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Berlin

Letter To The Editor – Healing

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To the Editor:
As I have talked with folks about this Saturday’s American Legion Auxiliary’s fund-raiser I have heard some perplexing questions. I do not profess to having all the answers, but I do know why I am attending. I want to do what I can to honor our veterans. My first husband was a Vietnam combat veteran. He left home an innocent boy and came home a wounded man. For the rest of his life these wounds would scab over and then fester up again. [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – Healing

Taconic Valley Soccer Club Spring Travel Team Registration

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The Taconic Valley Soccer Club has reopened its rosters for the upcoming Spring travel teams.  If you want to play during the Spring season there is still time to register until January 20. The following teams are still looking for a few players: U12 girls, U14 girls, U16 boys and U17 girls.
You can register on-line at www.sportssignup.com/taconicvalley.start. If you need more information, please contact Dean Maxon at 658-2492 or Jen Burhans at 658-2096.

A Program On The Erie Canal

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The Poestenkill Historical Society will start the new year with a program on the Erie Canal by guest speaker Marvin Bubie. Bubie’s second book is an accumulation of seals from places along the Erie Canal. He will be showing the seals and telling interesting and funny stories related to them. The majority of seals are pictured in color in his book, available at the program.
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Town Of Berlin Organizational Meeting

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compiled by Kieron Kramer
The Berlin Town Board met on January 3, 2012, at 7 pm for the Organizational Meeting. Board Members present were Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger, Councilmen Dean Maxon and John Winn and Councilwoman Tara Cinney. Also present was Richard deLeon Jr. who was appointed Tuesday to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Councilman James Saunders in September.
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A Healing Trip To Vietnam

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Are you looking for an opportunity to have a great meal, enjoy music, get rid of those unwanted Christmas presents and support a great cause? The Taconic Valley Post of American Legion Auxiliary has the answer for you. It is sponsoring a fund raising dinner and Chinese auction to help send its Commander, Wally O’Neill, and his wife, Sue, on a healing trip to Vietnam.
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Eric Weber Promoted To Colonel

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Eric Weber, formerly of Berlin and a 1979 graduate of the Berlin Central School District, has been promoted to Colonel in the New York Army National Guard. Weber, who currently serves as the acting director of the New York National Guard’s Strategic Plans directorate, has served in the military since July 1979 when he enlisted in the New York Army National Guard as an electronics repair technician. He will be deploying to Afghanistan in 2012 as part of a New York Army National Guard team of senior officers acting as advisors to the Afghan National Army.
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Little Hoosic Watershed Assn. Launches Website

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The Little Hoosic Watershed Association is pleased to announce that its website, after several months development, is finally live. The site includes information about the Association and the Little Hoosic River. Most importantly, it includes a great deal of useful information for anyone who is contemplating or needs to do work in the River or along the banks of the River, including answers to frequently asked questions about doing work in the River and a page describing the permit process, with links so that you can easily download forms and information. [Read more…] about Little Hoosic Watershed Assn. Launches Website