Vendors are needed for the Flea Market/Craft Fair to be held on June 20, at the Brunswick Elks grounds on Rt. 2 in Brunswick. For information on spaces, contact Denise at 273-1449.
Grafton
Grafton Center Cemetery Assn. Meeting
The Grafton Center Cemetery Association Meeting will take place on May 5 at 7 pm at the Grafton Methodist Church Hall. The public is welcome.
Birding At Dyken Pond Center And Brunch
The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State, published in December, reports the results of fieldwork conducted by 1,200 volunteers from 2000 to 2005. Kim Corwin, Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator and co-editor of the book, will be our guest at brunch at the Grafton Inn. Route 2, on Sunday, May 17. [Read more…] about Birding At Dyken Pond Center And Brunch
Phase I Of Stonybrook Development Approved
by Bea Peterson
The Grafton Planning Board meeting on Monday, April 20, scheduled for 7 pm, began at 7:10 when Board members, the Town Attorney Sal Ferlazzo, Town Engineer Russ Reeves and Highway Superintendent Herbert Hasbrouck entered the room together.
The only item on the agenda was the Stonybrook Land/Lake at Sylvan Way development.
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Grafton Town Board Action – Local Law On Subdivisions Passed
by Bea Peterson
On April 2 a Public Hearing was held on two proposed local laws. The first one dealt with a permit system for traveling over Town roads. The second proposed law enacted penalties for violations of terms and conditions of subdivision approvals. (These proposed laws were incorrectly described in the Grafton Town Board report in the March 27 issue of the Eastwick Press.)
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Grandparents Day At GES
Grafton Fire Department Breakfast
The Grafton Volunteer Fire Department along with the Grafton Ladies Auxiliary will be holding an All You Can Eat Buffet Breakfast on Saturday, April 25, from 8 to 11 am at the Grafton VFW – Fire Hall on South Road (County Route 85). The menu includes Belgian waffles, pancakes, French toast, eggs (made to order), bacon, sausage, home fries, toast, orange juice, coffee and milk. The cost is $7 per adult, $4 for kids 12 and under and free for kids 5 and under.
Star Party At Grafton Lakes
The Albany Area Amateur Astronomers will hold a public Star Watch on Saturday, April 25, at the main parking lot of the Grafton Lakes State Park at 8 pm, weather permitting. Please use the winter entrance off North Long Pond Road. Come early to catch a telescopic glimpse of the planet Mercury and the very young crescent moon. If it is very cloudy, the event will be cancelled. To inquire about cancellation, call Bernard Cognon at 658-9144 or Ray Bogucki at 658-3138.
Andrea Gundrum Whitelaw
Grafton/Petersburgh – Andrea Lynn Whitelaw, 41, of 18 Woodland Road, Niantic, CT, passed away Friday, April 3, 2009, at the Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London, CT. Andrea was born on July 19, 1967, in Troy, NY, the daughter of Gordon (Gunny) Gundrum and Elizabeth Styles Cooper.
Grafton Lakes And Cherry Plain State Parks To Close Two Days A Week During The Summer
Hours At The Bennington Battlefield Also Cut Back
by Kieron Kramer
On April 9 the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced changes in the 2009-10 operating schedules at a number of parks and historic sites in the Saratoga-Capital Region. The changes reflect a reduction in State spending at parks and historic sites statewide.