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Brunswick Book Sale

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The Brunswick Community Library will host a Book Sale on Saturday, March 27, from 10 am to 2 pm. Books, magazines, DVDs, audio books and more are for sale. Come and check it out!

BCS Board Votes To Close Grafton Elementary School This Year

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Action Taken At Sparsely Attended Budget Workshop – Parents Were Notified By Handout At GES The Next Day

by Phillip Zema
A number of residents are vehemently displeased with the Berlin Central School Board of Education’s decision to close Grafton Elementary. In what was seemingly an ordinary budget workshop on Tuesday, March 9, the Board elected, 4-3, with Board Members Tom Morelli, Beverly Stewart and Paul Greene voting against the proposal, to close the Grafton Elementary School in June. While Superintendant of Schools Charlotte Gregory cited enrollment decline and economic issues as the reasons for consolidation, many residents believe the District should have considered other options.
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Newell Subdivisions Was Topic At Grafton Planning Board Meeting

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by Erin Hogan
Before the regular Planning Board meeting on Monday, March 15, there were two public hearings regarding Scott Newell applications to subdivide two pieces of property that he owns. The first hearing pertained to 204 Pond View Road. The piece of property isn’t lakeside and is currently 13.25 acres. Newel wants to divide the property into 6.83 and 6.42 acre lots. David Hunt of Jay Hakes Road was present to express his concern about the environment and make sure that with the dividing of these properties no swamp or forest would be disturbed. [Read more…] about Newell Subdivisions Was Topic At Grafton Planning Board Meeting

Last Chance To Register For Shatford Little League

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Shatford Little League will be conducting its final registration for the 2010 season Saturday, March 20, from 10 am to noon at the Shatford Park Little League field in New Lebanon. Children living in Eastern Rensselaer and Columbia Counties who will be between the ages of 5 and 14 as of May 1 are eligible to play.
For more information call Joe Shupe at 518-658-9321 or Mark Van Zandt at 518-794-9055. You can also register online at www.shatford.org.

TRACs Is Moving Ahead

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by David Flint
The community coalition to combat alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse among youth in the Berlin school district is taking shape and moving ahead. Following a breakfast meeting on February 4 at which John Underwood gave a rousing call to action, The TRACs (Together Reducing Alcohol and Drugs in our Communities) group has continued to meet on the second Tuesday of the month. About 20 persons attended the meeting this week at the Seventh Day Baptist Church Hall in Berlin. [Read more…] about TRACs Is Moving Ahead

Grafton Community Library Receives Community Art$ Grant

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The Grafton Community Library is pleased to announce that the Library has been awarded a Community Art$ Grant for its Summer Arts and Reading Program. The Arts Center of the Capital Region offers the Community Art$ Grant program to eligible community organizations in Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady counties for community arts and cultural projects.
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