Berlin

The Berlin Rescue Squad Cafe for October is cancelled. Our next Fish Fry Dinner is scheduled for November 15. Thank you to all our loyal customers. We’re looking forward to serving you next month.

The Berlin Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary is holding a Mum Sale fundraiser just in time to decorate your home for the Fall season. These hardy potted flowers provide wonderful fall color and work great at filling in empty spots where summer bloomers have faded. Mums will be on sale during the Fire Department breakfast on Sunday, October 6, at the Berlin Firehouse from 7 to 11 am.

On Sunday, October 6, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its fresh, hot off the griddle monthly breakfast.  For your eating pleasure we include all you can eat pancakes, French toast and biscuits for our homemade sausage gravy, sausage and bacon, 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.
Prices are $7 for adults, $4 for kids 5-10 and kids under 5 eat for free. Please join us before church, grocery run or what you are doing for the day and have a great start to the morning.

Andy Cummings, aka Andyman17, a 15 year old from Poestenkill, was critically injured in Unadilla, NY, while on his last lap of a practice run on his quad. He was flown by Lifestar to Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse and remained in Pediatric ICU for close to a month. He received a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Andy and his parents Aletha and Bob are now a little closer to home at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital in Schenectady, NY, where he is receiving physical, occupational and speech therapy each day.
On October 26 Andy’s family and friends will host a Family Style Roast Beef Dinner at the Berlin Fire House from 4 to 7 pm. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $5 for children under 5. There will also be a silent auction, a 50/50 auction and other surprises. All proceeds from this event will go directly to the Cummings family to help with expenses for Andy’s full recovery.
Andy is the beloved grandson of David and Pat Shuhart and the nephew of Derrick, Aimee, Davey and Janel.
Please help us make this fundraiser a success.
If you have questions or want tickets or want to make a donation, please call Pat at 658-3558 or (cell) 242-9865 or Davey at 733-5439 or (cell) 479-9257 or Kathy Burdick at 733-6975.

submitted by Bruce Hake
Come join the Berlin Volunteer Fire Co. for its Annual Lobster Bake on Saturday, October 19. Dinners will be served at the Berlin Fire House on Community Avenue in Berlin. All proceeds benefit the Berlin Volunteer Fire Co.
New This Year – Triple Lobster Dinner
Dinner includes salad and roll, lobster(s) with melted butter, baked potato, ice cream and beverage. You may choose a one lobster dinner for $19, a two lobster dinner for $27 or a three lobster dinner for $35. Take-outs are available from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. Dinner is served from 6 to 8 pm.
There are advance ticket sales only, and tickets must be ordered before Tuesday, October 8. For tickets contact Shirley or Ivan at 518-658-2893, Dawn or Bruce at 518-658-2163, Tena at 518-658-2294 or see any member of the Berlin Fire Department, Ladies’ Auxiliary or Rescue Squad.

 submitted by Donna Murray
Please join us for the Berlin-Berkshire Fall Foliage Grazing Tour on Saturday, October 5, from 10 am to 4 pm. Our first stop on the tour will be with Morgan Hartman of Black Queen Angus Farm in Berlin starting at 10 am.
Black Queen Angus Farm is a grass fed operation owned by Morgan Hartman and his family. The farm credits its success to the sunshine, green grass and clover, clean water and good, efficient Aberdeen-Angus cattle. Morgan has selected the foundation of the herd from breeders who believe as they do, that nature intended cattle to forage for a living. His cows raise their calves in the clean air of hilly pastures. They receive no grain, hormones or feed-through antibiotics. Morgan ensures the quality of his beef by taking great pride in how it’s raised.
The next stop on our tour is the Berlin Fire Hall at 12 pm to enjoy a delicious local foods lunch catered by Wild Oats Market of Williamstown, MA.
Our last stop will be at Cricket Creek Farm, a small grass based enterprise located in Williamstown at 1:30 pm. Nestled on the slopes of the Taconic hills, the farm consists of over 500 acres of rolling fields and woodlots, old apple orchards and sugarbush. The farm’s herd of 40 cows is made up of registered Brown Swiss and Jerseys. Cricket Creek Farm produces a variety of products for a diversified, year-round CSA. They are licensed to sell raw milk directly from the farm, with the remaining milk being made into artisanal cheese in their farmstead creamery. In addition they have a bakery, laying hens, raise grass fed beef and whey fed pork. Goods are sold through the farm store, the diversified year-round CSA, at local farmers markets and through various regional cheese shops, food co-ops, restaurants and other establishments.
The grazing tour is a drive yourself tour. For those who would like to car pool, we will arrive at Black Queen Angus Farm in Berlin at 4 pm.
The Berlin-Berkshire Fall Foliage Grazing Tour is sponsored by the Hudson Mohawk Resource Conservation and Development Council, Cornell Cooperative Extension and the NYS Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative. The cost for tour and lunch is $20 per person. Please contact Donna Murray at 518-270-2668 for more information and to register.