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Berlin Fire Dept. Breakfast

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On Sunday, November 5, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its monthly breakfast. Breakfast includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, French toast, biscuits with homemade sausage gravy, bacon and sausage, home fries, toast and eggs (sunny side up, over easy or over hard, scrambled). Beverage choice is coffee or tea (both available as decaf), hot chocolate, milk and orange juice.

The price is $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-12 and free for children under 5. Take-outs are available by calling 658-2890.

Veterans Of Stephentown Texas Hold’em

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The Veterans of Stephentown will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, November 1, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located at 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5:30 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp.

No advance registration is required. A donation of $35 per player will be accepted and give the player 6,000 in chip value. Players can make an additional $10 donation at the door for 2,000 extra in chip value. This tournament will pay one place for every ten players with a minimum of four places and a maximum of nine places.

A free buffet will be served at the first break, and refreshments will be available.

For further information, please call Tom MacVeigh at 518-658-2448.

HACA Annual Volunteer And Supporter Brunch

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by Bea Peterson

“We are brothers on the road…I can help you and you will be there to help me…” Attorney Ed Gorman told the group gathered at the First United Church Presbyterian on Saturday, October 25, for the Annual HACA Awards Brunch. Gorman, who holds several volunteer posts, said he remembers all the volunteer coaches who were there for him when he was a kid and now, he feels, it is his time to give back. [Read more…] about HACA Annual Volunteer And Supporter Brunch

Sarah E. Smith

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Pittstown – Sarah E. Maynard Windsor Smith, 92, died peacefully at home in Pittstown, NY, with her loving family at her side. Born in Hancock, MA, on July 11, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Elmer C. and Mina Jordan Maynard. She was a 1939 graduate of Berlin High School. In April 1940, she married Harry Windsor and resided in Berlin, NY, and then Troy, NY, where she was a homemaker. After Harry’s death in 1969, she was employed by Montgomery Ward & Co. in Menands, NY, from 1970 to 1979.

In June of 1973 Sarah married John J. Smith and moved to Indiatlantic, FL. She was employed by Zayres Dept. Store in Florida as a saleslady before retiring in 1986. Her husband John died in 1994, and she moved back to Pittstown in 2002. Sarah was a great cook.

She is the beloved mother of Larry A. Windsor of Pittstown, Jeffrey P. and wife Sandy Windsor of Eagle Bridge, NY, Nancy L. Windsor of Troy and Kathleen M. Layne of Pittstown, stepmother of Jeanne Henderson of Hyde Park, NY, Michelle Zilgme of Albany, NY, and Gail Moore of Boca Raton, FL, sister of Robert Maynard of Myersville, MD, the late Elmer Maynard and his widow Penny of Mechanicville, NY, and the late Mary Wright, whose husband John survives, of Hancock. She is also survived by several grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be held Monday, November 3, at 1 pm at the Meadowlawn Cemetery, Hewitt Road in Petersburgh, NY, with Rev. Trygve Tomlinson officiating.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 440 New Karner Road, Albany, NY, 12205. Arrangements are by the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home in Stephentown. A condolence book can be accessed at www.ParkerBrosMemorial.com.

Joanne Stewart

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Hoosick Falls – Joanne Stewart, 64, passed away on Friday, October 24, 2014, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She was the daughter of the late John and Mildred (Baker) Stewart.

Joanne was born on December 31, 1949, in Hoosick Falls, NY. She graduated from Hoosick Falls Central School. Joanne worked at St. Gobain in Hoosick Falls. She enjoyed bingo, gardening, especially her flower beds, and her cat Pumpkin.

Survivors include her brother, Benjamin Baker Jr. of North Carolina, her cousins, Ruth Metcalfe of Hoosick Falls and Sandra Loveland of Bennington, and several cousins.

Funeral services were Monday, October 27, at 10 am from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Burial followed the service at Maple Grove Cemetery in Hoosick Falls. Calling hours were Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Second Chance Animal Shelter through the funeral home.

The Life Of George Holcomb – Buying Things For The Family in Troy

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Thursday, May 16: I went to Troy with my double wagon, my wife and daughter Angeline went and I carried sister Eleanor and she took the canal for the westward. We carried nearly 14 pounds butter and sold it at 1/6 pence per. We carried three new cheeses and sold them at six pence per pound.  We stayed in Troy to Jeremiah Harrington’s. I went into an oyster celler and paid nine cts for oysters for my wife to eat with her supper and tea.

Friday: This morning my wife and I went out to the stores and did our trading. We bought our two eldest daughters dress handkerchiefs 63 cts apiece and our youngest daughter Sarah a straw bonnet and we bought John Franklyn a cap, one dol, and myself a vest pattern 31 cts and self a palm leaf hat 1/6 pence and I had said hat stole. I paid 88 cts for an umbrella and one dol and 50 cts for Fanna Roberts a dress handkerchief. I gave L. Angeline 59 cts and she bought beads with the money, and I gave her a number of cts and she bought sugar toys and oranges. I paid my bill to Harrington, which was 63 cts and gateage 50 cts. We came on to Henry Withees and took dinner and we got home about eight this evening.

Saturday: I planted cucumbers and melons and I tended to a cow that is about to loose the milk of two tits.

Tuesday, May 21, 1833: I walked to the east and north and west of the district taking the value of property in order how much to assess each man for to pay taxes.

Thursday: I worked on the highway with my team and plow and boy. I had on a plow one and a half days. My pathmaster credited me seven and a half days. Today I called on a number of my neighbors to take assessment.

Tuesday, May 23: I went on the west part of my district taking valuation for county tax.

Wednesday, June 5: Today I met the assessors as before and we completed the assessment and my bill was 90 cts for victuals and drinks for the three days.

Monday, June 10: Today the schoolteacher Miss Minerva Mattison began to board with us.

Thursday June 13: On this day I am forty-two years old.

Friday: I plowed and hoed potatoes in my meadow and towards night I took my wagon and horses and drew home the hemlock bark I had in J. B. Maxon’s lot. Today I gave my hired boy Charles Booge a play day.

Monday: I hoed corn. Today my wife went to Hancock and carried some butter to Wm Lapum’s and bought in exchange indigo and six tumblers and ribbon.