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Upcoming Events At Grafton Lakes And Cherry Plain State Parks And The Bennington Battlefield

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• August 1, Friday – Star Watch at Cherry Plain State Park at 8:30 pm. Meet at the main parking lot.

• August 2, Saturday – Kids in the Creek at 3 pm at Cherry Plain State Park. Hike up the stream and see what critters we can find! Meet at the Park Office.

• August 2, Saturday – Storytelling by the Fire at 7 pm at Cherry Plain State Park. We’ll share ancient tales and new ones. Come hear stories of wild creatures and other wonders.

• August 7, Thursday – Outdoor Tykes at 10:30 am. Explore Grafton Lakes State Park in this free program series for toddlers and pre-k aged children. Please pre-register by calling 279-1155.

• August 7, Thursday – Friends of Grafton Lakes State Park Summer Potluck and Meeting at 6:30 pm. Meet at the Park office for a barbecue and good time with great people. Trails, new events and volunteer opportunities are on the agenda.

• August 10, Sunday – Run for the Roses 5k Race at GLSP at 9 am benefitting the Grafton Community Library. Entrance fee is $10 per runner. The Nature Hike is at 8 am, and the Kids Fun Run is at 10 am. Call 279-0580 for more information.

• August 16 and 17, Saturday and Sunday – the 237th Anniversary of the Battle of Bennington at the Bennington Battlefield Historic Site in North Hoosick. Living history enthusiasts, encampments and tactical reenactments will be offered at this free event. Experience the sights, sounds and smells of 1777. For a detailed schedule, find Bennington through www.nysparks.com/events.

The Life Of George Holcomb – Suing Rowland Danford

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Wednesday May 16, 1832: We planted corn and furrowed. Today old Joseph Simpson moved into my house and is to have it till April next, and agrees to give a month’s work in haying. If he failed in doing a good day’s work as any man that works for me, he agrees to make up the difficiency and this evening I walked to one of the poor masters, Jonathan Carpenter and reported him and wife, and I call to Squ Nathan Howard’s and took a summons against Rowland Danford in case of trespassing for filling up the spring of water near my tenant house in the highway.

Thursday: This forenoon I carried Mr. Amos Chapman ten bushels of potatoes at 25 cts and I credit him the same for shoemaking, and said Chapman took part of my clock and carried it to Hancock to Delanoe’s and had a wire put in. I paid six cts for Delanoe’s doing it.

Wednesday, May 23: This afternoon Mr. Amos Chapman draws wood with my team from my lot, which pays him for cleaning my clock the other day.

Thursday: I took my single wagon wheels to brother Wm and had the old tire taken off and my horses shoes part new set.  I carried Squ Nathan Howard one bushel pink eye potatoes for his giving me a fowl, a cock that the breed is lately imported, and to have Samuel Holcomb answer my name in a suit against R. Danford as is before mentioned. A snow storm. Today I paid two dol to S. Holcomb for priest tax.

Friday I took my single wagon wheels and carried to Wm Gay to be new rimmed, price agreed three dollars, and I fetched home his empty barrel to fill him a barrel cider towards the work.

Saturday: I carried my wife to Hancock and got her bonnet that was whitened and lined to a milliners, I paid one dol and 32 cts cash. We sold five pounds ten ounces butter at 14 cts per pound for cash to Geo Babcock.  We returned by way of Mr. Sweet’s to see if his wife had money to lend.  She said that she had and I must call to her father, Thomas G. Carpenters for the money. Today Samuel Holcomb answers to my suit against R. Danford.

Tuesday: This afternoon I went to Thomas G. Carpenter’s and borrowed sixty dollars of his daughter Cornelia Sweet, payable in one year on interest. I paid brother Wm up for a cow I bought this spring 22 dols. I called to Squ Nathan Howard’s to know how my suit was managed against Danford.

The Future Of The Wood Block Building Is Now

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by Bea Peterson

This Saturday evening, July 26, Hoosac School is hosting a concert to benefit the restoration of the Wood Block’s historic third floor. The program of Opera Arias and Show Tunes will be performed by Oren Gradus and Mariona Pallach accompanied by gifted pianist, opera coach and accomplished conductor Jennifer Peterson. Gradus has performed in many of the world’s greatest opera houses. Pallach, an award winning vocalist and voice instructor, is from Catalonia, Spain.

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Dougherty Corner To Be Developed At Last

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by Bea Peterson

“It is going to happen,” said Hoosick Falls Mayor David Borge at the third Hoosick Rising meeting on Tuesday, July 22. “The Dougherty corner will be developed.” The Mayor noted that in 2006 the Village received a $750,000 grant from NYS Economic Development for the upgrade and development of two properties, including the corner. “And for lots of reasons the development didn’t happen,” he added. [Read more…] about Dougherty Corner To Be Developed At Last

Petersburgh Town Board Gets Business Done In Spite Of Ruckus

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by Alex Brooks

The regular Petersburgh Town Board meeting began, as it often does, with comments from Tom Berry. He began by asking why the Gradall has not been repaired and is now being sold off. He asserted that the swing motor on it could be repaired for under $2,000 and asked why it wasn’t repaired.  He wondered how the Town is going to do ditching and culvert replacement without it.

Town Highway Superintendent Ray Harrison was not present to respond, but Tim Church, who is on the highway oversight committee, said the Gradall is an obsolete piece of equipment and it’s so old that nobody wants to work on it.

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Stephentown Town Board Action – A Midummer Night’s Meeting

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by David Flint

Midsummer is not a time for long Board meetings. The regular meeting of the Stephentown Town Board for July was quite short. The Board paid bills amounting to $18,755.26 from the General Account and $72,526.18 from the Highway Account. Aside from that there were no resolutions passed.

According to Town Clerk Stephanie Wagar, the following issues were discussed briefly.

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Grafton Planning Board – Hearing Five by Four

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by Kieron Kramer

Five public hearings were held before the regular Grafton Planning Board meeting on Monday, July 21. The hearings began at 6:20 pm and were allocated either five or ten minutes, lengths determined by Planning Board Chairman Tom Withcuskey based on his best guess as to the interest in the applications being heard.

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Hoosick Planning Board – Brimmer Farm Project Stalled

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by Bea Peterson

The Town of Hoosick Planning Board had a full agenda on Monday, July 21. However, four of those on the agenda didn’t appear, and the one large project, the Brimmer Farm Subdivision for South Street couldn’t be dealt with because there was not a quorum. The meeting was over in less than a half hour.

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