Alysia Parisi of Stephentown was named to the University at Albany’s fall 2009 Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement.
Thelma M. Minkler
Grafton – Thelma M. Burdick Minkler, 79, formerly of Route 2, Grafton, NY, died early Sunday morning, January 24, 2010, surrounded by her loving family at St. Mary’s Hospital in Troy, NY. She had been a resident of Van Rensselaer Manor for the past six months.
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M. Patricia O’Dell
Berlin – M. Patricia O’Dell of Brookside Park, Berlin, NY, went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Saturday, January 23, 2010, at the age of 78.
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Edwin B. Dezendorf Jr.
Hoosick Falls – Edwin B. Dezendorf Jr., 77, died on Sunday, January 24, 2010, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center where he has been a resident since June of 2009. He formerly resided on Wilson Hill Road in Hoosick Falls, NY.
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Edna M. Blankenbiller
Hoosick Falls – Edna M. Blankenbiller, 86, died Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at the Danforth Adult Home in Hoosick Falls, NY. She was the wife of the late Jerome Blankenbiller and formerly resided in Cambridge, NY.
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Gertrude M. Butler
Bennington – Gertrude M. Deakin Church Butler, 88, formerly of Beech Street, Bennington, VT, died on Sunday, January 24, 2010, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. She had resided in the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington since 1994.
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Henry E. Schildt
East Chatham – Henry E. Schildt, 86, formerly of East Chatham, NY, died at his home on January 16, 2010.
Born in New York City on June 24, 1923, he was the son of Henry R. Schildt and Elsie H. Jungen. He was a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School in 1941 and attended the Pratt Institute majoring in Chemical Engineering before entering the Army in 1942.
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It’s Mardi Gras Time!
by Bea Peterson
Plans are in full swing for the Immaculate Conception Church’s Fifth Annual Mardi Gras Gala on Friday, February 12. It is the first event to be held in the Church Hall since the installation of the new heating system.
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Trading Turnips
Thursday, October 7, 1852: I went to Pittsfield with my one horse wagon. I paid six dollars for a Parlor Pyramid Stove and fifty cts for an elbow pipe to Backus Stove and I got trusted to Peases Harness Shop for a leather cover whip and buckskin lash which was eighty seven cents which I have agreed to pay in turnips, and Sarah O. rode home with me from Pittsfield.
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4H Teen Exchange Roast Beef Dinner
The Rensselaer County 4-H Teen Exchange will be holding a Roast Beef Dinner fund-raiser at the Pittstown United Methodist Church on Saturday, February 6, serving from 4 to 6:30 pm. [Read more…] about 4H Teen Exchange Roast Beef Dinner