ireland’s best-loved gems. [Read more…] about New Lebanon Library Celebrates St. Pat’s
PVMCC News
On Friday, March 19, Music & Art Café will welcome Tophenjamin! Tophenjamin is the brand new acoustic music duo of Christopher Lane (Hill Hollow Band and ROMP) on guitar and his brother Benjamin Lane on mandolin. Twenty two years in the making, this band of brothers plays anything from prog-rock to show tunes and all things in between. The highlight of the band is the undeniable, near-subconscious musical connection between the two players whose harmonies sound as if they ring from a single throat.
Texas Hold’em
The Veterans of Stephentown will sponsor a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, March 20, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located on Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. [Read more…] about Texas Hold’em
Rensselaer Plateau Nominated For Land Protection Program
Public Meeting On The Proposal Wednesday, March 24, At 6:30 pm
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that it is proposing to create a Rensselaer Plateau Forest Legacy Area under the USDA’s Forest Legacy Program (FLP).
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Disney And The Duke
You Gotta Hear This! salutes two great American impresarios. Walt Disney, the father of feature-film animation, and Duke Ellington, the master of mainstream jazz, are together on the same bill. There is more to the pairing of Disney and the Duke than some alliterative gimmick. [Read more…] about Disney And The Duke
Moose Track Hike
The Rensselaer Land Trust is offering a Moose track hike in Berlin on Saturday, March 13. Sightings of moose on the Rensselaer Plateau have been on the increase in recent years. Kate Hubbs of The Nature Conservancy will lead a search for signs of moose at the Capital District Wildlife Management Area in Berlin near the Cherry Plain State Park.
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Free “Beginnings!” Program
Pine Cobble School invites families with children aged 2-4 to its free Beginnings! program. Offered on alternate Tuesdays in April and May, preschool-aged children and their caregivers will participate in creative activities followed by open play on Pine Cobble’s beautiful 25-acre campus.
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Sylvester C. Close
Stephentown – Sylvester C. “Si” Close of Route 43, Stephentown, NY, died on Tuesday evening, March 9, 2010, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, VT, where he had resided since July of 2008.
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Herbert Little
Hoosick Falls – Herbert Edward Little passed away on Monday, March 8, 2010, surrounded by his family at his residence on Saratoga Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, which he shared with his wife of 54 years, Lauraine Duby Little.
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