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Election Day Chili Take-Out

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The Berlin Methodist Church will be holding its Annual Chili Take-Out. For $5 you can get chili, corn bread and a dessert. The Church will be selling the chili take-out on Tuesday, November 4, from 11 am until it is all gone. The Church is located on South Main Street, so when you go to vote be sure to stop by and buy lunch or dinner.

Berlin Fire Dept. Breakfast

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On Sunday, November 2, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its monthly breakfast. For your eating pleasure we will serve pancakes, sausage, 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. The price is $6 for adults, $3 for kids 5-12 and free for kids under 5. This, as all of our breakfasts are, is an all you can eat event so come on out before church, the grocery run or what you are doing for the day and have a great start to the morning. 

Don’t forget to bring your sweet tooth as the Ladies Auxiliary has some great baked goods for sale. Also to support another great group please bring your unwanted, returnable bottles that morning to put in the Cub Scout collection bin. There will also be a collection box for non-perishable items that will be given to the local food pantry.

Berlin Comp. Planning Committee To Interview Consultants

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The Comprehensive Planning Committee of Berlin will be interviewing consultants for assistance in the completion of the Plan on Thursday, October 30 at the Berlin Town Hall, Main Street, beginning at 6 pm.  Residents are encouraged to attend.

The interest of the residents in their Town was exhibited by the very high percentage of surveys that were returned.  The next stage of the process will be public meetings.  The consultants being interviewed specialize in helping rural communities develop plans for the future.

Ruth Wager

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Petersburgh/Berlin – One day after her 91st birthday, her beloved husband Lewie came and took her home.  Ruth Elizabeth (Yerke) Wager passed away peacefully on October 20, 2008, in Orange City, FL.  

Ruth was born on October 19, 1917, in Petersburgh, NY, to David and Hattie (Rawlins) Yerke.  She attended Petersburgh schools, but her family moved before she received her diploma.  Ruth was always telling her granddaughters stories about growing up during the Great Depression.  At times it seemed to the girls that Grandma had the best adventures. On May 15, 1938, Ruth married the love of her life, Lewis Wager, in Petersburgh.  The two lived in Petersburgh and Berlin, NY, for the next 42 years until they retired to Florida in 1980.  Ruth worked for the WJ Cowee Company in Berlin, working in the winding room.  Ruth and Lewis were founding members of the Berlin Rescue Squad.  She proudly devoted 20 years to the rescue squad and to serving the community.  Ruth was also an incredible cook.  Almost any time of day you could walk into her house and find her baking or cooking.  Ruth was a devoted wife and mother and a doting grandmother.  

She was pre-deceased by her siblings, Ernest Yerke and Vivian Henze and an infant sister, Audna Yerke.  Ruth was also pre-deceased by her husband, Lewis Wager, on February 29, 2000.  She is survived by two daughters, Arlene Wager of DeBary, FL, and Kathy and her husband Mark Primeau of Berlin, her two granddaughters,  Amy Primeau of Middletown, OH, and Laura and her husband Andrew Davey of Wynantskill, NY.  She is also survived by the newest girl in the family, her beautiful great-granddaughter, Sydney Davey, whom Ruth met just last month.  Ruth is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Vera Yerke of Petersburgh and Tennessee, Emily (Wager) Feinberg of Clifton Park, NY, and Alberta (Wager) Kerns of North Carolina, as well as several nieces and nephews.  

At the family’s request, there will be no services.  In lieu of flowers, or for those who would like to honor Ruth’s memory, please make donations to the Berlin Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 109, Berlin, NY, 12022.  Please indicate that the contribution is in memory of Ruth Wager.

Dogs Die In Berlin

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by Kieron Kramer

Dogs took center stage at the Berlin Town Board Meeting on Thursday, October 9, when Dog Control Officer Doug Goodermote reported on several incidents, one of which was quite dramatic and ended tragically. Of course, Goodermote described it in his usual low-key, matter of fact way. “Two dogs were in a fight; the owner shot one dog then shot his own dog,” he said.

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Shatford Little League Registration For The 2009 Season

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Registration for the 2009 Shatford Little League baseball season has begun!  You can now register your child to play at our website,  www.shatford.org.  Please register your child soon as we hope to have teams set up as soon as possible.

 

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Kathy Sheehan To Show Slides On NYS Historical Markers

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The next meeting of the Taconic Valley Historical Society will be on Monday, October 20, at 7:30 pm at the First Baptist Church, 15 North Main Street, in Berlin. Kathy Sheehan, Registrar of the Rennselaer County Historical Society and the County Historian, will present a slide program on New York State Historical Markers in Rennselaer County. 

Those of us who have seen programs prepared by Sheehan know the excellence of her work. The meeting is open to the public with a social time and refreshments following the program. If you have ever wondered about an Historical Marker along the road, come to this program to learn what happened.