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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

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Berlin Lumber Back On Market

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Gallivan Withdraws Offer; Berlin Board To Consider Purchase Resolution
by Kieron Kramer
On Tuesday, October 5, Berlin Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger received a telephone call from Laurie Leckonby of the Kinderhook Group, a realty company in East Chatham representing Berlin Lumber, informing him that S.M. Gallivan of Brunswick had withdrawn its offer to purchase the Berlin Lumber property on Route 22 in Center Berlin. Since July of 2009 the Town of Berlin has debated, sometimes heatedly, whether to purchase the property for use as a municipal center and has held two referenda on the issue. [Read more…] about Berlin Lumber Back On Market

Cemeteries And Mourning Customs In Rensselaer County

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The Poestenkill Historical Society will meet at 7 pm (note new time) on October 26, at the Poestenkill Town Hall on Rt. 351. Kathy Sheehan, Registrar and Historian at the Rensselaer County Historical Society, will present a program called “Cemeteries and Mourning Customs in Rensselaer County.”
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Cherry Plain Cell Tower On Schedule

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by David Flint
“Everything is on target” with the Cherry Plain cell tower, according to landowner Doug Goodermote. Despite earlier reports that work on the project had ground to a halt because of a legal matter concerning the proposed source of gravel for the access road, Goodermote and the tower builder both say that the work has been and is proceeding on schedule. Goodermote noted that Tim Giumarra Logging & Excavating was busy on Wednesday, despite the rain, working on the access road and digging a foundation for the tower.
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Ella Earns A Diploma

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by Bea Peterson
Ella Amidon has always wanted to be a nurse. “There was no money for it,” she said flatly last week. She quit Berlin High School in tenth grade to work in Reese’s Shirt Shop in Berlin assembling shirts. She was almost 18 when she married in 1948. She and her husband lived in Cherry Plain and raised two sons. Howard lives in Petersburgh and Charles lives in West Virginia. She has seven grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
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Got Cheese?

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by David Flint
The Gouda cheese is aging quietly in the “cave” and will soon be ready for sale. Gouda is the latest variety added to the line of cheeses produced at Berlin’s Mapledale Farm. It shares company in the aging room, called the “cave” by the Mapledale folks, with the Farmhouse Cheddar, the Classic Colby, the Pepperpatch Colby and the Garlic Colby. Carl Greene, one of the owners of Mapledale Farm, said the Gouda is creamier and moister than the cheddar. Given the Dutch background of this area, the Greenes thought it appropriate to try out a Dutch cheese.
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Grafton Flu Clinic

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The Rensselaer County Health Department will hold its annual Flu Shot Clinic on Wednesday, October 6, beginning at 10 am at the Everett Wagar Senior Center in Grafton.  For more information or to place your name on the list please call the Center at 279-3413.