Stephentown Library Scholarship
The Stephentown Memorial Library is offering one scholarship this year in the amount of $750 to a graduating senior who plans to enter a two or four year college in the fall of 2009. The student must be a resident of Stephentown. [Read more…] about Stephentown Library Scholarship
BCS Board Adopts 0% Tax Levy Budget On Split Vote
by David Flint
The Berlin School Board adopted a budget for 2009-10 with a zero tax levy increase but not all members were happy with it. Interim Business Administrator Scott Hunter presented the fifth draft of the budget Tuesday evening. It was adopted on a 4-3 vote with Frank Zwack, Jeffrey Paine, Liz Miller and Julie Darling supporting it and Tom Morelli, Don French and Beverly Stewart voting no.
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West Sand Lake Grange Scholarship
The West Sand Lake Grange #949 announces the annual Beryl H. Moul Memorial Grange Scholarship. It is open to graduating Rensselaer County high school seniors and recent high school graduates who have been accepted in an accredited 2 or 4 year college program pursuant to careers in agriculture, forestry, nursing or medicine, education, home economics and some related fields. [Read more…] about West Sand Lake Grange Scholarship
Stephentown Book Group Meeting
The Book Discussion Group of the Stephentown Memorial Library will read The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan for its meeting on Thursday, May 7. Egan, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, reveals the scope of the book in his subtitle, “The Untold Story of Those Who Survived The Great American Dust Bowl.” [Read more…] about Stephentown Book Group Meeting
Earth Day Poster Contest Sponsored By The County Legislature
The Rensselaer County Legislature and the County Environmental Management Council are sponsoring an Earth Day poster contest, with winners receiving tickets to the new Disney movie Earth, Chairman of the Legislature Neil J. Kelleher announced.
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Open Mic Poetry Night At The New Lebanon Library
April is National Poetry Month. Share your work and hear the work of others at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, April 30, at 7 pm. [Read more…] about Open Mic Poetry Night At The New Lebanon Library
New Lebanon Book Group
The New Lebanon Book Group has selected Marianne Wiggins’ novel The Shadow Catcher for its upcoming discussions on Sunday, May 3, at 11 am at Hitchcock House, Route 22, New Lebanon, and again on Thursday, May 21, at 7 pm at the New Lebanon Library, 550 Route #20, New Lebanon.
Books And Blooms
The “Books and Blooms” annual plant, book, bake sale and eclectic silent auction to benefit the North Chatham Free Library (intersection of Route 203 & Route 32) will have frugal finds for everyone, especially those looking for unique Mother’s Day presents, on Saturday, May 9, from 9 am to 1 pm at the Library on the main street of the hamlet. [Read more…] about Books And Blooms
Kiwanis Wii Raffle
The Kiwanis Club of Hoosick Falls and the HFCS Key Club are raffling off a Wii Console with a Wii Fit. [Read more…] about Kiwanis Wii Raffle