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Letter To The Editor – NY Alert

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To the Editor:
In the December 21 article concerning the Town of Berlin’s taking possession of the former Berlin Lumber property and subsequent Town Board meeting notes, a small notation was made under the subtitle “NY Alert” in which Ivan Wager said that “eventually private citizens will be able to register for alerts.” It should be noted that this is not an eventuality but a reality: Citizens can sign up for email and/or telephone alerts by visiting the NY Alert Civilian Portal at https://users.nyalert.gov/.
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Berlin Takes Possession Of New Municipal Center Property

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by Kieron Kramer
In January the headline in this paper said, “Berlin Municipal Center Is Reborn With Purchase Of Berlin Lumber – A New Era Begins For Berlin.” Eleven months later this is true. At the Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, December 13, Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger announced that the Town would take possession of the Berlin Lumber property in Cherry Plain the next day, Friday, December 14. The property will serve as a municipal center with 7 buildings which will house the Town offices and justice court facilities, a large meeting and community room, a Highway Department office and proper garage space for the Town trucks as well as rental space. [Read more…] about Berlin Takes Possession Of New Municipal Center Property

Changes At Area Post Offices

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Post Office Hours In Berlin, Grafton and Cherry Plain To Be Cut Back – But Not Right Away
by David Flint
As reported in this paper last week, the Petersburgh Post Office, as part of a cost-cutting review of local post offices will have its window hours cut by 15 minutes. This is not a very big change for Petersburgh customers, but what about other post offices in the area?
Stephentown And New Lebanon POs Keep Hours
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Letter To The Editor – Thank You Doug

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To the Editor:
I was born in Berlin and lived there for 17 years. I left to go into the service during the Second World War. I remember falling down up on the Plank Road, breaking my arm when I was about 10 years old. I was sitting on the side of the road crying, and Dougy Goodermote came by with his Model T car, stopped and gave me a ride home. I never forgot the kindness that he gave me. That was 75 years ago. I would like to give my condolences to his family and friends. God bless you all.
Thank you,
Bill Deyoe from Tucson, AZ.

The Berlin Food Closet Announces Holiday Hours

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Due to the Christmas holiday, the Berlin Community Food Closet (BCFC) will not operate on Tuesday, December 25. Because of this closure, the BCFC will be open on Monday, December 24, from 11 am until 12 pm.
The Berlin Community Food Closet is housed by the Berlin Seventh Day Baptist Church on North Main Street, and provides three days’ meals to in-need families in the Berlin area. More information is available on the Church’s website, www.berlinsdb.org.

Help A Vet In Need

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Do you know a local veteran or veteran’s family that is in need? The Taconic Valley American Legion Auxiliary wants to help. Call Sue O’Neil at 658-9397 or send an email to marylouwalters@taconic.net.

History Of The Old Dutch Church In Berlin

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by David Flint
Old-timers remember the beautiful, old, white “Dutch Church” with its simple and clean lines that stood on Berlin Mountain at the top of Bly Hollow Road at the intersection of Miller Road and Taborton Road in Berlin. Speaking at the Stephentown Historical Society on Monday, Berlin Town Historian Sharon Klein pointed out that it was really not a Dutch church but a “Deutsch” or German church, formally named Zion’s Evangelical Reformed Church of West Berlin. It was the center of a German community that formed in that area beginning with the arrival in Berlin in 1834 of two families, the Gutermuths and the Jordans.
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Kids Battling Cancer

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Kirstin Hodges, a tenth-grader at Berlin Middle-High School, has a chapter written about her battle with cancer and how she gives back in the book What Makes Them Amazing: Inspiring Stories of Young Adults Fighting Cancer. Author Janine Cammarata of Rexford, after losing a son to cancer, interviewed and wrote the stories of nine local area teens that have battled different forms of cancer and what it means to pay it forward.
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