On Sunday, October 3, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its monthly breakfast. For your eating pleasure we include pancakes, sausage, toast, home fries and eggs (scrambled, sunny side, over easy or over hard.) [Read more…] about Berlin Fire Department Breakfast
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Bus Trip To Where The Founding Families Of Berlin And Petersburgh Came From
The Taconic Valley Historical Society has organized a bus trip to Westerly, Rhode Island, to visit the community where the founding families of Berlin and Petersburgh came from. The bus will leave the Berlin Fire House on Saturday, October 23, at 7 am. The trip includes a tour of the First Hopkinton Cemetery where many of the families are buried, a history of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Ashaway, RI, and admission to the Babcock-Smith House in Westerly, RI.
The price of the trip is $40 and payment is needed by October 15. For more information or reservations contact Charlie at 658-2135.
Girl Scout Troop 1174 Together Helping Our Community Help Our Planet
For the second year in a row Girl Scout Troop 1174 from the Berlin School District has been collecting used batteries, ink cartridges and cell phones for recycling. [Read more…] about Girl Scout Troop 1174 Together Helping Our Community Help Our Planet
Instrument Donations Needed For Berlin Elementary School
At Berlin Elementary School, over 90% of students in fourth and fifth grade are taking instrumental music lessons. Many students have begun lessons on recorders, an inexpensive plastic flute that helps beginners develop fundamental music skills. However, due to financial hardships, about 25 students cannot begin lessons on traditional band instruments such as flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn or trombone.
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Home Made Wine Workshop At The Berlin Fire House
A Home Made Wine Workshop fund-raiser will be held on Friday, October 8, at 7 pm at the Berlin Fire House. A $20 donation is suggested.
Wine is easy to make. It has been fermented for thousands of years and can be made from a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.
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Hike To Berlin Mountain
On Saturday, October 2, at 9 am, join the Rensselaer Land Trust and the Mohawk-Hudson Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club on a hike to the roof of Rensselaer County. Berlin Mountain, at 2,798 feet, is the highest point in Rensselaer County, and its open summit provides wonderful views of the Taconics and of Mt. Greylock and the Berkshires. We’ll start at Petersburgh Pass on NY Route 2, and on our way we’ll cross Berlin Pass, where the Albany Road ran in the 1700s.
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William G. Hoffman
Cherry Plain – William G. “Bill” Hoffman, 86, of Route 22, Cherry Plain, NY, died on Sunday evening, September 19, 2010, at his home after being stricken.
Born in Stephentown, NY, on October 14, 1923, he was the son of the late John H. and Eunice White Hoffman. He was the loving husband of Luella M. Goodermote Hoffman, whom he married on July 24, 1948, in Berlin, NY. A lifelong resident of the area, Bill attended school in a one room schoolhouse in North Stephentown. He served his country in the United States Army in Germany.
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Emma A. Cahill
Berlin – Emma A. Cahill, 89, of Springside Nursing Home in Pittsfield, MA, former longtime resident of Berlin, NY, died on Wednesday, September 15, 2010, after a long illness. Born and educated in Berlin, Emma was the daughter of the late Frank and Annie Boccia Angelo, wife of the late Earl A. Cahill and mother of the late Lorraine Shier, whom Emma missed dearly.
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Berlin Bridge Replacement Begins
by Kieron Kramer
In Berlin work has started on the replacement of the red-flagged bridge on Southeast Hollow Road with a giant culvert. The bridge was red-flagged by the NYS DOT in June of 2008 because it was considered so structurally unsound that it needed replacement. With the help of the County Engineer’s Office, Berlin Highway Superintendent Jim Winn proposed the giant culvert as a replacement at a fraction of the cost of building a new bridge, which Berlin Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger once estimated could cost $500,000. The culvert replacement will still cost the Town around $70,000. The proposal was grudgingly accepted by the NYS DEC, which issues the permits for construction in the waterways of the State, because it felt that the fish in the brook would not swim over the corrugated bottom of the culvert.
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Free Gladioli This Saturday In Berlin
by Sandi Slattery
The Berlin Beautification Committee will be pulling the gladioli bulbs from the beds along Rt. 22 on Saturday, September 18. Interested Berlin residents can pick up the bulbs for free, after 1 pm, from piles left along the roadsides where the beds were planted.
The Committee encourages interested residents to plant the bulbs next spring at their own homes in an effort to extend the gorgeous displays to even more venues next year.
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