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Berkshire Musician Rick Leab To Perform At The New Lebanon Library

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Berkshire musician Rick Leab will be performing at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, January 10, from 6:30 to 8 pm. He will be performing a number of works for mandocello, guitar and rhumba box. This event is free and open to the public, although donations for the performer are appreciated.
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Memoir Writing Workshop At The Brunswick Library

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The Brunswick Community Library is thrilled to present a four session memoir writing workshop in January. The workshop will be led by Susannah Risley, author and teacher of creative non-fiction. The sessions will be held on four Saturdays in January, the 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th, at 1 pm. To sign up, please stop by, email or call the Library at 279-4023, library@brunswicklibrary.org.
This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc., with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Cans For Cancer

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Please drop off your holiday cans and bottles at the Nickelback Redemption Center on lower Carey Avenue in Hoosick Falls and donate them to the Hoosier Hopefuls Relay For Life, a team of the American Cancer Society. Terri Burdick can also pick up your donations (686-7851).  This is a great way to help a great cause!

Maccabee Haas Graduates From Basic Training

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Army National Guard Pvt. Maccabee E. Haas has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, the military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches and field training exercises.
Hass is the son of Joseph and Janet Haas of Dill Brook Road, Petersburgh.
He is a 2011 graduate of the High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Bronx.

Reid Rascoe Receives New Rank

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Major General Patrick A. Murphy, The Adjutant General for the State of New York, announced the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility and leadership.
Reid Rascoe from Stephentown, serving with the Company A, 1-224 Aviation Security and Support Battalion is promoted to the rank of Private.
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Ashley Bloomfield Makes Dean’s List At RIT

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Ashley Bloomfield of Stephentown, a first year student in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, made the Dean’s List for the Fall 2012 quarter.
Rochester Institute of Technology is internationally recognized for academic leadership in computing, engineering, imaging science and sustainability.

Johnsonville Rescue Squad Breakfast

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The Johnsonville Rescue Squad, located at 4 River Road, is holding its first  monthly breakfast of the new year on Sunday, January 6, from 7:30 to 11 am.  Please note the new hours. The menu consists of eggs, French toast, pancakes, sausage, omelets, hash browns, juice, fruit and coffee. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children.
It’s a good time to drop off your bottle and can returns and see if you can help by becoming a volunteer. For more information, call 753-9549.

Arlo Michael Church

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Arlo Michael Church, cherished son of Michael and Sadie Church of Troy, NY, passed away at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia shortly following his birth, December 26, 2012.
In addition to his parents he leaves behind a sister, Rebekah Skye Church, grandparents, Pat and Jim Holmes of Troy, Tom and Wendy McLaughlin of Castleton, NY, Peter Church of Hoosick, NY, and Irene Fyfe MacCollar of Belfast, ME, loving great-grandparents and a great number of extended family.
Graveside services were held on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at Meadowlawn Cemetery in Petersburgh, NY.
Donations in Arlo’s memory to benefit the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia should be forwarded to the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, checks to be made out to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Peter Rawson

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West Lebanon – Peter Rawson, 73, of Schoolhouse Road, West Lebanon, NY, died peacefully on Friday, December 28, 2012, at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Born on July 30, 1939, in Great Barrington, MA, he was the son of the late Ivan and Meta Butler Rawson. He was the loving husband of the former Angela M. Eccles, whom he married on July 16, 1966. [Read more…] about Peter Rawson