After the long, cold winter the Cambridge Historical Society and Museum, 12 Broad Street, will open for the season with an Open House on Sunday, June 1, from 2 to 4 pm. The public is invited, free of charge. There will be new exhibits, food, music and tours of the Museum. The first 15 people (excluding Board members) will receive a “jug” of pure, New York State maple syrup. A door prize will be awarded and raffles for this year’s fundraiser, “Leaves,” by artist Elana Mark will be available. Come and see what our beautiful, historic House has to offer.
Jean Redpath Returns To Hubbard Hall
The very first concert Hubbard Hall presented, in the fall of 1977, was renowned Scottish artist Jean Redpath. On May 31 she again will take the stage!
Great Expectations At SLCA
The Sand Lake Center for the Arts Circle Theatre Players presents Great Expectations. This classic Dickens novel is about a young man’s coming of age and how life is shaped by a series of mysterious events and people. This fast paced drama serves up mystery, romance, betrayal and more. [Read more…] about Great Expectations At SLCA
Timber Cutting Workshop
Making the decision to harvest timber on your property can be challenging. It’s a decision that will impact your woods and how your family will use it for many years. It’s often difficult to know where to start or who to talk to. If you’ve been thinking about a timber cut but would like more information before moving forward, then sign up for a workshop presented by a Master Forest Owner (MFO) on Saturday, May 31, at 9:30 am at the Pineridge Cross Country Ski Area on Plank Road (Co Rt. 40) in East Poestenkill.
MFO Walter Kersch will introduce landowners to proven management practices for their forests, will help landowners understand the role of a forester and what to do when approached by a logger or timber salesman.
During this hands-on event you will visit a forest plot marked for a timber stand improvement (TSI) cut, learn how to measure trees to estimate the board feet or cords of wood and consider tree conditions for pulp or saw timber. Participants will discuss advantages and expected results of a TSI and gain a better understanding of how to figure out potential returns and when a tree is of most value. The group will also share experiences of management efforts in their own woods.
The program is presented by the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance and co-sponsored by the Capital District New York Forest Owner Association with a $10 per person fee to cover costs. Refreshments will be served. Please wear clothing and boots suitable for walking in the woods and don’t forget your insect repellent!
To register for the workshop please visit http://tinyurl.com/jwc8ayg. To learn more about the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance visit http://rensselaerplateau.org.
Firearms Safety Awareness Clinic
The Firearms Safety Awareness Clinic on Saturday, June 7, is a full day event sponsored by the Owlkill Rod and Gun Club in Eagle Bridge. The purpose of this clinic is to provide interested members of the non-shooting public with the opportunity to learn basic firearms safety, an introduction to different types of firearms and the optional experience of shooting a firearm.
The morning session will cover firearms safety, history of firearms, different types of firearms and ammunition nomenclature. Following lunch individuals wishing to shoot a firearm will attend brief range safety classes specific to the type firearm they will be shooting and experience the opportunity to shoot a firearm under the guidance of qualified, trained range officers.
The event will start promptly at 9 am and end around 4 pm, with morning and afternoon breaks as well as lunch. This seminar (including lunch) is free and is open to adults and children 12 years old and over accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Please register as soon as possible as seating is limited to 25 participants. For additional information and to register, please call Bill at 518-677-5292 from 6 to 9 pm.
Spring Stroll And Stained Glass
Anne LaFlamme
Hoosick Falls – Anne (Kovage) LaFlamme, 96, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Emeritus at Fillmore Pond in Bennington, VT.
Born on October 23, 1917, in Hoosick Falls, NY, Anne was the daughter of Anna (Lugas) and Stanley Kovage. She attended St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls. In 1936 she married Anthony LaFlamme of Bennington, and they made their home in Burlington, VT.
While in Burlington Anne attended the Elie Academy of Beauty Culture and became a licensed beautician in 1963. After a brief internship, she opened Anne’s Beauty Shop, which she operated until 1998 from the basement of her long time residence on Pearl Street in Burlington.
Anne was an advocate of physical fitness long before it became a trend. She walked daily, practiced yoga and started downhill skiing in her fifties. She took great pride in her Lithuanian heritage and, after studying the Russian language at UVM, made a trip to Vilnius, Lithuania in 1988 to explore her parents’ homeland.
A devoted Catholic, Anne received her Holy Sacraments from the Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls, which she rejoined after her return to the Village in 1998. While in Burlington she was a faithful communicant of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, where she sang in the choir and was a long time member of the Third Order of Franciscans.
She was the last surviving member of her generation, pre-deceased by her brothers, Stanley, John, Charles and Anthony. She is survived by her nieces and nephews, Susan Ratzan, M.D., Charles Kovage, Jr., Karen Arnold, Michael Kovage, Kimberly Hayden, Joan Kay, Katherine Reed, Constance Newell, Paul Kovage, Anthony Kovage, Jr. and Thea Hambright, as well as many grandnieces and grandnephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Monday, May 19, at noon from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial followed the Mass at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hoosick Falls. There were no calling hours. Arrangements were under the care of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090.
Memorial contributions may be made to either St. Mary’s Academy or the VNA and Hospice at Southern Vermont Health Care through the funeral home.
The Life Of George Holcomb – George’s Cheese Venture Pays Off
Sunday, October 16, 1831: Today my wife went to the Baptist meeting house to meeting. My two oldest daughters and Lucinda Morton went, but when they started to come home the fills broke and the horse got loose and ran. My wife fell out and hurt her bad all over, and Lucinda Morton got some hurt. I put my horse to Platt Wylie’s wagon and fetched my folks from Simeon Wylie’s.
Monday: Today I gathered apples and this evening I took my wagon and horses and went to Hancock, near the Baptist meeting house and got my single wagon that broke down yesterday with wife and children. Grinman Stafford rode with me from Hancock and helped me getting my single wagon home.
Tuesday: We cut up and drew in corn and pumpkins.
Saturday: Today Wm Lapum came and bargained for my cheese at six dollars per cwt and he agreed that if I would come up to his store this evening he would advance me three hundred dollars, and I agreed to pay him back five dollars for paying before I delivered the cheese, and I went to said Lapum’s and he handed me the three hundred dollars, and I went with said money this evening and took up a three hundred dollar note to Robert Stanton, and gave a note for the interest eleven dol and 11 cts, payable the 31st day March next with out interest and I bargained with said Lapum today for my pork at five dollars per cwt pork to weight what they would.
Monday: Today quite rainy. We tended to chores and today I paid my summer’s schooling, which was three dollars and 64 cts, part the time a man’s school by the name of Henry Douglass and part of the time Harriot Doulittle.
Monday, October 31: Today I wagoned up two loads of cheese to Lapum’s, weighing twenty six hundred and 44 pounds, delivered according to contract the 22nd this month. On the way home I called up to Joel Goodrich’s and paid one dol for twenty bushels of coal, and I bargained for the rest at the same price, take them away next spring as I wanted them.
Thursday November 3, 1831: We gathered apples, and at night I took my wagon and carried Mrs. Harriot Dean to Squ Nathan Howard’s and she entered complaint that Mrs. Lucinda Clark had threatened her life.
Saturday: Today I went to Squ Nathan Howard’s to Mrs. Lucinda Clark’s trial for threatening Mrs. Dean’s life. The said Mrs. Clark pled guilty and the court let her go on these conditions – she promised to quit the state in four days.
Where’s The Fire?
No Action Against Troopers In Steven Bell Shooting
by David Flint
Six months after the tragic shooting of Steven Bell in the Berlin State Forest, it has been reported that a grand jury voted to take no action in the case. According to Acting Rensselaer County District Attorney Arthur F. Glass, the grand jury has cleared the State Police officers of any blame in his death.
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