Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Steve Bradley
Schuylerville 6 HF 1
After traveling up to Schuylerville Friday, the Panthers fell to the league leading Black Horses. Schuylerville’s pitcher, Jake Petralia, had a no-hitter into the seventh and final inning, but with two outs Panther Tom Peabody hit a single to break it up. Wyatt Whitman took the loss.
[Read more…] about It’s Feast Or Famine For Panther Baseball
by Steve Bradley
Tamarac 2 HF 0
In a game that was scheduled to be played at HFCS but moved due to field conditions, the Panthers could only come up with two hits while facing future Division 1 Manhattan College pitcher Briana Matazinsky. Defensively, the Panthers did well to hold the Bengals to two runs, which included a Matazinsky home run, her fifth of the year. Pitcher Alysa Ellis took the loss.
The New Lebanon Jr./Sr. High School’s Travel Club and Class of 2015 and 2017 are putting on a Spring Fling Community Carnival on Friday, May 16, from 3 to 8 pm in Shatford Park.
There will be plenty of games and food. Games include a dunk tank, Bounce House, Corn Hole, Pin Toss, Dart Board, face painting, tug of war, balloon animals and much more! Tickets cost $1 per ticket for games – all games have prizes. Food available includes TCBY yoghurt for $3, fried dough and candy. Dinner is a hot dog or hamburger, chips and a drink for $4.
A kickball competition featuring the teachers in the Walter B. Howard Elementary School vs. the Jr./Sr. High School teachers starts at 4 pm.
All proceeds benefit the New Lebanon Travel Club and the Classes of 2015 and 2017.
by Steve Bradley
by Steve Bradley
[Read more…] about HFCS Girls Lacrosse Celebrates Senior Day
The Berlin July 4th Parade Committee is pleased to announce that the 2014 parade is scheduled for Friday, July 4, at 11 am. The theme this year is “Imagine This!” If we let it, our imagination can take us places where nothing is impossible! Where will your imagination take you? We can’t wait to see!
Join in the community spirit as a parade participant. Civic, school and church groups, businesses and individuals, both inside and outside of the community, are encouraged to participate. There is no entrance fee, and prizes will be awarded. We look forward to new faces and old friends. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us.
Donations Appreciated
It is only through community support that we are able to continue this great hometown tradition. We urge your support of the parade with your financial gift. Please make your contribution payable to Berlin July 4th Parade Committee and mail it to P.O. Box 66, Berlin, NY, 12022.
Contact Us
Watch for further information on the Town of Berlin website, http://berlin-ny.us/. Participation forms will be mailed to past participants at the end of May. If you do not receive a form or would like to be added to our mailing list or for any other information, please contact us. Call Jean Barber at 658-3010 or Carol Alderman at 658-3936 or email berlinjuly4thparade@vahoo.com.
Bennington Elks #567 is pleased to announce the names of two local winners in our NY State Drug Awareness Poster Contest! Hoosick Falls Central School fourth-grader Ethan Yonconish won a bicycle for his “Down With Drugs-Up With Awareness” poster! St. Mary’s Academy fifth-grader Kate Lockett won a $30 gift card for her “Drugs Are Bad! Up With Awareness-Down With Drugs!” poster.
Congratulations to all who entered and who are helping to spread the word!
submitted by Pat Leonard at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Petersburgh native Hope Batcheller is one of the Cornell University students competing in the annual World Series of Birding coming up May 10 in New Jersey. The Cornell Lab is hosting three student teams this year – collectively known as The Redheads.
Batcheller is a member of the team that will be birding the entire state of New Jersey in an effort to tally the greatest number of bird species over a manic 24 hour period. This is about much more than bragging rights, though. The team is also raising money to support undergraduate research in bird studies and conservation.
For the first time, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is hosting 15 students on three birding teams, competing in three divisions at the World Series of Birding in Cape May, New Jersey, on May 10. This triple threat of ace birders will attempt to top all other competitors by identifying the greatest number of bird species by sight or sound in a midnight-to-midnight birding blitz. Their ultimate goal is to raise $25,000, that will be matched by a donor and earmarked for support of undergraduate research in ornithology and conservation.
During this so-called “Big Day” one Redheads squad will bird the entire state of New Jersey, another will scour the length and breadth of Cape May County and the third will participate in the “Big Stay” category, tallying their birds from a single location within a 17 foot radius.
Past Cornell Lab student teams have been highly success-ful in the Cape May County division, earning first or second place every year since they began competing in 2007 and earning more than $100,000 in donations for The Redheads Fund.
submitted by Steve Ricci
There is a bumper crop of corpse flowers rising at Darrow School. Each year since 2009, when the flowers were first planted in the sheltered confines of Darrow’s Samson Environmental Center (SEC), they have thrived and multiplied. Four bloomed in 2012, six in 2013, and this year, according to SEC Director Craig Westcott, as many as ten flowers have sprouted, several of which are currently in full bloom.
[Read more…] about Corpse Flowers In Full Bloom At Darrow School
This summer the Berlin Community Food Closet will once again offer free breakfast and lunch items to families whose school-aged children receive free/low-cost meals during the school year. The 2014 Summer Feeding Program will operate for 10 weeks, from June 20 to August 22, supplying these children with healthy food items such as low fat milk, low sugar cereal, whole grain bread and fresh fruits and vegetables.
In anticipation of once again feeding between 25 and 30 children, the funding goal for this year’s program is $3,500. Individuals and families have several options for helping meet that goal: 1) A one time contribution of any amount; 2) A one time contribution of $200 which will cover the cost of feeding one child throughout the summer, or 3) $20 donations made each week for the program’s 10 weeks.
Food donations are another way to assist the Program, and those who are able can give in one of two ways: 1) Commit to purchasing food items for one or more child(ren) throughout the 10 weeks of the program, or 2) Make a one time donation of non-perishable food items that will be distributed, namely peanut butter, cereal and/or tuna fish.
Information about the Summer Feeding Program is available for download from the “Berlin Community Food Closet” page on the Berlin Seventh Day Baptist Church’s website (http://www.berlinsdb.org/ministries) or by contacting Trish Gerstel at trishagerstel@berlinsdb.org or 518-658-3769.
