by David Flint
Good food, music and camaraderie were enjoyed last Saturday evening at the Berlin Fire Company Annual Installation Banquet held at the Bridgeway Restaurant in Cherry Plain.
A large number of guests included State Senator Roy McDonald, County Executive Kathy Jimino, County Legislator Stan Brownell, Deputy Director of Public Safety Jack Thompson, County Fire Car-2 Bill Gummer and Battalion 5 and EMS Car 1 Coordinators Cyril Grant and Evan Eisenhandler, Berlin Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger and Highway Superintendent Jim Winn, Chaplain Matt Olson and Fire Chiefs and Assistant Fire Chiefs from neighboring towns. [Read more…] about The Berlin Fire Co. Installation Banquet
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Berlin July 4th Parade Committee Sets 2012 Theme
Participants Invited
While summer seems far away, The Berlin July 4th Parade Committee has been hard at work planning this year’s celebration. The Committee is pleased to announce that the 2012 parade is scheduled for Wednesday, July 4, at 11 am. The theme this year is, “That’s Entertainment!” [Read more…] about Berlin July 4th Parade Committee Sets 2012 Theme
Berlin Town Board Action – The Rest Of The Story
by Kieron Kramer
The Berlin Town Board held its regular meeting on February 9. In last week’s issue of the Eastwick Press much of the meeting was reported. This is the rest of the story.
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Berlin Fire Department Breakfast
On Sunday, March 4, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its fresh, hot off the griddle, monthly breakfast. For your eating pleasure we include all you can eat pancakes, French toast and biscuits for our homemade sausage gravy, sausage and bacon, toast, home fries and eggs (scrambled, sunny side, over easy or over hard). Beverage choices include coffee, tea, (both decaf available), hot chocolate, milk and orange juice.
Prices are $7 for adults, $4 for kids 5-10 and free for kids under 5. Please join us before church, grocery run or what you are doing for the day and have a great start to the morning.
Berlin Town Board Action – February 2012
A Prayer For Jane
by Kieron Kramer
The Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, February 9, began on a distressing note when Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger asked for prayers from everyone for Jane Fitzgerald. “Jane is in Albany Med and has had a couple of go-arounds,” he said. Jane Fitzgerald (aka Auntie Jane) had been a fixture at Town Board meetings for decades until her health kept her from attending regularly last year. There were meetings when the only sensible thing said in the entire meeting was one of Auntie Jane’s powerful one-liners.
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Letter To The Editor – Held Hostage
To the Editor:
I think it’s time to put a limit on the length of letters to the editor.
I do not pay $30 a year to be held hostage by a few disgruntled individuals.
Jane Fitzgerald
Park Avenue, Berlin
Editor’s Note: We were going to wait to publish this letter received last fall until some long letters were to be published, but it seems appropriate to publish it now.
Teen Night Events To Raise Funds For Youth To Youth Conference
Youth to Youth Berlin has coordinated what it hopes to be several Teen Nights at the Bridgeway Ballroom in Cherry Plain. It is meant to not only be a night of safe, drug-free fun inspired by the Youth to Youth Conference but the first of monthly Teen Nights locally to provide kids with fun safe drug-free entertainment.
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Winterlude Event At Cherry Plain State Park
On Saturday, February 25, the Friends of Cherry Plain State Park (FCP) are hosting an outdoor day of winter activities. The event will be based at the Cherry Plain State Park entrance on Miller Road in Berlin from 9:30 am to 2 pm.
Depending on weather and interest, FCP will host snowshoe hikes, cross-country ski treks, ice skating on the pond or simply a good long walk. An animal tracking and nature observation event will be featured. If snow conditions permit, a free snowshoe demo is available for both adults and children on a first-come, first-served basis. [Read more…] about Winterlude Event At Cherry Plain State Park
Letter To The Editor – Thanks For Being There
Dear Editor,
While driving on Route 22 from Berlin to Bennington on Saturday afternoon, the last day of 2011, I came to North Petersburgh and saw the troubling sight of fire engines and emergency vehicles. Driving past the scene, I saw that a residence had been ravaged by fire.
I went slowly past, hoping those whose home had been damaged would themselves be safe. On my left, walking along the road, perhaps heading to his home nearby, was a fireman, weary and sweaty, carrying his helmet and gear.
I slowed and called to him: “Is everybody okay?”
He smiled, saying, “Perfect.”
And then he said: “Thanks for asking.”
I drove on, soon realizing that he had just thanked me, when I was the one who should have thanked him – him and all the volunteers, firefighters, their auxiliaries and the emergency squads – thanked them for what they had done that day and for what they do on so many days throughout the year.
By then it was too late to say anything to him, however. I was too far down the road to stop and say what I should have said right away.
So, for all of us who want to say it to all of them – thank you for being there when we need you most.
Stuart Murray
269 Green Hollow Road, Berlin