The Brunswick Lodge of Elks # 2556 will be hosting its annual New Year’s Eve Party at the Elks Lodge, 665 Brunswick Road (Route 2, Eagle Mills), on Thursday, December 31. [Read more…] about Brunswick Elks New Year’s Eve Party
Trail Tracker Volunteers Needed
The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center is looking for snowshoers and cross country skiers for their Trail Trackers volunteer program. [Read more…] about Trail Tracker Volunteers Needed
Rensselaer County 4H Holds Successful Livestock Auction
The Schaghticoke Fair was the setting for the annual 4H Livestock Auction held on Labor Day 2009. This year Rensselaer County youth had 15 animal projects that were eagerly bid on by community members.
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Douglas J. Notaro
East Nassau – Douglas J. Notaro, 56, of Rte. 66, East Nassau, NY, died on Thursday, December 17, 2009, at St. Peter’s Hospice Inn after a long illness.
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Ralph Watson Chittenden
New Lebanon – Ralph Watson Chittenden, 80, of 3027 Forest Drive, Lakeland, FL, a New Lebanon native, peacefully passed on Sunday, December 13, 2009, at Palm Terrace Hospice House after a prolonged illness.
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What A Fish!
Landmark Baptist Christmas Presentation
Irish John Finishes Working For George
Sunday, August 22, 1852: Today I paid Irish John two dollars cash and he went down to the village to Lebanon. Today Mehitable Jolls died.
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Voters Reject Berlin Lumber Purchase By Wide Margin
by David Flint
In yet another indication that voters in this economic climate are wary of anything that smacks of new taxes, the proposal for the Town of Berlin to purchase the vacant property of the Berlin Lumber Company suffered a crushing defeat in Monday’s Special Election. The vote count was 131 Yes to 210 No in a rather light turn out.
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Hoosick Falls Nickname Hall Of Fame
Are You On It?
by Bea Peterson
It’s funny how the germ of an idea can take root and grow quickly into something unique and special. Take nicknames for example. Ask folks in Hoosick Falls and they will rattle off several nicknames in short order. Some folks don’t even know the “real” name of a person with a nickname that’s lasted him or her a lifetime. If that person has remained in Hoosick Falls, the nickname has stuck.
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