Berlin – Marie I. Loker Snyder, 80, of Mill Street, Berlin, NY, died on Thursday evening, December 3, 2009, at the Center for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington, VT.
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Animal Tracking Series At Dyken Pond Center
This winter Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center has teamed up with Tamakoce Wilderness Programs and The Rensselaer Plateau Alliance (R.P.A.) to bring you the 2010 Animal Tracking Series. [Read more…] about Animal Tracking Series At Dyken Pond Center
A Brisk Business In Potatoes
Friday, July 30, 1852: This forenoon I drove Geo P. oxen back onto my Rodgers farm to pasture, and I mended fence where the Scotchman’s cow broke into my meadow, and salted my cattle and sheep. [Read more…] about A Brisk Business In Potatoes
New Lebanon Supermarket To Close This Weekend
Community Is Shocked
by David Flint
“It’s a shock to the community!” said Town Board Member Bruce Baldwin, reacting to the news that the New Lebanon Supermarket will close this weekend.
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Anger Flares At Public Hearing On BCS Bond
by Phillip M. Zema
On December 8, the residents of the Berlin School District will vote on the $19,705,000 referendum to fund capital improvements to the buildings and facilities in the School District, but there are those in the community who are skeptical of the project’s merits. [Read more…] about Anger Flares At Public Hearing On BCS Bond
One Answer To The Economic Downturn: Shared Work
by Bea Peterson
Ask anyone and they will tell you it has been a tough year economically. From housing to retail to manufacturing, everyone is feeling the pinch. Unemployment in New York State in July was 8.7%. Fortunately, New York State is one of 17 states that has a Shared Work Program that benefits businesses and their employees.
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It’s A Grave Business
Uncovering And Restoring The Past
by Bea Peterson
More than a year ago Joe Ferrannini decided on a career change. “I was still young enough to have a new career,” he said, “and I find this work much more gratifying.” Ferrannini cleans and restores old cemetery markers. His business is called Gravestone Matters. Though he’s new to the job as a professional, he has restored gravestones in abandoned cemeteries as an amateur for several years. [Read more…] about It’s A Grave Business
A Victorian Christmas Village
by Bea Peterson
David Towne’s elaborate miniature Victorian Christmas Village is simply enchanting. It is also enormous! [Read more…] about A Victorian Christmas Village
Letter To The Editor – BCSD 19.7 Million Dollar Referendum
To the Editor:
Many BCS District residents may be wondering why I did not vote for this referendum. First, I would like to point out that I, too, want what is best for our children and the taxpayers. The problem is that there are no easy answers here. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – BCSD 19.7 Million Dollar Referendum
Letter To The Editor – BCS Bond Proposal Ignores Probable State Cutbacks
To the Editor:
The elephant in the room regarding the proposed $19 million bond proposal seemed to be missing in much of the discussion to date, this pecuniary pachyderm being the state budget crisis and the almost certain inability of the state to maintain anything resembling its current aid to local districts, no matter what the state officials say in word or letter.
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