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Berlin Rescue Squad To Host An Indoor Flea Market

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Do you have craft items or tag sale/flea market items or maybe just want your name out and about because you have your own small business? Join the Berlin Rescue Squad at the Berlin Firehouse on November 30 and December 14 for an indoor shopping day. Doors will open for vendors at 8 am. Spaces for vendors are available for a $10 donation and will include one table. The public is being invited to do a little last minute shopping from 9 am to 3 pm.

Vendors are asked to contact Tammy Osterhout at 658-2924 as space is limited and available on a first come/first serve basis. The Rescue Squad will be selling Danishes for breakfast and hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch as well as coffee, tea, soda and water.

Boots And Bridles Elects Officers

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submitted by Allison Acton, Boots & Bridles News Reporter

The Boots and Bridles 4H club held its October meeting on October 18 in Berlin.  Officers for the 2014-2015 club year were elected as follows: President – Emma Woolley, Vice President – Shelly Davis, Secretary – Christina Shupe, Treasurer – Aidan Czub, Club Historian – Molly Czub, News Reporter – Alli Acton.

The Club’s activity for the day was learning about bees, beekeeping and honey extraction.  Club members saw a demonstration of honey extraction, dipped beeswax candles, made beeswax lip balm and bottled raw natural honey.  Many thanks to our presenters!

Many members of Boots and Bridles also attended the Rensselaer County 4H Horse Program end of year banquet held in Poestenkill on October 25.  Several members earned multiple honors and achievements.

The next club meeting will be held on November 22 in Johnsonville, when members will complete a craft project which can be entered in the upcoming 4H Winter Fair.

Berlin Rescue Squad Café

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On Friday, November 21, the Berlin Rescue Squad will be holding its monthly delicious Fish Fry Dinner. For $10 you can enjoy a hearty helping of fried cod on a roll, French fries, coleslaw, brownie and soda or water. Eat in or take out – its up to you.

We have also decided to serve mini-hot dogs as well. These can be purchased in a meal – $10 for 10 dogs with fries, brownie and beverage – $5 for 4 dogs with fries, brownie and beverage or purchased a la carte. Call-in orders are welcome, the Firehouse number is 658-2890. The dinner will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 pm at the Berlin Fire Department. Please call Stan at 269-8646 with any questions.

Rensselaer County Legislature – Eastwick Residents Commended And Memorialized

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by Kieron Kramer

The Rensselaer County Legislature held its November regular meeting on Wednesday evening instead of the usual Tuesday because of the Veterans Day Holiday. Three resolutions commending Eastwick residents for their achievements were presented as was a resolution in memory of Berlin’s Maurice L. “Kipper” Maxon.

Most town supervisors, who are in the throes of developing the 2015 town budgets while paring down the property tax levy increases, will be interested in the resolution providing for the distribution of mortgage tax to the towns.

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The Farms Of Berlin

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The November meeting of the Taconic Valley Historical Society will be a presentation by Sharon Klein, Berlin Town Historian, on the farms of Berlin. Over the years Klein has collected a series of pictures of the old farms in Berlin and Center Berlin. If you have an interest in the history of the Berlin area or worked on any of the farms, please join us for a trip down memory lane.

The meeting will be held at 7:30 pm on Monday night, November 17, at the Methodist Church, South Main Street, Berlin. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Duo Eamon In Free Concert At The Berlin Library

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submitted by Martha von Schilgen

Duo Eamon will perform at the Berlin Library in a free concert on Sunday, November 16, from 3 to 5 pm.

Cassandra Cleghorn and Jeffrey “Eamon” Levine are Duo Eamon, performing traditional fiddle and guitar music of Ireland, New England and Québec.  Playing together since 2008, the duo’s arrangements reflect their life long immersion in the harmonies and rhythms of classical, jazz and, above all, folk music. The interplay between these two consummate musicians is intimate, inviting, energizing.

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Woods Forum Nov. 18 In Stephentown

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Did you know that the Rensselaer Plateau is the fifth largest forest in New York State and that it is 90% forested and that those forests are 90% privately owned?

Whether its 2,200 or 200 acres, do you love your land and value your woods? Then attend a Woods Forum conducted by the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance (RPA) on Tuesday, November 18, at 7 pm at the Stephentown Historical Society, 5 Staples Road, on the corner of Staples Road and Garfield Nassau Road in Stephentown. Join fellow woodland owners and forestry professionals for a discussion on how to maintain the value of your woods for timber harvesting, recreation, wildlife and for future generations. Discuss how to care for your woods today and plan for its future. Talk with and hear about the experiences of other landowners. Attendees will receive a copy of the new Guide for Landowners intended to help landowners find information in the recently published Rensselaer Plateau Regional Conservation Plan that is useful to them. Both of these resources and much more are now on the RPA website at http://rensselaerplateau.org/RensselaerPlateau/ConservationPlan.aspx. Refreshments will be served. Please call Sarah Parks at 302-584-7748 for additional information.

Eagle Scout Project Benefits Berlin Library

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by David Flint

The Berlin Library is sporting a beautiful new bluestone patio. The new gathering place, outdoor reading room and venue for musical performances and summer  readings is located behind the Library building on South Main Street and is the work of Eagle Scout candidate Tim Shupe. A ribbon cutting ceremony introducing and opening the patio to the public was held on Saturday, November 1. Present for the occasion, among many others, were County Executive Kathy Jimino, County Legislator Stan Brownell and Berlin Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger.

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