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Win Yankees Vs. Red Sox Tickets At The Grafton Library

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Tickets are on sale now for the “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” raffle at the Grafton Community Library. Purchase tickets for one dollar each or six tickets for five dollars. The drawing will be at the Library on Wednesday, August 13.

The winner will take home a basket of prizes including two grandstand tickets to the New York Yankees game on Wednesday September 3 at Yankee Stadium versus the Boston Red Sox, a $40 value. Game time is 7 pm. Also in the basket are two Yankee caps, two holographic large tumblers, a Yankee Pez dispenser, a Yankee travel soup mug, soft toy, The Yogi Book and 42 The Official Movie Novel. Stop in at the Library located at 2455 NY Route 2 during regular hours to purchase your raffle tickets. The Library is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 3-7 pm, Wednesday and Saturday from 10 am-1 pm. The Library is open until 8 pm on Thursday and Friday. Phone 518 279-0580 or visit www.graftoncommunitylibrary.org for news of library programs and events.

Over There: A Remembrance of World War I

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On Saturday, July 5, at 7 pm Hubbard Hall Projects will present Music from Salem’s first summer season concert “Over There: A Remembrance of World War I.” This concert, which is part of Hubbard Hall’s Celebration Weekend, is in honor of the centennial of World War I and includes Elgar’s Piano Quintet in A minor and Zemlinsky’s String Quartet No. 2. [Read more…] about Over There: A Remembrance of World War I

Hubbard Hall’s Annual Garden Tour

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The Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts’ annual Garden Tour: Beauty from the Earth, Two Ways, will take place on Saturday, July 12. The tour will be held from 3 to 7 pm, rain or shine. Participants will tour a diversity of fascinating Cambridge area gardens.

This year’s tour features a new twist – each of our talented gardeners has been paired with an equally talented local ceramic artist. You get two tours for the price of one.

Featured Gardens and Ceramic Artists include:

• the ceramic sculpture of Teru Simon;

• the wood fired ceramic sculptures of Jordan Becker in a native garden;

• the sculpture of Leslie Ferst in an Italianate garden, and

• the ceramic birds of Hanni Varosy in a woodland garden.

Admission costs $15. Reserve tickets online at www.hubbardhall.org or by phone at 518-677-2495. Tickets will also be available at the Cambridge Community Garden, on Washington Street, on the day of the tour starting at 2 pm.

There will be a Bonus Event For Garden Lovers – a Garden Yoga Workshop on Sunday, July 13.

Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge. For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, please call 518-677-2495 or visit our website at www.hubbardhall.org.

Music Under The Trees With The Hill Hollow Band

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The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center is holding a Music Under the Trees event featuring the Hill Hollow Band on Wednesday, July 9, at 7 pm. One of the emerging bright lights in the Capital Region’s grass roots music scene, The Hill Hollow Band performs with a rambling energy that must be seen to be appreciated. Armed with a multitude of instruments, eclectic arrangements and musical influences that span a century, this band has a well earned reputation as local live performance favorites. Get ready to enjoy richly textured arrangements including accordion, mandolin, fiddle, guitars, pedal steel, bass and full harmony vocals. This free concert will be held outdoors. Bring a lawn chair. Light snacks will be available for purchase.

This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Dyken Pond Center and made possible with funding by EP&M, Portable and Custom Exhibits. The rain date is July 10. Come early to explore the Center. The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center is located at 475 Dyken Pond Road, Cropseyville. Contact us at 518-658-2055 or dykenpond@fairpoint.net for more information.

Wetland Ecology, Jr. Naturalist Program At Dyken Pond

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The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center is offering a Junior Naturalist Program on July 9 from 1 to 3 pm. This program will teach Jr. Naturalists all about the different wetland ecosystems located at Dyken Pond Center and include a short hike through the trails. Students will learn about the different plants and animals that inhabit these wetlands as well. A $1 per child donation covers material costs. A complete list of programs can be found at: www.dykenpond.org. Pre-registration is encouraged to help with planning but not required and can be done by contacting the Center at dykenpond@fairpoint.net or 658-2055.

July Twilight Paddles At The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center

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The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center is offering Twilight Paddles in July on the 12th and 15th from 7 to 9 pm. The July 15 twilight paddle will be held during a full moon. Paddles are limited to 15 people and pre-registration is required. Boats can be rented for $10. Please call 518-658-2055 or email us at dykenpond@fairpoint.net to register or find out more information. A complete list of programs can be found at www.dykenpond.org.

The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center, located at 475 Dyken Pond Road, Cropseyville, is a Rensselaer County Park open daily during daylight hours for hiking, fishing and non-motor boating. Canoes and kayaks are available for rent each day from 9 am until 3 pm.

The Life Of George Holcomb – George Hires A Cheese Girl

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Monday, Feb. 27, 1832: Today I sledded wood from my swamp. I fetched Aseneth Newton home with me to help us wash, for my wife is unwell.

Tuesday: I sledded wood from said swamp and today Aseneth Newton washed for us and I paid her in corn and I carried her home.

Saturday: Today I took the cutter and my wife and I went to the north part of Hancock after Lana Ostrander. We met her on the road coming to our house. We took her and returned to Gardner Smith’s and she went in and got her clothes and then she came on home with us.

Friday: This morning I rode to Randall Brown’s to see Miranda Roberts to inquire about her sister coming to make our cheese this season.

Saturday I went to Randal Brown’s and Miranda Roberts rode with me. I went to see her sister Fanny about bargaining with her to make our cheese. I did not bargain certain. Poor sleighing, I went in a wooden jumper.

Sunday I went over to my Rodgers farm to see to my cows.

Monday: Today I walked out to the west part of town and bargained with Fanna Roberts to come and make cheese and do other work at one dol per week, and I told her I would make her a present of a set of silver tea spoons to cost nearly five dols. She agreed to work five months. Today rainy and streams quite high.

Berlin July 4th Parade A Week Away – Dianne Mosher Named Grand Marshal

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Parade To Take Alternative Route

submitted by Jean Barber

The Berlin July 4th Parade will step off from the Berlin Elementary School, School Street, on Friday, July 4, at 11 am and will follow a revised route this year due to local construction on the Elm Street Bridge. [Read more…] about Berlin July 4th Parade A Week Away – Dianne Mosher Named Grand Marshal

WCW Building In Hoosick Falls To Go On Market

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by Bea Peterson

The closing on the final piece of property connected to the WCW property on Mechanic Street took place on Thursday, June 19. According to Rensselaer County Attorney Stephen A. Pechenik, the County has owned the building for more than a year, having accepted the deed in lieu of foreclosure. “However,” said Pechenik, “the County didn’t own the loading dock or the parking lots.” The County prepared to take that remaining piece of property by Eminent Domain. [Read more…] about WCW Building In Hoosick Falls To Go On Market