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Grafton Lakes And Cherry Plain State Parks Kick Off Summer Season

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Two local state parks will kick off their summer season on Memorial Day weekend, opening for boating, hiking and countless other recreational opportunities.  Cherry Plain State Park opens for camping and day use, on weekends only, starting Saturday, May 29, with swimming beginning in July.  Grafton Lakes State Park is currently open daily from 8 am to dusk, and the swimming season begins May 29.
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Dave Stall To Serve In Rhode Island

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Dave Stall is relocating to Ashaway, RI, to serve as full time Pastor of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Hopkinton, established in 1708.  In the 1700s, the Church in Ashaway, RI, sent hundreds of people to settle in the Hoosic River Valley of NY and in 1780 they started the Seventh Day Baptist Church in what is now Berlin. To complete the circle, Dave will be moving along with his wife Jennifer and daughters Lexia and Loreli at the end of June. They are closing their business in Petersburgh, the Brookside Inn, on June 1.
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The History Of The 125th New York Volunteers At The Taconic Valley Historical Society

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Michael Barrett, Civil War historian, and Joseph Stickelmyer, author of Friend Jennie, will be the guest speakers at the May 17 meeting of the Taconic Valley Historical Society. Barrett will talk about the history of the 125th New York Volunteers.
Friend Jennie, by Mr. Stickelmyer, is a compilation of Civil War letters written by Lt. George Bryan of the 125th New York Volunteers, to his friend Jennie. Please join us for this very special evening.
The meetings will be held at the United Methodist Church, South Main Street in Berlin at 7:30 pm.
The programs is free and open to the public.

The Gladioli Are Back In Berlin!

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The Beautification of Berlin Committee’s third season of beautiful gladioli planting along Route 22 in Berlin has begun.
In the first year (2008), the program was launched with only one test bed which was expanded in 2009 to three beds. With this 2010 planting there will be ten gladioli beds lining both sides of Route 22 through town.
Planting will be done on May 20 (21st if the weather is bad, on the 20th) and a full display of color is expected in mid-August.
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Catering Class Picnic For Seniors

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Senior Citizens are invited to a pulled pork and pulled chicken picnic at Berlin High School on Wednesday, May 26, sponsored by the HS Catering Class, Cookie Monster Catering.  The picnic will begin at 11:30 am and include food, fun and sunshine! (Well – food and fun are guaranteed!)
Please reserve your place by calling 658-2515 ext. 241 or emailing dmosher@berlincentral.org. There will be a donation basket passed to cover expenses.

May Events At GLSP And Cherry Plain State Park

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Parking fees apply on weekends of $6 per car through May 23 and $8 per car once swimming opens on Memorial Day weekend at GLSP. CP fees will be $6 per car on weekends until July, when swimming opens.
Saturday, May 15 – Star Watch at Grafton Lakes State Park at 8:30 pm. Join with members of the Albany Area  Astronomers and come explore the night sky. Meet at the main parking lot. Call 658-9144 to confirm.
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Christian Concert A Big Hit

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by Erin Hogan
On May 3 the Taconic Valley got a rare treat in the form of a Christian rock concert in the auditorium of the Berlin Central High School. Kiros and Seventh Day Slumber rocked the roof for the community courtsey of Courier Printing, Brookside Bed and Breakfast, the staff and faculity of the Berlin Central School District and the Berlin Seventh Day Baptist Church. Not only were there the two bands, there was a set up to help underprivileged children. And, according to Sherry Bowman-Kluck, $1,000 will be given at the next School Board meeting to the Berlin Music Program, $100 to the Drama Club and $100 to the School Catering Crew from the concert’s profits.
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Incident On The Plank Road

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by David Flint
A man with a gun threatening to commit suicide caused quite a stir on the Plank Road in Berlin last Friday afternoon, resulting in the road being closed down for some time. Jacob Morris, who lives up on the Plank Road, not too far from the village of Berlin, said he was driving up the road on his way home when a police car came “flying by.” [Read more…] about Incident On The Plank Road